This is Persian style rosewater muffins (cup cakes). A midly sweet cupcake, that is truly a delightful
dessert. These muffins called ‘ cake Yazdi’ that takes its name after the Yazd an ancient city in
central Iran. To Iranians cake Yazdi is what Madeleine cake aer to the French.
Yazd is an ancient city in Iran and is recognized as a world Heritage site by UNESCO. Yazd is well
known for its special architecture and its nickname is ‘ wind cathcher’ . Also this city is well known
for having its Zorasterian ancient fire temple, Qanat (under ground water channels to transport
water from water well to surface for irrigation and drinking) and Yakhchal ( yakh meaning ice and chaal meaning pit) is an ancient type of evaporative cooler, it used to creae ice in the winter and
store it in the summer time.