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Persian Love Cake

rich, moist and nutty almond cake, infused with rose water, and smoothered in lemon flavoured icing
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time1 hour
Total Time1 hour 10 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Mediterranean
Keyword: Unique, vegetarian
Servings: 10 servings

Equipment

  • stand mixer
  • round baking pan rectangular will work fine, but may require a longer cooking time
  • parchment paper optional

Ingredients

Cake Ingrdients

  • 2/3 cup butter unsalted
  • 3/4 cup sugar granulated
  • 2 large eggs room temperature
  • 1/2 cup plain yogurt (greek) or sour cream
  • 1 tbsp rose water can be found in baking section or natural foods store
  • zest of 1 lemon
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 2 cups almond flour or almond meal
  • 2 tsp cardamom ground
  • 1/4 tsp salt

Icing Ingredients

  • 1 1/4 cup confectioners' sugar
  • 1 tbsp lemon juice fresh
  • 1 tbsp water
  • 1-2 tbsp pistachios chopped (can use almond slivers)
  • rose petals optional (but 100% edible and quite delicious, plus it looks nice)

Instructions

Cake Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 F (180 C). pan with Parchment paper (or spray with oil)
  • In mixer, beat butter and sugar until fluffy (2 minutes). Add eggs, one at a time until well mixed.
  • Add yogurt, rose water and lemon zest and beat until blended.
  • Turn mixer to low, add flour, almond flour, cardamom and salt. Beat until just combined- Batter will be very thick!
  • Transfer batter to pan. Spread out and smoothen.
  • Bake for 50- 60 minutes. Top of cake should be golden brown, and center quite level. Toothpick testing is recommended.
  • Chill cake in pan for 15 minutes, then remove and cool completely until icing.

Icing Instructions

  • Mix confectioners sugar, lemon juice and ewater together until mixed. Icign shoukd run easily, but coat back of spoon. Add more lemon or sugar as needed to acheive desired consistency.
  • Drizzle icing over cooled Love Cake, and top with pistachios and rose petals as desired.
    Enjoy!

Notes

I dont recommend substitutions, but if you must---Rose Water can be substituted with any extract. Orange is very delicious with almonds.
If using slated butter, omit added salt in dry ingredients.
Any soured dairy product will work, kefir is actually quite good, but you can taste the added fermentation....
If your cake isn;t cooled, your glaze will run off and be absorbed by the cake making it soggy.
Store covered at room temperature for 3-5 days