Dinner with Rukmini
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Persian Love Cake with Rose, Cardamom and Figs
Introduction
Like Scheherezade’s tales, there are thousands of versions of Persian love cake, with the roughly similar legend behind them that a young woman made the cake for the man she loved, who promptly and helpfully fell in love with her on tasting it. I can make no guarantees as to the efficacy of this recipe for similar results, as the man was a prince and that was a fairytale, but nonetheless this is a lovely, baklava-scented cake to make for friends or loved ones.
Ingredients
| soft light brown sugar | |
| soft unsalted butter | |
| nice free-range eggs | |
| self-raising flour | |
| baking powder | |
| ground almonds | |
| ground cinnamon | |
| cardamom pods, seeds only | |
| rosewater | |
| For the icing: | |
| mascarpone | |
| icing sugar | |
| rosewater | |
| For the decoration: | |
| fresh edible or dry rose petals (optional) | |
| pistachio slivers | |
| fresh figs, thinly sliced |
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The Roasting Tin Around The World
Easy one-dish dinners inspired by flavours from around the world
Leave the hard work to the oven with minimal prep and less washing up
From easy midweek dinners to simple bakes and desserts
