Here is a delightful and different cake, baked with whole fresh red grapes. It is an easy recipe that uses Cardamom Seed Powder and Ginger Powder to enhance the grape, and citrus flavors. This is a moist and delicious cake for breakfast served with herbal tea. It's also a great snack, or dessert cake. One bite and you will agree - this recipe is a keeper!
CARDAMOM SEED POWDER, Ginger Powder
Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp Cardamom Seed Powder
1/2 tsp Ginger Powder
1 tsp baking powder
2 eggs
2/3 cup sugar (plus 2 Tblspns for topping)
3/4 cup sour cream
1/4 cup oil
4 Tblspns butter, melted
2 tsp lemon zest
1 tsp orange zest
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 cups fresh (whole) red grapes
Directions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line the bottom of a 9 inch round cake pan with a piece of parchment paper, and then butter and lightly flour the pan. Whisk together the flour, salt, baking powder and spices. In a separate bowl, beat the sugar and eggs until light yellow/pale. Add the sour cream, oil, melted butter, zests, and vanilla and beat well. Combine the egg and sugar mixture with the dry ingredients and mix until fully incorporated. Fold in 1 1/2 cups of the grapes. Pour the batter in the prepared pan and smooth the surface. Place the remaining 1/2 cup of of grapes on the surface of the cake. Sprinkle 2 Tblspns of sugar over the cake surface. Bake the cake in the preheated oven for 50 minutes. Cool the baked cake on a rack for 15 minutes before removing it from the pan.
