Jac's Favorite - Swedish Lemon Sour Cream Cardamom Squares

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 1 2/3 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon cardamom, fresh ground (add more if you like)
• 3/4 cup butter, softened
• 1 1/4 cups sugar,
• 3 eggs, large
• 2/3 cup sour cream
• 1/8 cup lemon juice, fresh squeezed
• 1/2 teaspoon lemon rind
• 1/8 cup icing sugar, garnish

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 350 degrees f.
• 2 grease a 8 inch cake pan and line with either parchment paper or waxed paper.
• 3 in a large bowl add the flour, baking soda, salt and cardamom, set aside until needed.
• 4 beat the butter until creamy and slowly add the sugar beating until the mixture is light and fluffy.
• 5 add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each egg.
• 6 mix the sour cream with the lemon juice and lemon rind, blending well.
• 7 fold the flour into the mixture in 3 batches alternating with the sour cream mixture.
• 8 spoon into the cake pan making sure to smooth the surface and bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 45 minutes until firm to the touch.
• 9 after removing from oven, you may want to loosen the cake with a knife so that it doesn't stick when you turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely.
• 10 when cold you may cut into squares, dust with icing sugar and enjoy.