INGREDIENTS

Rose Cake

Recipe credit: Ruhana Ebrahim
Picture Credit: @mama_taught_me_well

Ingredients:
125g butter
1 teaspoon Rose water
1½ cups castor sugar
2 eggs
1½ cups flour
1 cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon rose pink food colouring
1 teaspoon white vinegar
1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda

Frosting:
250g cream cheese
125g butter
2 cups cup icing sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
2 tablespoon milk
2 teaspoon rose colouring

METHOD

1. Preheat oven to 180°C. Grease two deep 22cm round cake pans;
line bases and sides with baking paper.
2. Beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs in beat in. Sift in flour and buttermilk alternately. Add in colouring and rose water, mix in.
3. Combine vinegar and bicarb, allow to fizz, then fold into cake mixture. Divide mixture between pans.
4. Bake cakes about 30 minutes. Stand cakes for few minutes before turning onto wire rack to cool.
5. Beat cream cheese until smooth, then add in sugar and remainder ingredients and beat until smooth. in a small bowl with electric mixer until smooth.
6. Sandwich cakes with frosting and frost over top and sides of cake.

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