Rukmini Iyer's Persian Love Cake Recipe | Quick Cake Recipes

Rukmini Iyer's Persian Love Cake Recipe | Quick Cake Recipes

thehappyfoodie.co.uk

This is Rukmini's version of the classic Persian love cake, with rosewater icing, topped with fresh figs and slivers of pistachio.

View full recipe on thehappyfoodie.co.uk

Recipe Saint is a recipe index: we list the ingredients so you can search, save and plan. The full method, times and servings are on the publisher's page at thehappyfoodie.co.uk.

Share this recipe:

Ingredients

  • 170g soft light brown sugar
  • 170g soft unsalted butter
  • 3 nice free-range eggs
  • 125g self-raising flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 45g ground almonds
  • ½ tsp ground cinnamon
  • 4 cardamom pods, seeds only
  • 2 drops of rosewater
  • 250g mascarpone
  • 25g icing sugar
  • 1–2 drops of rosewater
  • fresh edible or dry rose petals (optional)
  • A handful of pistachio slivers
  • 2 fresh figs, thinly sliced

More Like This