Reviewed: Jan. 25, 2012

Love it! instead of raisins I used cranberries, and used a lemon glaze.

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Reviewed: Nov. 24, 2011

Wonderful recipe, goes great with brie cheese (appetizer)! Also, I used ground cardamom instead of the extract, gives a nice little appearance/color to the bread instead of plain white ... one more change I did was to use craisins instead of raisins, adds a very nice red color to the bread, festive!

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mrschuweiler

Cooking Level: Expert

Reviewed: Jul. 29, 2011

Fairly easy cake to make, especially for how mouth-wateringly delicious it is. I have made this cake at least 5 times, and it never fails to impress me and everyone else! I can never find the cardamom extract, but it seems the ground cardamom makes quite a satisfactory substitute. I have and will continue to recommend this to anyone looking for a new dessert for any holiday, or any reason at all, really.

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siqsiq6

Reviewed: Mar. 10, 2011

Made thses for holiday gifts. It is a very good recipe. I loved the slight cardamom flavor. I did not have extract so I simmered a handful of pods I had on hand in the milk. Loved this recipe!

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Cooking Level: Expert

Living In: Owings Mills, Maryland, USA

Reviewed: Jan. 3, 2011

I was really excited to make this, but found it disappointing. The bread was too dense for me (you can sort of tell in the picture) and dried out rapidly. I made it for a potluck Christmas brunch and it was not very popular. If you're craving something similar, I recommend finding a yeast bread that calls for cardamom. My husband's (Swedish) family makes an excellent braided bread, they call it "Coffee bread." If you google "Swedish Coffee Bread" you'll find many options.

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lisa.murakami

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Madison, Wisconsin, USA

Living In: Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Reviewed: Dec. 22, 2010

This cake reminds me of the German cakes my mom used to bake. A welcome change from the heavily frosted cakes. I made it for Christmas exactly to the recipe with the exception of adding pecans because we all like them. I can see that adding more fruit might add to the flavor. I'm giving it five stars because everyone said it was very good and I'll make it again.

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NormaS.

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Zion, Illinois, USA

Living In: Dallas, Texas, USA

Reviewed: Dec. 8, 2010

Baked it for the first time today. Absolutely lovely combination of flavors. A winner!!! I used orange extract as I did not have lemon extract and used 1/2 tsp. of ground cardamom seeds, decreased sugar by 1/4 cup, increased raisins and added dried cranberries to = 3/4 cup of fruit and 1tbslp. ground flax seed. This is superlative!

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adkmama

Reviewed: Dec. 8, 2010

Great flavor but a bit too dry.

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Busymom

Reviewed: Apr. 3, 2008

I was excited to find a cake recipe with cardamom but overall was disappointed with the end result. It smelled wonderful baking but came out too dry. I too thought the raisins didn't go well with the texture or the taste of this cake.

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Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Lawrenceville, New Jersey, USA

Reviewed: Feb. 3, 2008

Used my basic recipe for the basis to this but used the flavourings and it was oh, so yummy! Made cardamon extract by soaking about 5/6 crushed green cardamons in hot water and added this. Will use this as an idea again.

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