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Ingredients

Cake

  • 4 eggs at room temperature separated
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 1/2 cup all purpose flour
  • 1 tbsp baking powder
  • 1 Pinch of salt
  • 2 tbsp Thandai Masala you can buy it in any store
  • 1/2 cup whole milk.

Milk mixture

  • 1 14 oz can of condensed milk
  • 1 can of evaporated milk
  • 1 cup heavy whipping cream
  • 1/2 – 3/4 cup of ‘ Thandai Syrup’

Frosting

  • 1 Cup Heavy whipping cream
  • 1/4 Cup Powdered Sugar
  • 1/4 Tsp Saffron

Topping

  • 3 Tbsp Dried Rose petals
  • 3 tbsp Chopped pistachio
  • 1 tbsp Fennel seeds

Instructions

For the cake

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 F.

  2. Sift flour with baking powder & salt

  3. Mix the Thandai Masala with the milk.

  4. Separate the eggs. Beat the egg whites for 1min till they start becoming a but frothy.

    Add sugar and beat till soft peaks form

  5. Add one yolk at a time and keep whisking.

  6. Add the flour mixture and milk mixture alternatively

Prepare the pan

  1. Take a baking pan and butter and flour it well. It is very important since that will ensure that the cake comes out of the pan in a clean way.I also put a parchment paper for extra ease

  2. Now pour the batter in the prepared pan. Make sure the pan in at least 10 inches round or even 9x 13, if you take a smaller pan the cake is too tall and the liquid does not get absorbed very well.

  3. Bake for about 30 mins until the knife comes out clean. 

  4. Let the cake cool on a stand for about 30 mins

Milk Mixture

  1. Mix all the liquid ingredients.

    Transfer the cake to a deeper dish, large enough to hold the cake and also hold all the liquid volume

  2. Now pour the milk mixture over the cake slowly paying extra attention to the edges.

  3. Poke a lot of holes in the cake

  4. Keep it in fridge ideally overnight. I feel that it allows the cake to take in all the liquid and develop some harmony.

Frosting

  1. Mix the saffron thread in milk

  2. Mix this with the whipping cream along with the sugar

  3. Whip till soft peaks form

  4. Frost the cake

Topping

  1. Sprinkle all the toppings and enjoy