[For Valentine's Day use an 8-cup heart-shaped pan and bake for 1 hour and fifteen minutes.]

In bowl, beat honey with butter until smooth; beat in eggs, 1 at a time, and vanilla. Stir together flour, baking powder, cardamom, baking soda and salt; add to honey mixture alternately with sour cream, making 3 additions of dry mixture and 2 of sour cream. Spoon into greased 9-inch springform pan, smoothing top.

Streusel Topping: In small bowl, stir together almonds, sugar and flour; cut in butter until crumbly. Sprinkle over batter. Bake in 350F 180 °C oven for about 1 hour or until tester inserted into centre comes out clean. Let cool in pan on rack for 15 minutes. Remove from pan; let cool completely.

Icing: Sprinkle cinnamon over cake. Whisk icing sugar with milk; drizzle over cake.

10 servings for $6.21 Cdn [Feb/95]

Per serving: about 440 calories, 6 g protein, 18 g fat, 66 g carbohydrate

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