Cardamom Crumb Cake

By jobustitch

From Everyday Foods

Ingredients

• nonstick cooking spray
• 3 cups all-purpose flour (spooned and leveled)
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 Tbsp. baking powder
• 1/2 tsp. coarse salt
• 3/4 cup (1.5 sticks) unsalted butter
• 2/3 cup milk
• 2 large eggs, lightly beaten
• 1/3 cup sour cream
• 1 tsp. pure vanilla extract
• 3/4 tsp. ground cardamom
• 1 teaspoon finely grated lemon zest
• 2 cups of fresh berries for serving

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Coat a 9 inch square baking pan with cooking spray. In a large bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. With a fork or dough cutter, cut in butter until crumbs form. Reserve 1 cup crumb mixture.

Whisk milk, eggs, sour cream, vanilla, cardamom, and lemon zest into remaining crumb mixture until combined. Pour batter into pan and sprinkly reserved crumb mixture on top. Bake until top is golden brown and a toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean, about 45 minutes. Let cool in a pan on a sire rack, 30 minutes. Serve cake warm or at room temperature with fresh berries. (Store cooled cake in an airtight container, at room temperature, up to 3 days).