Honey and apricot Cake
A wild honey cake with Orange Blossom Whipped Cream Cake topped with roasted apricots
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Servings 6
Ingredients
Honey Cake
- All purpose flour - 120gm
- Butter - 100gm
- Dark brown sugar - 100gm
- Eggs - 2
- Wild honey - 100gm
- Baking powder - 1 teaspoon
Orange Blossom Whipped Cream
- Cream - 200gm
- Icing sugar - 3 teaspoons
- Orange blossom water - 1 teaspoon
Roasted Apricots
- Apricots - 3-5
- Butter - 25gm
- Dark brown sugar - 25gm
Garnish
- Pistachio - 25gm
- Honey - 1 tablespoon
Instructions
Honey Cake
- Preheat the oven, grease and line the cake tin with parchment paper.
- In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy
- Add and beat one egg at a time.
- Add the wild honey into the mixture.
- Sift in the flour and baking powder into the wet ingredients.
- Pour the batter into the cake tin and bake for about 40 minutes.
- Check the cake with a wooden skewer to see if completely baked.
- Once baked, let it cool on a cooling rack.
Orange Blossom Whipped Cream
- In a large bowl, add the cream and whip until soft peaks are formed.
- Add the icing sugar and whip until the stiff peaks are formed.
- Add the orange blossom water and whip for a couple of seconds.
- Chill until the cream is needed.
Roasted Apricots
- Cut the apricots in halves and remove the seed.
- In a pan, add the butter and dark brown sugar. Once the sugar and butter starts melting, add the apricots.
- Cook the apricots for 5 minutes so its lightly caramalized but not cooked too soft.
- Let it come to room temperature before placing them on the cream.
- Roast the pistachio and chop them up into small pieces.
Assembling the Cake
- Place the cake on a cake stand or cake board, cover the top of the cake with the orange blossom whipped cream.
- Place the roasted apricots on top of the whipped cream.
- Sprinkle the roasted pistachios on top and drizzle with honey over the cake.
- Enjoy!
Recipe Notes
* Chill the blender's whisk and the bowl in the refrigerator before you whip, this will give you better results (specially in India using the cream available here)
Happy Baking
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