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| Pictured cake by Ron Ben-Israel . Photo credit: Ngoc Minh Ngo. (Clearly our cakes will never turn out this professional, but layering organic rose petals will create a similar look.) |
| Rose Petal Cake: This recipe is simple and delicious. Perfect for a girl thing. Ingredients: 1 Cup butter softened 1 1/3 cups white sugar 5 very large eggs 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon almond extract 1 1/2 ounces finely chopped almonds 3 teaspoons rose water 2 drops red food coloring 2 cups all purpose flour Instructions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees, grease a nine inch tube pan. Cream the butter very well. In a separate bowl beat sugar and eggs together until they have doubled their volume. Sift the flour and add it along with the salt gradually. Fold in creamed butter. Divide batter into two equal parts, in one part add the almond extract and the ground almonds. To the other part add the rosewater and the red food coloring, place batters alternatively into the prepared pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 50 to 60 minutes. Let cake cool then remove from pan and dust with confectioners sugar. A thought : if you add just a tad of red food coloring into two cups of whipped cream, you'll have your frosting. I like to make the top of the cake pink and then decorate with white rose petals. |
