Ingredients

  • 1 ½ cups unsalted butter, plus some for greasing the pan
  • 2 ¾ cups sifted cake flour, plus some for dusting the pan
  • 1 pound confectioners’ sugar
  • 6 large eggs
  • ½ teaspoon hulled cardamom seed, crushed
  • ½ teaspoon grated orange zest
  • ½ teaspoon lemon zest
  • 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
  • Nutritional Information
    • Nutritional analysis per serving (10 servings)

      601 calories; 30 grams fat; 18 grams saturated fat; 1 gram trans fat; 8 grams monounsaturated fat; 1 gram polyunsaturated fat; 74 grams carbohydrates; 0 grams dietary fiber; 44 grams sugars; 7 grams protein; 184 milligrams cholesterol; 48 milligrams sodium

    • Note: Nutrient information is not available for all ingredients. Amount is based on available data.

Ten servings

Preparation

  1. Preheat the oven to 300 degrees. Grease and flour a 10- to 12-cup tube pan.
  2. Beat the butter until creamy. Add the confectioners’ sugar and beat until very fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time.
  3. Stir in the flour. Mix in the cardamom, orange and lemon zests and the vanilla. Pour the batter into the pan.
  4. Bake for about 1 hour or until the cake springs back to the touch and starts to pull from the sides. Cool 10 minutes. Unmold onto a serving plate. Serve warm or cold, cut into thin slices.

1 hour 30 minutes

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