Blueberry muffins with cardamom; some recipes, in the hopes that summer will arrive

I'm just going to keep posting about blueberries until I'm sure it's going to be summer again; I think we have a few tubs still in the freezer.

The search is for a blueberry muffin recipe with cardamom, and here's some sample of same, to see what the variety is in the recipes so that perhaps some meta-recipe will emerge.  Do be sure to read the first one through; it's a moving memorial and a story of how we celebrate the end of someone's life.

from Confessions of a Cardamom Addict: Edna's favourite blueberry muffins

After the speeches and video clips we spilled into the reception, its tables laidened with sandwiches and sweets. Bowls of punch were off to the side as were carafes of coffee and tea. But everywhere--and I do mean everywhere- were wicker baskets filled with blueberry muffins. The Laurier catering team was given Edna's favourite muffin recipe (she was known for feeding muffins to visitors) and they made hundreds of them. The recipe was also given to each of us, along with a copy of her favourite poem.


In her own words "I've eaten a lot of blueberry muffins in my day, but none as good as my sister Norma's."

Edna's Favourite Blueberry Muffins
Ingredients
50g soft butter (1/4 c)
125g sugar (3/4 c)
1 egg, well beaten
160g pastry flour (1-1/2c)
1/2 tsp salt
1 dspn baking powder (2 tsp)
150g blueberries (fresh or frozen) (1 c)

• Preheat oven to 375F/190C and line or butter 12 medium muffin cups/9 large muffin cups.
• Sift together flour, salt and baking powder.
• Cream together butter and sugar. Add sifted dry ingredients alternately with milk. Fold in blueberries.
• Fill the tins (at least 2/3 full). Bake for 15-20 minutes or until done.

food.  according to me.  [Unrivaled] Blueberry Muffins

(this one doesn't have cardamom in it, but I will quote the preface to the recipe; you can link to the actual recipe)

After posting Champion Blueberry Muffins, more people have come to this site looking for from-scratch blueberry muffins than, as far as I can tell by the search terms that lead people here, anything else. I've been feeling sort of guilty: that post was such a tease. Unfortunately, blueberries are definitely out of season during these dark days; but maybe you stashed some in your refrigerator last August...

a recipe from amyburns1999 on SparkPeople for Blueberry Cardamom Muffins; it's vegan, should that be relevant to you.  (personally, skip the splenda, but that's me)

These are so delicious you should make a double batch so you can freeze some for later or share with friends. I normally substitute the sugar with splenda for less calories.
45 Minutes to Prepare and Cook

Ingredients

1 cup almonds 2 cups frozend blueberries 2 cups flour 1 cup sugar/splenda 2 tsp cardamom 2 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp salt 1 cup vanilla soy milk lite 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce

surprisingly - there were not a lot of these recipes that were easy to find on the first go-around; that might have been just because the general rule is "optional: add some other spice to taste".  will report back after I experiment.