Sri Lankan Love Cake | Recipes

Ingredients

• 1 tsp cinnamon
• ½ tsp nutmeg
• 1 tsp ground cardamom
• ½ tsp clove
• 6 egg yolks
• 200g dark brown sugar
• 225g semolina
• 150g cashews, chopped to a course rubble
• 125g unsalted butter, softened
• Zest of 2 limes
• 60ml rosewater
• 6 egg whites
• 75g local honey
• Pinch of salt
• ½ cup icing sugar mixed with 1 tsp rose petal powder
• Dried rose petals, for garnishing
• Toasted crushed cashews, for garnishing
• 300ml double cream
• 200ml creme fraiche
• 1 tsp icing sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 500g strawberries, hulled and halved
• 2 tbsp icing sugar
• Vanilla bean, split and scraped
• Juice and zest of 1 lemon or lime