Posts tagged cardamom
Soft and Moist Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Spice Bread

Wait no more! This is the only pumpkin bread recipe you’ll need this fall season! It’s incredibly moist, with a soft and tender crumb, loaded with warm spices and lots of chocolate chips. It’s made with sour cream and oil, two ingredients that not only help in making this cake ultra soft, they also help in keeping it that way for days!!! Every bite will be warm and cozy, like a hug in a crisp fall morning!

If there’s a food that universally screams fall that’s pumpkin. When mixed with warm and aromatic spices like cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves it makes you think of that cozy spot in your home…

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Double Carrot Carrot Cake with the Creamiest Cream Cheese Frosting

Double carrots, double the fun, right?! This carrot cake has both puréed carrots and shredded carrots in the mix. The result is an impossibly moist, light and tender cake. It has a good kick of cinnamon, besides ginger, nutmeg and cardamom. This time I folded chopped walnuts, which I toast before to bring more nuttiness out of them. It’s simply a perfect rendition of a classic carrot cake. I know you won’t be able to eat just one piece.

And why double, you maybe wondering? Well, if you’ve been reading this blog for a while, you know I started making carrot cakes with pureed carrots so my daughter Mariana could eat them and actually…

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Extra Dark Chocolate Loaf Cake

If you are looking for an extra dark and super soft and tender dark chocolate loaf cake you can stop now. This cake recipe uses a whole 90% cocoa bar and Dutch process cocoa powder for an intense chocolate flavor. I added cardamom to give this cake a very subtle warm and spiced note and frosted with a simple chocolate whipped ganache. And more good news, this extra dark chocolate loaf cake is the easiest to make because you’ll only need two bowls, no mixer or special equipment necessary! No doubt about it, this is the best dark chocolate loaf cake ever!

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IPA Sour Loaf Cake

I soaked this sour loaf beer cake with my hubby’s favorite beer; a good IPA! The bitterness of the IPA’s simple syrup created a nice contrast with the flavors of ginger and cardamom that are in this super soft sour loaf cake. I topped it all with a mega fluffy mascarpone whipped cream frosting and an IPA dulce de leche drizzle. This is where the IPA hits!

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Ricotta Apple Cake

This ricotta apple cake is what fall baking is all about; simple, warm, full of spices and made in a snap with everyday ingredients. The cake is full of cinnamon, ginger and cardamom. The apples on top are sprinkled with brown sugar and more cinnamon. The crumb of this ricotta apple cake is soft and moist but dense, which makes it the perfect breakfast or late night snack in my book! This is pure fall cake bliss!

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