How to Bake a Delectable Saffron Cake: Step-by-Step Recipe Guide

Saffron is the most expensive spice in the world, due to its arduous harvesting methods, but it is one of the richest and most distinctive spices in flavour, and it is also of high nutritional value. Saffron contains a large group of antioxidants, vitamins such as vitamin C, important minerals for the body such as iron and manganese, and many other important nutrients. Saffron is mostly used in preparing salty meals, but what do you think about trying it with a sweet variety?! In this article, we will show you how to use saffron to prepare one of the famous sweets, which is cake.
Saffron cake ingredients with sauce
For cake
1 package of ready-made vanilla cake
⅓ cup of oil
3 eggs
1 cup of water
2 tablespoons milk powder
For thieves
1 envelope of powdered Chantilly cream
1 cup whipping cream, liquid
½ teaspoon saffron
1 package evaporated milk
1 ½ cup liquid milk
¾ cup sweetened condensed milk
Saffron cake recipe with sauce
In a bowl, whisk the oil with the eggs, milk and water well.
Add the cake mix and continue beating with the electric mixer until the mixture is combined.
In a greased cake pan, pour the cake mixture and distribute it evenly.
Place the cake in the oven, preheated to 180 degrees Celsius, until it is cooked.
Leave the cake to cool aside for half an hour.
In a bowl, whisk the chantilly cream powder with the liquid whipping cream, until the mixture doubles in volume.
Spread the cream mixture over the cake, and put it in the refrigerator until the sauce is prepared.
In a pot on the stove, mix the evaporated milk with the sweetened condensed milk, saffron and liquid milk.
Cut the cake into squares, then spread an amount of sauce around each square, and serve.
Saffron cake sauce without evaporated milk
Saffron cake sauce ingredients without evaporated milk
2 cups liquid milk
½ cup powdered sugar
1 teaspoon saffron
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
How to make saffron cake sauce without evaporated milk
In a bowl, mix the milk and saffron together, then add the sugar and vanilla, whisking constantly, until the mixture is homogeneous.
Pour the sauce over the cake with milk, then serve it.