Cardamom Coffee Pound Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon cardamom
• 1 cup plain low-fat yogurt (or 1 cup plain greek yogurt)
• 1 1/4 cups sugar, divided
• 3 eggs
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 teaspoon coffee extract (or 1 teaspoon expresso powder dissolved in 1 teaspoon water)
• 1/3 cup olive oil
• 1/4 cup brewed coffee, plus
• 2 tablespoons brewed coffee
• 1 cup powdered sugar

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees f.
• 2 grease a 8 1/2 x 4 1/4 inch loaf pan.
• 3 combine dry ingredients (flour - cardamom).
• 4 in another bowl combine wet ingredients (yogurt, 1 cup sugar - oil) and whisk. stir in flour mixture.
• 5 pour batter into prepared pan and bake for 50-55 minutes or until cake tests done with a toothpick or other tester. when cake is done let cool in pan 10 minutes and then place on a wire rack to finish cooling.
• 6 in an saucepan add coffee and remaining 1/4 cup sugar. heat until sugar dissolves.
• 7 when cake is still warm, poke holes in top of cake and pour coffee mixture over top. let it soak in and let cake cool.
• 8 to prepare icing: combine powdered sugar, remaining 2 tablespoons of coffee and a pinch of cardamom, stirring until smooth, adding more sugar if necessary to reach spreading consistency. when cake is cool drizzle icing over cake.