How to Cook Tasty Persian cup cakes (Cake Yazdi)

Persian cup cakes (Cake Yazdi). In this video I talk about how to make Persian cupcakes or love cake also known as cake yazdi. In a large bowl beat eggs and sugar until thick and white. A recipe passed to me from my great-grandmother, these cakes are light and not too sweet. The cardamom and rosewater give it a distinctive Persian flavor. How To make Cupcake (Cake Yazdi) Iranian cupcake at home in easy steps with High Quality Video.

Kayk or Cake Yazdi cup cake (Yazdi: from Yazd: a province in Iran. Cake Yazdi is believe to be originated in Yazd). Try this Persian Cupcake (Cake Yazdi) recipe, or contribute your own. You can cook Persian cup cakes (Cake Yazdi) using 11 ingredients and 18 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Persian cup cakes (Cake Yazdi)

1. You need 2 1/2 cups of plain flour.
2. Prepare 3 of eggs.
3. Prepare 2/3 cup of plain yogurt.
4. You need 1 cup of sugar.
5. You need 2/3 cup of oil.
6. You need 2 tbs of rose water.
7. Prepare 1/2 tsp of vanilla extract.
8. It's 2 tsp of baking powder.
9. You need 1 1/2 tsp of cardamom powder.
10. Prepare of Sesame seeds, flaked chocolate.
11. Prepare 1 pinch of salt.

Cake Yazdi is a traditional Iranian muffin (that's actually called a cake in Farsi) that is very popular in Iran. I love having it with a cold glass of milk but I know people usually prefer it with a hot cup of tea. However you'd like to have these Persian muffins, you're going to love them. The cakes are light and fluffy, but not overly sweet.

Persian cup cakes (Cake Yazdi) step by step

1. Preheat oven to 170C. In a large bowl beat eggs and sugar until thick and white..
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3. Then add oil and plain yogurt to the mixture and combine together..
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5. Add vanilla extract, rose water, baking powder, cardamom and salt and mix very well..
6. Then add flour and combine all ingredients together nicely..
7. Scoop into the baking cups until 2/3 full. Sprinkle sesame seeds or flaked chocolate,.... Put the tray into the preheated oven and allow to bake for 20 minutes and until golden brown..
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Keeping with Persian flavouring, the cardamom and rose water give the cakes the unique flavourings. Combine the eggs and sugar in a large heatproof bowl and set on top of a pan of simmering water. Called Yazdi cakes, an almond-enriched cake mixture is infused with ground cardamom and rose water, then garnished with chopped pistachios. Enjoy with a cup of tea or coffee. This is a no frosting, mildly sweet cupcake with rosewater aroma, cardamom flavor and chopped pistachios sprinkled on Cake Yazdi -Yazdi Cupcakes.