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Prep Time
15 mins
Total Time
1 h 30 m
Makes
16

Ingredients

2 cups
all-purpose flour
500 mL
1 tsp
baking powder
5 mL
1 tsp
baking soda
5 mL
¾ tsp
ground cardamom
4 mL
½ tsp
salt
2 mL
½ cup
unsalted butter, room temperature
125 mL
1 cup
sugar
250 mL
2
eggs
½ cup
honey, divided
125 mL
1 tsp
vanilla extract
5 mL
1 cup
sour cream
250 mL
2
Ida Red or Jonagold apples, cored, peeled, chopped into ¾-in. (2-cm) pieces

Directions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 325ºF (160ºC). In bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, cardamom and salt. Set aside.

Step 2

In separate bowl, using electric mixer on medium speed, beat butter and sugar until fluffy, about 2 min. Beat in eggs, one at a time, incorporating each fully before adding next. Beat in 1/3 cup (75 mL) honey, plus the vanilla.

Step 3

With mixer on low, alternately add flour mixture (in 3 parts) and sour cream (in 2 parts) — to butter mixture, ending with flour mixture. Scrape sides of bowl as needed between additions. Fold in apples.

Step 4

Scrape batter into greased 9-in. (23-cm) spring-form pan, smoothing top. Bake about 1 hr., or until tester comes out clean when inserted into centre of cake. Remove from oven; immediately brush top of cake with remaining honey. Let stand 10 min. Run knife around edges of cake. Remove ring from springform pan. Cool cake completely on wire rack. Cut into 16 pieces to serve.

Tip

When baking with honey, remember the darker the honey the stronger the flavour. Try clover, orange blossom or alfalfa.

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Nutrition Facts

Nutrition Description:
Per serving (1/16 of the recipe)
Calories:
240
Fat:
9 g
Saturated Fat:
5 g
Carbs:
36 g
Fibre:
1 g
Sugar:
23 g
Cholesterol:
45 mg
Protein:
3 g
Sodium:
170 mg