Cardamom Vanilla Pound Cake

• 3
  

  cups all-arrangement flour
  

• 1
  

  teaspoon ground cardamom
  

• 1
  

  teaspoon baking powder
  

• ¹⁄₂
  

  teaspoon baking soda
  

• ¹⁄₂
  

  teaspoon salt
  

• 1 ¹⁄₈
  

  cups unsalted butter, softened
  

• 1 ³⁄₄
  

  cups granulated sugar
  

• 2
  

  vanilla beans, halved lengthwise
  

• 4
  

  huge eggs
  

• 1
  

  tablespoon original lemon juice
  

• 1
  

  cup entire milk
  

• 1 ¹⁄₂
  

  cups heavy cream, chilled
  

• 2 ¹⁄₂
  

  tablespoons confectioners’ sugar
  

• 1 ¹⁄₂
  

  teaspoons pure vanilla extract
  

directions

• Preheat oven to 350 F with rack in middle. Generously butter pan and dirt with flour, knocking out extra.
• High-tail collectively flour, cardamom, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Beat collectively butter and granulated sugar in mixer at medium shuffle, scraping side of bowl on occasion, till faded and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Predicament seeds from vanilla bean with tip of paring knife into butter combination, reserving pods for one more utilize, and beat till blended effectively, about 1 minute. Add eggs 1 at a time, beating effectively after every addition, then beat in lemon juice till blended effectively. At low shuffle, add flour combination and milk alternately in batches, starting up and ending with flour combination, mixing till factual blended.
• Spoon batter into pan, smoothing prime. Gently rap pan on counter to do away with air bubbles.
• Bake till a wooden skewer inserted into center of cake comes out tidy, about 1 hour. Frigid in pan 1 hour, then invert onto a rack and frigid entirely, about 1 hour extra.
• For whipping cream: Beat cream with confectioners sugar and vanilla extract the utilize of dawdle attachment of mixer till it factual holds stiff peaks. Serve cake with whipped vanilla cream.