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Rose Water Cake

5 from 2 votes
Prep Time 40 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes
Servings 8

Ingredients
  

Cake

  • ½ cup vegetable oil
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup sugar
  • zest from 2 lemons
  • juice from 2 lemons
  • 3 tablespoon rose water (dried rose petals and water)
  • 1 cup flour
  • ½ cup almond flour
  • 2 teaspoon cardamom
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon salt

Glaze

  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 2 tablespoon rose water

Topping (optional)

  • dried rose petals
  • slivered almonds

Instructions
 

Rose water

  • If not using store bought rose water, make your own with dried rose petals and water. In a small sauce pan put about 1 cup of dried rose petals. I like to use red roses to get a pretty pink color. Then cover the petals with about ½ cup of water.
  • Simmer on medium low heat until all of the color leaves the petals and saturates the water (about 5- 10 minutes). Remove from heat and strain out your petals.

Cake

  • In a large bowl whisk together your oil, eggs, sugar, lemon zest, lemon juice, and rose water.
  • Add your flour, almond flour, cardamom, baking powder and salt.
  • Line a 9 inch baking pan with parchment paper and pre-heat your oven to 350 degrees.
  • Pour your batter into your prepared baking dish.
  • Bake your cake for 35 minutes or until the center comes out dry.
  • Let cake cool

Glaze

  • In a small bowl whisk together your powdered sugar and rose water.
  • Pour over your cooled cake and immediately top with some extra crushed dried rose petals and slivered almonds for decoration.
  • Serve and enjoy!
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