{"id":718,"date":"2012-01-08T17:02:34","date_gmt":"2012-01-08T17:02:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mrsglaze.com\/2012\/01\/08\/persian-saffron-orange-cake\/"},"modified":"2012-12-27T13:11:29","modified_gmt":"2012-12-27T21:11:29","slug":"persian-saffron-orange-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amyglaze.com\/persian-saffron-orange-cake\/","title":{"rendered":"Persian Saffron Orange Cake"},"content":{"rendered":"

My dusty pastry skills were recently tested when a Persian friend asked if I would recreate his Grandmother’s orange cake perfumed with cardamom and saffron. Then he gave me his Grandmother’s relic bundt pan to make it in. Then my mother gave me her 1970’s Persian cookbook. No way out!<\/p>\n

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Persian Saffron Orange Cake<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Why I am not a pastry chef is sort of a mystery in my family. My last name really is ‘Glaze’. My first spoken word was “cake” (the precursor to “hotdog”). And I’m probably borderline diabetic considering my insatiable sweet tooth.<\/p>\n

What went wrong…<\/p>\n

I was briefly thrown into pastry chefdom at the age of 21 when the now famous but then unknown pastry chef, Elizabeth Falkner, left Ristorante Ecco. I was only the nighttime Garde Mang\u00e9 cook (cold apps, salads, and pastry assembly) with no cooking school degree and little knowledge of baking.<\/p>\n

Left an anthology of recipes, I picked up the slack. I learned two things: I prefer to see food cooking in front of my face instead of hoping and praying it will turn out okay before dinner service and I have trouble not<\/em> taste-testing everything I create.<\/p>\n

Was it Shakespeare who wrote: “Tis an ill cook that cannot lick his own fingers”?<\/p>\n

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Saffron Orange Bundt Cake<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Fold egg whites gently…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Even so, true to my first utterance, I love cake. Unadulterated. Fresh and fluffy. Although there is a time and place for buttercreams and Italian meringues, I prefer it “as is” with minimal frosting. Maybe with a dollop of barely sweetened vanilla bean whipped cream. Or maybe not.<\/p>\n

I make cakes at home by hand, without electric aid, because it’s a great arm and ab workout and lessens the guilt factor when I devour half in one go.<\/p>\n

It does take extra time, but then again, making cake\u00a0is<\/em>\u00a0a labor of love…<\/p>\n

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Saffron Orange Cake<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

I wonder if his Persian Grandmother knew that saffron, cardamom, and orange scented\u00a0fresh<\/em>\u00a0cake brings\u00a0a lingering sultry fragrance to the kitchen and, well, romance\u00a0to the table?<\/p>\n

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