Roast Figs and Plums in Vodka with Cardamom Cream

I didn't make the roasted fruit (although I would have, had I found any decent plums at this time of the year!), but I used the cardamom cream for the Deeply Appley Apple Crumble, and it was simple and so brilliant! I used slightly more cardamom than suggested, though, just to be sure (3 pods instead of 2, for half the amount of cream). However, don't use store-bought ground cardamom - ours wasn't even very old, and yet I had to add loads of cardamom without getting the same effect.