Persian Love Cake
Prep:  35 minutes
Cook:  55 minutes (plus cooling time)
Serves:  12
Average: 4.4 (51 votes)
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Persian
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Recipe by: Australian Eggs
Celebrate any occasion with this stunning Persian Love Cake topped with Turkish Delight. This cake is also wonderful for Valentine's Day, weddings and other celebrations.
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Persian Love Cake
Ingredients:
Cake
Rosewater Buttercream
Method:
Cake
  1. Preheat oven to 180°C/160°C fan-forced. Grease a round 22cm diameter cake pan. Line base and sides with baking paper. Combine almond meal and flour in a bowl and set aside
  2. Using an electric mixer, beat butter, sugar, vanilla, cinnamon, ginger, cardamom and rosewater in a large bowl until pale and creamy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating after each addition. Fold in almond meal mixture until combined
  3. Spoon mixture into prepared pan. Smooth surface. Bake for 50-55 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean. Set aside in pan for 10 minutes to cool before turning onto a wire rack to cool completely
Rosewater Buttercream
  1. Meanwhile, using an electric mixer, beat butter in a bowl until pale and creamy. Gradually add icing sugar mixture, beating constantly until combined. Add vanilla and rosewater. Tint pale pink with colouring. Beat until combined
  2. Cut cake in half horizontally. Place cake base on a serving plate. Pipe or spread over half the buttercream. Top with cake top. Pipe or spread with remaining buttercream. Decorate with Turkish delight, pistachios, raspberries, gold leaf and dried rose petals. Serve
Nutrition Information
Per adult serving (157g)

Calories

782.0

Energy

3270.0kJ

Protein

8.5g

Fat, Total

50.6g

Saturated

25.8g

Carbs, Total

71.4g

Sugars

63.3g

Dietary Fibre

3.1g

Sodium

104.0mg
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