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Almond Coconut Barfi Cake

Indian fusion inspired Barfi Cake
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Fusion, Indian
Keyword: baking, cake, indian fusion
Servings: 10 people
Author: RGK/FootprintTheWorld

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cup almond flour
  • 1/2 cup coconut flour
  • 1/4 cup dry sweetened coconut
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup almond milk
  • 9 tbsp oil
  • 4 eggs
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 tsp finely/ freshly ground cardamom powder

Fresh Cream Icing For The Cake

  • 1 ½ cup Heavy Whipping Cream
  • 3 tbsp Sugar
  • 1 tsp Vanilla extract
  • chopped Pistachios and almonds for garnish

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350° F. Grease one or two 9-inch round cake pan/s
  • With a hand mixer whisk together oil and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs (one at a time), mixing until incorporated.
  • Add milk and vanilla and beat until incorporated.
  • In a separate bowl mix together the almond meal, coconut flour, dry coconut and baking powder.
  • Add the dry ingredients to the wet and mix thoroughly.
  • Pour the batter into the pan. Lightly bang the pan on the counter to evenly spread the batter.
  • Bake at 350° for 30 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean as oven temps.
  • The cake should be lightly golden brown.
  • Let the cake cool in the pan for 10 minutes or so.
  • Chill the cake in the refrigerator to firm up before decorating

Icing & Decorating The Cake

  • Whip cream, sugar, and vanilla extract at a high speed till a somewhat thick drip consistency.
  • Drizzle the cream on the cake
  • Decorate using coarsely chopped pistachios, almonds and rose petals