This Pistachio Rose Semolina Cake is such a beautiful union of cardamom, rosewater, almond and pistachio. Exquisite with a rose syrup drenching, this cake is meant to be lingered over and leisurely savored with a cup of tea or coffee for Mother's Day or any of your get togethers with family and friends.
Ingredients
For the cake
- 1 1/4 cup plus 1 tbsp unsalted butter at room temperature cubed, plus a little more for greasing cake pan with
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom
- 1 cup plus 4 tablespoons shelled unsalted pistachios
- 1 cup 250 mL almond meal
- 3/4 cup plus 3 tbsp 225 mL fine semolina flour
- 1 1/4 tsp 6 mL baking powder
- 1/4 tsp 1 mL Himalayan salt
- 1 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 4 large eggs lightly beaten
- 1 tsp lemon zest
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 2 tbsp rosewater not rose syrup
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
For the rose syrup
- 1/2 cup lemon juice
- 1/3 cup rosewater
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
For the glaze:
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 tbsp rose water
- pinch of cardamom
Instructions
For the cake:
- Preheat oven to 350F (180C).
- Grease bottom and sides of a 9-inch springform pan/or round cake pan with butter. Line bottom and sides with parchment paper. Set aside.
- Place 1 cup pistachios and cardamom powder in a high speed blender/food processor and blitz until finely ground. Transfer to a large mixing bowl. Add ground almonds, semolina, baking powder and salt. Mix together and set aside.
- Using an electric mixer, cream butter and sugar until fluffy, in another bowl. Slowly add eggs 1 at a time and continue to mix until smooth and fully incorporated.
- Using a spatula, fold the dry ingredients into the butter mixture, being careful not to over mix. Fold in lemon zest, lemon juice, rosewater and vanilla extract. Scrape batter into greased pan and level with spatula.
- Bake for 55 to 60 minutes, or until a wooden skewer inserted into centre of cake comes out clean but oily. Let rest for 10 minutes before removing from pan.
- To serve, drizzle warm rose syrup all over cake. Drizzle cake with glaze. Chop remaining pistachios and sprinkle all over cake along with dried rose petals.
- Cake can be refrigerated for upto a week. Before serving, simply warm up cake, or let stand at room temperature for a bit.
For the rose syrup:
- In a small saucepan over medium heat, add all ingredients and bring to a boil, stirring until sugar has dissolved. Remove from heat. Syrup should be slightly thinner than maple syrup and drizzled over cake when still warm.
For the glaze:
- Add the lemon juice and rose water and cardamom to the powdered sugar and mix well.
- Drizzle on cake when cooled.
Nutrition
Calories: 375kcal | Carbohydrates: 38.4g | Protein: 2.7g | Saturated Fat: 12.4g | Cholesterol: 51mg | Sodium: 55mg | Fiber: 0.7g | Sugar: 36g
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