Lemon Cardamom Cake Stacks - bright lemon and warm cardamom flavor these fluffy cakes, which are stacked with fresh blueberry glaze and whip cream - yum!
Until very recently, it has been a long time since I had spray whip cream. I went a little nuts with it. I made this colorful dessert and had a lovely little dinner party. Everyone was enjoying these sweet stacks, and I was spraying rice whip directly into my mouth.
It was pretty rad.
I have made these twice - once as you see here, made with my whoopie pie pans. The other time I used 2 round cake pans, finishing them with a cinnamon glaze. These cakes are rich in flavor and have a good crumb - dense but not heavy.
Why do I come up with light summery desserts in the middle of winter? Getting a jump start on that spring fever, I suppose. My vacation tan is fading, I have to do something.
Lemon Cardamom Cake Stacks
gluten, dairy and soy free, vegan
INGREDIENTS:
makes 24 mini cakes (whoopie pie pan) or two 9 inch rounds
¾ cup butter (Earth Balance Soy Free), melted
3 tablespoons chia
½ cup + 1 tablespoon water
¾ cup maple syrup
½ cup applesauce
¼ cup fresh lemon juice
zest of ½ lemon
2 cups all purpose flour, sifted (Gluten Free)
½ cup cornmeal
2 teaspoons cardamom
1 teaspoon baking soda
INSTRUCTIONS:
Preheat oven to 350.
Melt butter and set aside to cool. Combine chia and water, set aside to thicken. Stir maple syrup, applesauce, lemon juice and zest into cooled melted butter, add chia mixture. Sift together flour, cornmeal, cardamom and baking soda, add to wet ingredients and stir until just combined.
Fill prepared whoopie pie (or cupcake tin) â…” full, or divide between 2 9 inch rounds. Bake 17-22 minutes for small cakes (whoopie pie or muffins), 35-40 minutes for large cakes, or until inserted toothpick comes clean.
Garnish with whip cream, of course.
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bright lemon and warm cardamom flavor these fluffy cakes, which are stacked with fresh blueberry glaze and whip cream – yum! nutrition calculations results vary by calculator, are for informational purposes only, and are not intended to replace medical advice or treatment.
Lemon Cardamom Cake Stacks
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Nutrition Information:
Yield:
12
Serving Size:
1
Amount Per Serving:
Calories: 273Total Fat: 11gSaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 4gCholesterol: 31mgSodium: 202mgCarbohydrates: 29gFiber: 2gSugar: 11gProtein: 3g
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betty says
so pretty!
Kelley says
These look absolutely mouthwatering. Of course, your recipes aalways look amazing. I want to make them & I hardly ever use cornmeal in dishes, do you use fine or coarse cornmeal? Thank you! : )
Liz (Little Bitty Bakes) says
It's so refreshing to see a bright, summer-ish dessert after so many pumpkin and chocolate fill-in-the-blank desserts over the holidays!
Laurel says
If I'd gotten that ISI Whip for Xmas I'd be right there with you. Whipped cream makes everything better, especially chocolate mousse. Hmm, I may have texture issues here. I bet I could fix that with these cakes. Oh, and best line ever... "my vacation tan is fading, I have to do something."
spabettie says
it's TRUE, I'm going to have to resort to accenting this tan with the bottled kind... and also true, whip cream makes everything better... I have one of those ISI whips, but sadly have not used it in years - I just need to buy more of the cartridges...
Carrie (Carrie on Vegan) says
I love that you used the word "rad" in your post. YOU are rad, Kristina! 🙂
spabettie says
ha - glad you like that. I rarely say it, but in this instance, it works. 😀
Christine says
Hey Kristina, your Cake Stack is a Recipe Guessing Game on Knapkins. Think your friends can win? http://www.knapkins.com/guess_games/1128?source=blog
Kath (My Funny Little Life) says
Cute! 🙂
Christin@purplebirdblog says
Lemon anything makes me so happy lately... they keep giving us Meyer lemons in my our CSA delivery and I've been loving them in my juice! I recently won a spiced sugar giveaway and one of them is a cardamom vanilla sugar... it would be perfect in these cakes!! 🙂
Jessica @ Dairy Free Betty says
These sound good! (minus the cardamon)... is that bad of me? I have never enjoyed that taste, although I love the smell...
Hope you are doing well! 🙂
spabettie says
I am doing well, Jessica - I hope you are too! and I won't hold the cardamom thing against you - I enjoy it enough for the both of us! 😀
Stephanie @ extremebalance.net/at blog says
I totally thought these were savoury at first glance... maybe a cardamom corn stack? 😀
spabettie says
ooh, that sounds good. I wonder... maybe some roasted red pepper sauce? 😀