Orange Cardamom Cake

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Ingredients

  • Cake:
  • Cooking spray
  • 3  cups  plus 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
  • 1 1/2  cups  sugar
  • 2  teaspoons  baking powder
  • 1 3/4  teaspoons  ground cardamom
  • 1/2  teaspoon  ground cinnamon
  • 1/2  teaspoon  salt
  • 3/4  cup  fresh orange juice
  • 2/3  cup  canola oil
  • 1  tablespoon  grated orange rind
  • 2  teaspoons  grated lemon rind
  • 1  teaspoon  vanilla extract
  • 3  large eggs
  • Glaze:
  • 1  cup  powdered sugar
  • 4 1/2  teaspoons  fresh orange juice
  • 1/2  teaspoon  fresh lemon juice

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350°.

To prepare cake, coat a 10-inch tube pan or Bundt pan with cooking spray; dust with 1 tablespoon flour. Set aside.

Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups, and level with a knife. Combine 3 cups flour, sugar, baking powder, cardamom, cinnamon, and 1/2 teaspoon salt in a large bowl. Make a well in center of mixture. Add 3/4 cup orange juice, canola oil, orange rind, lemon rind, vanilla, and eggs to flour mixture, and beat with a mixer at low speed until well combined, scraping sides of bowl occasionally.

Spoon batter into prepared cake pan, spreading evenly. Bake at 350° for 50 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan for 5 minutes on a wire rack, and remove from pan.

To prepare glaze, combine 1 cup of powdered sugar, 4 1/2 teaspoons orange juice, and lemon juice in a small bowl, stirring well with a whisk. Drizzle glaze over warm cake; cool cake completely on wire rack.

294 cal, 10.4g fat, 46.6 g carbs, 148mg sodium