Mango, cardamom and coconut cake from The Cardamom Trail: Chetna Bakes with Flavours of the East (page 16) by Chetna Makan

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  • tsusan on May 28, 2024

    After reading these helpful reviews, I changed the mixing procedure too. I creamed the butter, sugar and cardamom together, then added the eggs, then folded in the dry ingredients. I also added 10 minutes to the bake time, for a total of 35 minutes. I also added salt. I subbed AP flour+baking powder (2tsp bp per cup flour) for the self-raising flour, and I added some finely chopped pistachios to the top. I piped the filling inexpertly and fixed it after with an offset spatula. All in all, the cake was spectacular! I went back for seconds immediately. The crumb was a bit coarse, but I still liked it. Might try with cake flour next time to see if I can get a lighter sponge.

  • FritB on November 03, 2019

    Came out beautiful. I agree that it is strange to dump everything in one go. I creamed the butter first.

  • anya_sf on May 06, 2019

    I used Nigella's substitute for self-raising flour, but noticed that there's no salt in the batter, so I added 1/2 tsp salt as well, per her American self-rising flour substitute. The mixing method for the cake batter is very simple (basically, dump everything in the bowl and mix) and I wasn't sure it would work well, but went with it. The cakes rose quite high in the oven, but the centers sank a lot during cooling, although they were definitely baked through. I'm not sure if this is due to too much leavening, the mixing method, a combination of those, or something else. The crumb was rather dense and coarse. The combination of coconut and cardamom was heavenly, and wonderful with the mango. Next time I'd use a more traditional mixing method and adjust the leavening in hopes of a slightly lighter texture, and I'd add more fresh mango.

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