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Persian Love Cake with Rose, Cardamom and Figs
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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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