Love cake
User Reviews
4.5
6 reviews
Excellent
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Prep Time
15 mins
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Cook Time
1 hr 15 mins
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Total Time
1 hr 45 mins
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Servings
12 people
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Course
Dessert
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Cuisine
Asian, Sri Lankan
Love cake
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The love cake is a traditional Sri Lankan cake made from cashews, semolina and candied winter melon called puhul dosi. It is perfumed with rose, cinnamon, cardamom with lime and nutmeg.
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Ingredients
- 1½ cup fine semolina
- 6 large eggs
- 1¼ cup caster sugar
- 4 tablespoons liquid honey
- 1 cup butter
- ½ teaspoon almond extract
- 3 tablespoons rose water
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon ground cardamom
- ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 8 oz. cashews , coarsely ground
- 3 oz. puhul dosi (candied winter melon), diced
- 1 tablespoon lime zest
Equipment
- Baking dish
- Stand mixer
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Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 300 F (150 C) and line an 8-inch (20 cm) square baking dish with parchment paper.
- In a dry pan, roast the fine semolina without stirring it and without coloring it.
- When the semolina is still hot, add the butter and mix well until the butter melts and mixes well with the semolina. Set aside.
- Separate the eggs.
- In a large bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer, beat the egg yolks and sugar until the mixture whitens and doubles in volume.
- Add the lime zest, honey, spices, rose water, almond extract and mix well.
- Add coarsely ground cashews and puhul dosi and mix well.
- Add the mixture of semolina and butter and incorporate with the spatula, without beating.
- In another bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer, beat the egg whites until stiff.
- Add the egg whites gently to the previous preparation and combine everything without beating.
- Pour the mixture into the mold and gently tap it on the work surface two or three times to expel any air bubbles.
- Bake for 1 hour 20 minutes.
- Allow the cake to cool completely before cutting square shaped portions and serve.
Notes
- Do not poke the love cake with a knife to test if the cake is fully baked. The love cake must have a moist and melting inside.
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