Rose Petal Pound Cake Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 160C/fan140C/gas 3. Grease and base line a 20cm round, deep cake tin with baking paper. Put the milk in a jug and add the vinegar – it will curdle. Melt the chocolate in a large bowl set over a pan of simmering water, making sure the bottom of the bowl doesn't touch the water. Stir until smooth.
• Add the butter and remaining cake ingredients plus the milk mixture to the melted chocolate. Beat until smooth, then tip into the tin. Bake for 1 1/4-1 1/2 hours or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Cool in the tin for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely.
• Using a bread knife, halve the cake horizontally. Sprinkle the cut sides with sherry or Marsala, if using.
• Melt the chocolate and butter in a pan over a low heat. Stir until smooth, then remove from the heat. Cool for a few minutes, then beat in the cream. Set aside to thicken slightly.
• To decorate, use a quarter of the icing to sandwich the 2 cake halves together. Spread the remaining icing over the top and sides of the cake. Decorate with rose flower or fondant petals to serve.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Grease and flour a bunt pan.
• Whip cream cheese and butter until fluffy.
• Add sugar and beat.
• Add eggs, one at a time; beat well after each addition.
• Add rosewater and flour. Mix thoroughly. Pour into prepared pan.
• Bake for 1 1/2 hours.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease one 9-inch tube pan.
• Sift together flour and salt; set aside.
• Beat butter in a mixing bowl until light and fluffy; it should be noticeably lighter in color. In a separate bowl, beat sugar and eggs together until doubled in volume. Mixture should be thick and lemon-colored.
• Add sifted flour and salt gradually to the egg mixture, mixing until fully combined. Fold in creamed butter and mix thoroughly.
• Divide batter into two equal parts. Into one part, add the almond extract and the ground almonds. To the other part, add the rosewater and the red food coloring. Spoon batters alternately into the prepared pan.
• Bake in preheated oven until a cake tester comes out clean, 50 to 60 minutes. Let cake cool for 15 minutes; then remove from pan to cool completely. Dust with confectioner's sugar before serving.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter and flour a 10-inch (3-quart) bundt pan, knocking out excess.
• Sift flour. Beat together butter and cream cheese in a large bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add sugar, flour, and vanilla and beat on low speed until just combined (mixture will appear dry and crumbly). Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition (mixture will form a batter as eggs are added).
• Pour batter into pan, smoothing top. Bake in middle of oven until golden and a tester comes out clean, about 50 minutes. Cool cake in pan on a rack 15 minutes, then invert onto a rack and cool completely.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly spray a 9-inch tube pan with cooking spray and set aside.
• Put the pieces of butter into the large bowl of an electric mixer and set aside about 15 minutes to soften.
• Grind almonds finely in a food processor or blender and set aside.
• When butter has softened, cream with sugar on medium speed until fluffy, about 5 minutes.
• Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Stir together flour and salt. Slowly add to the creamed mixture, beating until batter is smooth.
• Remove about a third of the batter and add rose water and jam, stirring until smooth.
• Stir the ground almonds and almond extract into the remaining batter.
• Spoon half of the almond batter into the prepared pan, spreading evenly.
• Spoon all of rose batter into the pan, spreading evenly. Then top with remaining almond batter and spread until smooth.
• Bake cake on center oven rack 50 to 60 minutes or until it tests done. Cool cake in pan 15 minutes, then run a knife around the outside edge and also around the center tube. Invert onto a cooling rack and cool completely.
• Dust with powdered sugar before serving.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease one 9-inch tube pan.
• Sift together flour and salt; set aside.
• Beat butter in a mixing bowl until light and fluffy; it should be noticeably lighter in color. In a separate bowl, beat sugar and eggs together until doubled in volume. Mixture should be thick and lemon-colored.
• Add sifted flour and salt gradually to the egg mixture, mixing until fully combined. Fold in creamed butter and mix thoroughly.
• Divide batter into two equal parts. Into one part, add the almond extract and the ground almonds. To the other part, add the rosewater and the red food coloring. Spoon batters alternately into the prepared pan.
• Bake in preheated oven until a cake tester comes out clean, 50 to 60 minutes. Let cake cool for 15 minutes; then remove from pan to cool completely. Dust with confectioner's sugar before serving.