Kuwaiti Saffron Cardamom Cake

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup wheat flour (not coarse ground)
• 1 pinch saffron thread, crushed and soaked in 2 tablespoon warm milk for 20 minutes
• 1 pinch turmeric
• 1 organic egg, separated
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1/4 cup agave nectar or 3/4 cup brown sugar or 3/4 cup replace half the quantity syrup or 3/4 cup sugar with finely chopped dates or 3/4 cup dates, paste
• 1 teaspoon fresh ground cardamom
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 tablespoon canola oil
• 1/4 cup chopped walnuts or 1/4 cup almonds

Recipe

• 1 heat the oven to 350°f grease a round 8-inch cake pan with light butter and line with parchment paper.
• 2 in a medium mixing bowl whisk together the egg white until light and fluffy with soft peaks.using spatula gently fold in the syrup used or the sugar along with cardamom and turmeric.
• 3 beat the yolk separately in another mixing bowl with the butter milk,the saffron infused milk and the oil.
• 4 sift together the flours and baking powder together in to a large mixing bowl, then slowly fold in the egg white mixture and york mixture.
• 5 pour in the prepared pan and sprinkle the top with the nuts.bakes for about 25 minutes until the top is light brown in color.
• 6 cool completely and slice.