Ingredients
- 6 eggs
- 2 tbsp of rose water
- 1 tsp of cardamom, ground
- 250 g of semolina
- 50 g of glace cherries
- 25 g of crystalised stem ginger
- 150 g of unsalted butter
- 350 g of caster sugar
- 3 tbsp of honey
- 1 orange, the zest of
- 1 lemon, the zest of
- 1 tsp of nutmeg, grated
- 200 g of unsalted cashew nuts, coarsley chopped
- 25 g of mixed peel
- 1 dusting of icing sugar
- 1 tsp of ground cinnamon
Method
Step 1
Preheat the oven to 150˚C/300˚F and line a 25 x 30 cm (10 x 12 in) cake tin with baking paper.Step 2
Dice 150g of unsalted butter and leave in a warm place to soften.Step 3
Once soft, cream the sugar and butter until light and fluffy.Step 4
Add in the eggs, one at a time and beat well.Step 5
Add honey, rose water, zest, nutmeg, cardamom and cinnamon. Use a spatula to gently fold throughStep 6
Next fold through the cashew nuts, semolina, glacé cherries, mixed peel and crystalized ginger until combined. Do not over mix.Step 7
Turn into prepared tin and bake in the oven for 1 hour or until pale golden on top. The cake comes out best in a slow-cook process and should ideally feel chewy on top and moist in the middle.Step 8
Allow the cake to cool in the tin for about 20 minutes.Step 9
Turn out of the tin, and when completely cool dust with icing sugar.