Cardamom Coffee Cake

 

F/C                    N/C                 S/N  (Vegan, Yeild; 1 hotel pan)

 

4 lb butter           1 lb butter           4 cup safflower oil

8 cup sucanat        2 cup sucanat        2 cup sucanat

16 eggs               4 eggs                 ½ cup ground flax seed

½ cup vanilla          2 T vanilla                  2 T vanilla

1 gallon flour         4 cups flour          4 cups flour

2 2/3 T B. powder   2 tsp B. powder     2 tsp B powder

3 1/3 T.  B. soda   2 ½ tsp. B. soda     2 ½ tsp B. soda

2 1/2 T. salt        2 tsp salt             2 tsp salt

4 T. cardamom      1 T. cardamom      1 T. cardamom     

8 cups buttermilk    2 cups buttermilk    2 cups soymilk

 

Nut mixture

1 cup brown sugar   ¼ cup brown sugar   ¼ cup brown sugar

4 T. cinnamon        1 T. cinnamon        1 T. cinnamon 

2 cups walnuts       ½ cup walnut          ½ cup walnut

^finely chopped            ^                       ^

 

 

Beat butter with sugar until fluffy, add eggs one at a time, stir in vanilla.

Sift dry ingredients in separate bowl. Add dry  mixture to butter/sugar mixture, 1/3 at a time, alternating with buttermilk, don’t overmix.

Combine nut mixture 

Oil hotel pan(s)

Spoon 1/3 batter into pan, sprinkle ½ nut mixture ontop, another 1/3 batter, rest of nut mixture, then top with rest of batter.

350 degree oven. 1 ¼ hours