The Sultan’s GOLDEN CAKE (Bake your own GOLDEN CAKE)

If you’ve ever wanted to try an edible brick of gold, this dessert is definitely for you. It’s available at the Ciragan Palace Kempinski Hotel located in Istanbul, for the hefty price of $1,000. The cake is made of figs, pears, apricot, and quince that are then put into a Jamaican Rum and soaked for two years. To finish, the cake is topped with French Polynesia vanilla bean, caramel, black truffles, and a 24 carat gold leaf. It is said that the cake takes about 72-hours to make. Once it is ready to be served, it is placed inside a sterling silver cake box with a golden seal. However, the cake is usually only made per request: usually for a wedding, celebration, or for a sultan himself.

Bake your own: Gold Cake

Ingredients

3/4 cup butter flavored vegetable shortening, 140 grams

1 1/4 cup sugar, 300 grams

2 1/2 cups cake flour, sifted, 300 grams

3 teaspoons baking powder, 14 grams

1/4 teaspoon salt

8 egg yolks, beaten, 130 grams

3/4 cup milk, 180 grams

1 teaspoon vanilla

Directions

Watch how to make this recipe

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease 2 (9-inch) cake pans with shortening and set aside.

Cream together the shortening and the sugar. Combine the flour, baking powder, and salt. Slowly alternate adding the egg yolks and milk with the dry ingredients and mix until well combined. Add the vanilla and mix well.

Pour into the prepared pans, about 550 grams of batter for each cake. Bake for 18 to 20 minutes. Remove from oven and cool on a rack.

Recipe courtesy of Alton Brown

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