A romantic and fragrant cake known as Persian Love Cake, perfect for stepping out of your comfort zone in baking. It combines unique ingredients like rose water, almond flour, and cardamom, and is topped with a delightful glaze.
1: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter and flour a 9.5 inch bundt pan or 9 inch cake pan.
2: Cream together unsalted softened butter, oil, and sugar in a stand mixer or hand beater for 3-4 minutes until fluffy.
3: Add eggs one at a time while mixing.
4: Add rose water, lemon zest, orange zest, and juice of half an orange.
5: In a separate bowl, whisk together almond flour, all-purpose flour, salt, crushed cardamoms, crushed pistachios, baking powder, and baking soda.
6: Gradually add the flour mixture to the butter mixture on low speed. Do not over mix.
7: Pour the batter into the prepared mold and bake for 35-40 minutes until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
8: For the glaze, mix icing sugar, milk, and rose water until you achieve a pouring consistency.
9: Once the cake is cooled completely, pour the glaze over it and top with crushed pistachios and edible roses.
