Rose Petal Cake

Ingredients

Cake

• 1/2 cup + 2 tablespoons butter
• 3/4 cup milk
• 3 egg whites
• 1 tablespoon rum or brandy
• 1 tablespoon rosewater
• 2 1/2 cups cake flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup sliced almonds, toasted
• 1/2 cup coarsely chopped rose petals

Frosting

• 2 cups whipping cream
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
• 1/3 cup granulated sugar
• 1/4 cup sliced almonds, toasted
• Candied rose petals, finely chopped

Instructions

1. Cake: Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Mix butter, milk, egg whites, and rum or brandy in a large bowl.
3. Mix cake flour, salt, baking powder, granulated sugar and almonds in a separate bowl.
4. Fold wet and dry ingredients together. When mixture is combined fold in rose petals. Mixture will be slightly lumpy.
5. Bake in two greased and floured 9-inch pans for 30 to 35 minutes until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean.
6. Cool on wire racks.
7. Frosting: Whip whipping cream until soft peaks form. Slowly add extracts and sugar.
8. When combined, fold in almonds and rose petals.