If you are looking for a gorgeous cake that is different from the norm, then this month's Daring Bakers challenge serves up a gorgeous, caramelly nutmeg coffee cake:
The Daring Bakers’ April 2012 challenge, hosted by Jason at Daily Candor, were two Armenian standards: nazook and nutmeg cake. Nazook is a layered yeasted dough pastry with a sweet filling, and nutmeg cake is a fragrant, nutty coffee-style cake.
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I didn't have time to make both, so it was a no brainer to choose the Armenian nutmeg cake. And what a lovely cake it is - it has a dryer bottom crumb layer topped with a rich batter, with nuts on top. I didn't have walnuts, so I used flaked almonds instead. Here is the end result:
The cake has warm, caramel-like undertones from the brown sugar, with a spicy edge from the nutmeg.
A slice of the cake served warm with icecream was just perfect:
To see how the other Daring Bakers fared, visit the slideshow at The Daring Kitchen.
12 comments:
Sounds intriguing and absolutely delicious! And gorgeous photos too!
I loved, loved, loved this cake. It was so different... (I made the nazook also - which were also amazing).
Your cake looks great.
I'm really starting to get annoyed at the fact I didn't try this, it sounds amazing!!!!
That looks absolutely amazing - I want a piece
I've never heard of this cake, but it sounds delicious!
Sounds delicious, and it looks pretty with the almonds on top.
I love the color of the cake and the almonds on the top looks great.
I love nutmeg to begin with, so this cake sounds amazing. Love the description of brown sugar undertones.
Love this armenian cake!!
I don't participate in Daring Bakers but I have seen both Armenian recipes on other sites. I thought I might like to try the cake. Glad you liked it.
It is beautiful! It was yummy too :D
This is so pretty...I just love the look of it, inside and out. All the flavors sound really nice and I like a cake that isn't always frosted...so this is perfect. Marking this one to try. Thanks.
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