1,001 Nights Cake

5.00 (3)
⏱ 50 mins 🍽 1 cake, 8 serving(s) 🏷 Dessert

This Arabian dessert is a quick and delightful treat. It features a soft, buttery cake base topped with a rich, chewy confection made from butter, sugar, honey, slivered almonds and cinnamon. The result is a wonderfully caramelised and toothsome finish, reminiscent of a pecan pie but with its own unique character. It is straightforward to prepare and bakes in under an hour.

1,001 Nights Cake

Ingredients

  • 5 tablespoons butter
  • 3 eggs
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 cup flour, plus
  • 1 tablespoon flour
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/3 cup honey
  • 1/2 cup slivered almonds
  • 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

Method

  1. Grease an 8x8 inch square glass baking dish with butter.
  2. Heat your oven to 400 degrees F.
  3. Whisk the eggs, sugar and vanilla together until the mixture lightens in colour, then incorporate the melted butter.
  4. Mix the flour and baking powder together, then fold this gently but completely into the egg mixture.
  5. Transfer the batter to the prepared dish and bake for 12 minutes.
  6. While the cake bakes, make the topping by melting the butter in a small pan, then stirring in the sugar, honey, almonds and cinnamon.
  7. Bring the mixture to a boil, stirring all the while until it thickens slightly. No specific temperature is required.
  8. Once the 12 minutes are up, remove the cake from the oven. It will have a custard-like appearance. Carefully pour the hot topping over it.
  9. Place the cake back in the oven and continue baking for a further 15 to 20 minutes.

Nutrition (per serving)

Sodium182700 mg

Recipe details

CategoryDessert
AuthorEdsGirlAngie