2 c Butter; soft
2 c Light brown sugar
4 Eggs
2 ts Pure vanilla extract
2 c Sour cream
4 c Flour
2 ts Baking powder
2 1/2 ts Baking soda
1 1/2 ts Powdered cardamom
1/2 ts Salt
MMMMM------------------------NUT MIXTURE-----------------------------
1/4 c Light brown sugar
1 tb Cinnamon
1/2 c Nuts; chopped
This is one of the world's richest cakes.
Pre-heat oven to 350°F.
Cream together butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy.
Add eggs and vanilla extract and beat in well.
Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, cardamom, and salt.
Add sour cream and flour mixture alternately, beginning and ending
with flour. Fold in each addition just enough to blend. Don't beat or
otherwise overmix.
Mix together nut mixture ingredients.
Spoon 1/3 of the batter into the well-buttered large tube or bundt
pan, then 1/2 the nut mixture, then 1/3 the btter, then remaining nut
mixture, then remaining batter.
Bake 1 to 1-1/2 hours until brown on top and dry when you insert a
prober all the way down. Turn out onto a plate after 10 minutes of
cooling.
