Persian Love Cake from Epicurious
I am making this for our Culinary Chicks meet up, tomorrow. The link above, shows what it's supposed to look like. Mine doesn't look pretty. At all. But it tastes delicious!
I didn't make the candied rose petals (too scared to try it), or top with pistachios (Amy says they give her headaches.)
Lat time I made this, I made it as cupcakes. They were so good! However, I gave some to a neighbor, and she didn't tell her husband that they were rosewater flavored. He thought they were plain cupcakes, and was surprised. He now refers to them as "Soap Cupcakes". They're good, though! Promise!
I am making this for our Culinary Chicks meet up, tomorrow. The link above, shows what it's supposed to look like. Mine doesn't look pretty. At all. But it tastes delicious!
I didn't make the candied rose petals (too scared to try it), or top with pistachios (Amy says they give her headaches.)
Lat time I made this, I made it as cupcakes. They were so good! However, I gave some to a neighbor, and she didn't tell her husband that they were rosewater flavored. He thought they were plain cupcakes, and was surprised. He now refers to them as "Soap Cupcakes". They're good, though! Promise!
Cake
1 cup cake flour
14 tablespoons baker's sugar or superfine sugar, divided
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon coarse kosher salt
3 large eggs, separated
6 tablespoons water
1/4 cup canola oil
1 teaspoon grated lemon peel
1/4 teaspoon whole cardamom seeds (removed from about 5 green cardamom pods) Frosting
2 1/2 cups chilled heavy whipping cream, divided
Pinch of saffron threads
2/3 cup powdered sugar
1 teaspoon rose water
2 tablespoons natural unsalted pistachios
Preparation
For cake:Preheat oven to 325°F. Butter two 8-inch-diameter cake pans with 1 1/2-inch-high sides. Line pan bottoms with parchment paper; butter parchment. Sift flour, 7 tablespoons baker's sugar, baking powder, and salt into large bowl. Whisk yolks and next 4 ingredients in small bowl until smooth. Add yolk mixture to dry ingredients; whisk until smooth. Beat egg whites in medium bowl until soft peaks form. Gradually add 7 tablespoons baker's sugar; beat until whites resemble thick marshmallow fluff. Fold whites into batter in 3 additions. Divide batter between prepared pans. Bake until cakes are golden and tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 25 minutes. Cool in pans on racks 15 minutes. Turn out onto racks, peel off parchment, and cool completely. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Wrap and store at room temperature.)
For frosting:
Combine 1/2 cup cream and saffron in small saucepan. Bring to simmer. Remove from heat; let steep 20 minutes. Chill until cold.
Beat remaining 2 cups cream, powdered sugar, and rose water in large bowl until soft peaks form; strain in saffron cream. Beat until peaks form.
Place 1 cake layer, flat side up, on platter. Spread 1 cup frosting over. Top with second cake layer, flat side down. Spread remaining frosting over top and sides of cake. Chill at least 1 hour and up to 6 hours.
Garnish cake with rose petals and pistachios.
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