Chocolate cake with rose water

Desserts (Dessert (8 servings) )

Ingredients
100 g soft butter
50 g light yellow soft brown sugar
50 g dark brown soft sugar
150 g dark chocolate of good quality
1 tbsp rose water
5 eggs
125 g ground almonds
1 tsp baking powder
½ a tsp baking soda
Crème di balsamic (for decoration)

Preparation

Preheat the oven to 180°C and grease a 22 cm baking tin lightly with flour. Cut a circle out of a piece of baking paper large enough to cover the bottom of the baking tin and put it in. Beat the butter and sugar creamy. Melt the chocolate au bain marie and let it cool down for a few minutes. Add the chocolate and rose water to the mixture of butter and sugar. Then add eggs, ground almonds, baking powder and baking soda. Blend it all well with a whisk or kitchen machine.  Pour the batter into the cake pan and bake the cake for 35-40 minutes. Let the cake cool down on a wire rack for half an hour before removing the tin. For a festive accent, you can decorate the plate (preferably a white one) with a little crème di balsamico and then put a piece of cake on it. Decorate with a little bit of crème, some fresh rose petals and some strawberries or raspberries.

 

Rose Syrup

Rose Syrup

Rose syrup is really easy to make. It tastes delicious and it can be used in a variety of desserts like ice-creams, yoghurts, drinks, cakes or puddings.

ROSE ICE CREAM

ROSE ICE CREAM

Heat the water with sugar until the sugar is well dissolved.

Jordi Rose Dessert

Jordi Rose Dessert

Remove petals from the roses, and wash them with cold water. Strain the petals, and then dry with a paper towel.

Lamsragoût with  apricots

Lamsragoût with apricots

Mix the meat with the mixture of flour, salt and paprika.

Summer rose drink

Summer rose drink

Mix the tonic and the spring water in a large can. Add to taste some rose syrup or rose water.