Burfee Cake

Name: Burfee Cake
Cuisine: South African
Ingredients: 125 g soft unsalted butter; 1 cup castor sugar; 3 large eggs; 1/2 cup full fat milk; 1 1/2 cups cake flour; 3 teaspoons baking powder; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground cardamom; Pinch salt

Landi Govender @LandiG

Kempton Park

A delicious fusion dessert combining two of my favourite desserts, burfee which is an Indian fudge and cake infused with cardamom and vanilla drenched in a white chocolate ganache.

Burfee has got to be my favourite of all the indian sweet meats, it’s so rich and creamy. I haven’t mastered the art that is making my own burfee but i’ll get there soon. for now here is a simple recipe for a delicious burfee cake.

A delicious fusion dessert combining two of my favourite desserts, burfee which is an Indian fudge and cake infused with cardamom and vanilla drenched in a white chocolate ganache.

Landi Govender @LandiG

Kempton Park

A delicious fusion dessert combining two of my favourite desserts, burfee which is an Indian fudge and cake infused with cardamom and vanilla drenched in a white chocolate ganache.

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Ingredients

125 gsoft unsalted butter
1 cupcastor sugar
3large eggs
1/2 cupfull fat milk
1 1/2 cupscake flour
3 teaspoonsbaking powder
1 teaspoonvanilla extract
1/2 teaspoonfreshly ground cardamom
Pinchsalt

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Steps

1

Preheat oven to 180°c.
Whisk softened butter and sugar until light and creamy, add in 1 egg at a time and whisk until just combined.
2

Sift all dry ingredients (flour, baking powder, salt, castor sugar and cardomom) and add it slowly into the wet ingredients whilst whisking.
3

Add milk, vanilla extract and salt and mix until just combined.
4

Pour batter into prepared pan and bake for 30 minutes.
5

Method for ganache
Pour the butter and chocolate pieces into a bowl and heat up at 30 seconds intervals until the chocolate is completely melted, cover with cling wrap to prevent a skin from forming. Once the cake is cooled pour the ganache on and decorate with crumbled burfee and tinted almonds.