Marri Champie

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Apricot Almond Cardamom Coffee Cake

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Apricot Almond Cardamom Coffee Cake

A version of Cardamom Coffee Cake that won the Better Homes & Garden's Recipe Award 20 years ago.

Prep Time 45 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Servings 8

Ingredients

Cake

A. Dry Ingredients

Mix in mixer with whisk on low, dribbling in oilive oil

  • 3 c unbleached white flour
  • 1 3/4 c granulated sugar
  • 3/4 c light olive oil
  • 1 tsp ground cardamom
  • 2 tsp ground ginger
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp nutmeg
  • 1/2 tsp salt

remove 1 cup of dry ingredients, put in small bowl

B. Liquid Ingredients

measure & mix in large 4 c. measuring cup

  • 1 3/4 c mashed, ripe apricots
  • 1/4 c heavy cream or buttermilk
  • 1 beaten egg
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp baking soda

mix together and add to dry ingredients (minus 1 cup) and fold in thoroughly

C. Topping

In small bowl mix the following

  • 1 c dry ingredients
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 3/4 c chopped almonds or hazelnuts
  • 1/2 tsp almond flavoring (optional)

Instructions

  1. Combine all ‘A.’ ingredients thoroughly. 

  2. Remove one cup of mixture A. into small bowl and combine with C. ingredients to use as topping. 

  3. Mix remaining A. ingredients with B. ingredients. 

  4. Pour into PAM sprayed and flour dusted  9 X 13 bake pan. 

  5. Cover with topping.  Bake in 350° about 35 min. or untildone. 

Recipe Notes

 

About Marri Champié

Three-time Dell Award recipient for Fantasy & Science Fiction, Marri Champié was Pushcart nominated for poetry in 2015, and degreed in Writing, photography & Earth Science. She won the 2013 Boise State University President's Writing Award for Fiction & poetry, & an Oregon Poetry Association Award in 2018. Marri has ridden into the the heart of the world--the Sawtooth Wilderness--multiple times, and her experiences are the foundation for her writing. Her novel “Silverhorn” released from Kasva Press in 2018. Her work has appeared in Cicada, ROAR, HOD, Blue Cubicle Press, Abyss & Apex, Outrider Press, The Tishman Review, Alcyone, Verseweavers, & other journals. She works as a freelance photo/journalist & wildfire support driver, & lives on a small ranch overlooking the Great Basin of Idaho with her horses & Jack Russell terriers, who help her with her writing.