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Mar 24, 2022
5 minutes
recipes RHIAN CADWALADR & SAMUEL GOLDSMITH
photographs
LOUISE HAGGER
Rhian’s rose & pistachio cacen ffenest (‘window cake’)
SERVES 12 PREP 40 mins plus cooling COOK 25-30 mins MORE EFFORT V
175g butter, softened, plus extra for the tin
175g caster sugar
3 eggs
175g self-raising flour
50g pistachios, ground in a blender few drops each of green and pink food colouring
2-4 tbsp milk
50g ground almonds few drops of rose essence
100-150g good-quality apricot jam icing sugar and caster sugar, for dusting
400g marzipan a few crushed pistachios and dried rose petals, to decorate (optional)
Heat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Butter a 20cm square tin. Cut a sheet of non-stick baking parchment into a 40cm x 20cm rectangle. Fold in half, so the short ends meet, then lower into the
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