Gopi Bouquet Almond Apricot cake
Ingredients
Wholemeal self raising flour- 1 1 /4 cup
eno/ fruit salt- 1/2 tsp
Dried apricots- 1 cup
Soya milk/ or any thick milk- 11/4 cup
Chopped roasted almonds/peanuts- 1 1/4 cup
Ground almonds/peanuts- 1 cup
Vegetable margarine- 3/4 cup
Sugar-5-6 tbsp
Almond essence- 1 tsp
Few sliced / whole almonds for decoration
Preparation
Finely chop the apricots, put them in a bowl, pour soya milk over, cover and leave to stand for several hours, can be overnight.Coarsely grind it in the morning.
1. Preheat oven to 325F or 160C or gas mark 3
2. Grease and line the cake tin.
3. Put the flour, ground almonds, eno and baking powder in a bowl and mix thoroughly. Melt the margarine and sugar in a small saucepan over a low heat before adding it to the flour mixture.
4. Mix well and add the soaked apricots along with it's liquid, the roasted almonds and the almond essence. Combine all thoroughly.
5. Transfer the mixture to a greased, floured cake tin. Decorate with whole almonds and bake in the middle of a warm oven for about 50 minutes till a warm knife inserted in the centre comes out cleanly.
Allow to cool in the tin before removing.
2. Grease and line the cake tin.
3. Put the flour, ground almonds, eno and baking powder in a bowl and mix thoroughly. Melt the margarine and sugar in a small saucepan over a low heat before adding it to the flour mixture.
4. Mix well and add the soaked apricots along with it's liquid, the roasted almonds and the almond essence. Combine all thoroughly.
5. Transfer the mixture to a greased, floured cake tin. Decorate with whole almonds and bake in the middle of a warm oven for about 50 minutes till a warm knife inserted in the centre comes out cleanly.
Allow to cool in the tin before removing.
Assembling the cake
Make the rope of the bouquet with gumpaste and fondant or only gumpaste 4-7 days before. Mix little yellow , a drop of black and little orange colour to the gumpaste. Make 3 strands and intertwine like ropes. Set it over a broad mouthed jar to dry.
Make the flowers with gumpaste and fondant or only gumpaste - atleast 4-7 days before
Slice the cake in half and fill with apricot or guava jelly with apricot pieces.
Decorate with buttercream icing (see Tulsi apple cake for recepe)and green coloured coconut flakes.
Attach the rope handle on the cake and assemble the flowers on the center of the cake.
Decorate the sides with sliced almonds and border with star shaped icing with tip number 32 and make leaves with tip number 352
Serve to the Lord and distribute the prasad.
Meena Samtani
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