Finnish Cardamom Coffeecake

So this is one of the things on my list of things to make. As soon as my silicone easy storage bundt cake pan fell into my hands (santa was good to me this x'mas) I was able to get this show on the road.

Here is the recipe.

I was very happy with how this turned out although it could 've stayed in the oven way longer. Also there was way way way too much wafer crumbs. Even though this made a really good topping, i think 5 wafers crushed would have been enough.

This lasted ian and I like more than a week. We're still eating it!

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Where did I learn about cardamom cake? I would've never thought about the combination of flavours (nor about baking a bundt cake) -- There was a potluck at work and b/c we're in toronto where there are so many people from all parts of the world, I was privileged to I didn't actually get the recipe although I did approach the lady and offer to buy it off her an start a franchise. We never connected b/c of the holidays and I looked up the recipe online instead. I'll have to go back and ask her (I'm call her "my sensei" of cardamom finish coffee cake) and see if she approves!

Wow, looks-good chocolate chip banana bread!

It's been a while since my last post, but I've been baking steadily, just not documenting !! (booo)

So here is the latest -- banana bread, it's just come straight out of the oven, we'll have to wait till tomorrow morning to see if this is good.

By looks alone, it's better than the banana bread muffins I made in November -- but this is a new year, isn't it? We'll see if it's as good as it looks tomorrow.

Oh yeah, and here is the recipe. The only thing that I did that's outside the instructions, is melting the butter so it mixes in easier.