Recipe: Rose Cake

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I haven’t posted this one in a while … and I making a b-day cake for a

friend this weekend so I thought of it …’cept his cake is going to be a

flourless chocolate cake with chocolate frosting and then I’ll use the

rose-almond frosting recipe below to make decorative roses to garnish it

:-)

 

*Smile*

Chris (list mom)

 

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These recipes are really YUMMY.

 

These are my recipes, adapted from old recipes I had found a while back

for

Persian Princess Rose Cake, Rose Syrup and Rose Sugar.

 

This time of year the cake can be garnished with fresh rose petals from

the garden.

NEVER use florist roses which are contaminated with pesticides.

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Turkish Princess Rose Cake

 

(Note: I adjusted the cake recipe I made for high altitude but posted

here the sea level version

 

Also, this recipe makes 2 thin cake layers .. for a thicker cake double

the recipe and use 9” cake pans.

 

Pre-heat oven to 375°F.

 

Into a mixing bowl, combine

 

1½ cups cake flour,

2 tsp. baking powder,

2 Tbsp. finely ground almonds

½ cup Vanilla Rose Sugar (recipe follows)

2 Tbs. Rose Syrup (recipe follows)

¾ cup + 1 Tbsp. milk,

5 Tbs. butter,

1 egg,

1½ tsp. vanilla extract,

Pinch of salt.

Another 2 Tbsp. Rose Syrup

 

Blend all ingredients. Mix about 4 minutes at medium

speed with electric mixer. Turn into 2 - 8 " lightly buttered and floured

round cake pans. Bake in oven (375°F) until a toothpick, when inserted

into the

center of the cake, comes out clean - about 25 - 30 minutes. Let cool 10

minutes before removing from the pan.

 

Remove from pans, place cakes on a rack, and let completely

cool. Spread 2 Tbsp. Rose Syrup on top of the bottom cake layer. Then

frost

with Rose-Almond Frosting. Place top cake layer atop frosted lower

layer.

Complete frosting top and sides of the cake.

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Rose-Almond Frosting

 

8 Tbs. Butter

1 tsp. vanilla extract

2 Tbsp. Rose Syrup

1 Tbsp. finely ground almonds

4½ cups (1 box) powdered sugar

Rose hydrosol ( have a few tablespoons handy)

 

In a mixing bowl, beat butter and vanilla extract,

until butter is softened. Add 2 Tbsp. Rose Syrup

and continue to beat until mixture is fluffy. Slowly add powdered sugar,

blending on a slow speed at first to combine ingredients. Add Rose

hydrosol,

a tablespoon at a time, until frosting reaches proper consistency.

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Rose Otto Sugar *

 

1-2 cups sugar

2 drops of Rose Otto

 

Blend very well.

 

*Note: (Vanilla Rose Sugar) For this recipe I made the Rose Sugar with a

base of Vanilla Sugar I had prepared some time ago. To make Vanilla

Sugar

you put a cut up vanilla bean in a jar of sugar for months

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Rose Syrup

 

4 heaping Tbsp. Rose Petal Jam

2 Tbsp. Water

 

Combine jam and water in a small pan. Warm slightly over low heat while

stirring.

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*Smile*

Chris (list mom)

 

Turkish Rose Hydrosol, Turkish Rose Otto,

Rose Petal Jam, Gas Extracted Rose Oil, and More

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