Peace One Day's Love Cake
By Great British Chefs
Published on 03 January 2023
This wonderfully simple cake is a Sri Lankan delicacy made with love at birthdays or special occasions. A legacy from the Portuguese rule in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), this cake is a great combination of dried fruit, nuts and spices.This recipe was created by Great British Chef Alfred Prasad for the Peace One Day school educational packs.Time and servings
30 minsTotal time
10 minsPrep time
20 minsCooking time
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.