The Rose Cake
From noir 16 years ago
- 30 minutes to make
- Serves 8
Special cake for special times...:) Decorate with a light white frosting or simply powdered sugar dusting through a doily.
Ingredients
- 1 Tbsp shortening shopping list
- 2 eggs shopping list
- 2 egg whites shopping list
- 1 Cup sugar or "Rose sugar"(see my recipe) shopping list
- 1/2 Cup canola oil or other vegetable oil shopping list
- 1 teaspoon rose water/Optional if using "Rose Sugar" shopping list
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract shopping list
- 1/4 teaspoon salt shopping list
- 1 teaspoon baking powder shopping list
- 1/4 teaspoon soda shopping list
- 2 1/4 Cups all purpose flour shopping list
- 1 Cup buttermilk shopping list
- 8 rose scented geranium leaves-Organic shopping list
How to make it
- Heat oven to 350 F.
- Generously grease a 8x12 inch pan with shortening and dust with flour. Lightly pound rose geranium leaves between sheets of wax paper and arrange in the bottom of the pan.
- In a bowl with an electric mixer or a food processor beat together egg whites and sugar.
- Continue beating until the sugar dissolves.
- Beat in the oil, salt, vanilla extract and rose water.
- Combine the flour, baking powder and baking soda.
- Add the flour mixture alternately with the buttermilk to the egg and oil mixture.
- Mix only until no flour is visible.
- Pour the batter into the prepared pan.
- Bake for 30 minutes, or until the cake is golden brown on the top and firm to the touch.
- Cool for 20 minutes.
- Turn out of pan.
- Allow to cool completely on wire rack.
- Peel off leaves when the cake is completely cool.
- Decorate according to your liking.
The Rating
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This is amazing!
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Wow Noir, the best cake to signify Spring! Roses! *smile* Happy Easter too!
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