Baklava Inspired Cake
Fusion Cake
Servings: 0
Ingredients
Cake Ingredients
- 1 cup all purpose flour or Bob's Red Mill Gluten Free Flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp finely ground cardamom powder
- Pinch saffron threads
- 1 cup sugar
- 10 tbsp oil
- 4 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ⅓ cup Coarsely chopped pistachios
Milk To Soak Cake
- ¼ cup milk or almond milk
- ½ tsp cardamom powder
- 1 tsp powdered sugar
- drop Rose water ( remember a little goes a long way)
Baklava Topping
- ½ cup walnuts
- ½ cup pistachios
- ⅓ cup honey
- 1 tbsp rose water
- 1 tsp orange blossom water
- ¼ tsp cardamom powder
- ¼ tsp cinnamon powder
- 1 tbsp edible rose petals
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 300° F. Grease cake pan
- Lets bake the cake first and then while its baking we will make the baklava topping
- With a hand mixer whisk together oil and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs (one at a time), and vanilla extract mixing until incorporated
- Add all the dry ingredients(flour/baking powder/ saffron/pistachios) and mix thoroughly
- Pour the batter into the pan. Lightly bang the pan on the counter to evenly spread the batter.
- Bake at 300° for 35/40 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean (make sure to test the center) as oven temps vary
- The cake should be lightly golden brown
- Remove the cake pan and place on a cake board/serving platter
Sprinkle the cake with the milk mixture and let it soak in
MAKING Baklava Topping
- Pulse the nuts, in a ninja and set aside
- Add cinnamon & cardamom powder to the nuts mix
- Add the honey, rose water and orange blossom water to the mix with a spoon
- Taste and add more honey as needed.