Sri Lankan love cake

Ingredients

Delicatessen

  • 50g of glacé cherries

Dairy

  • 150g of unsalted butter

Store Cupboard

  • 350g of caster sugar
  • 6 eggs
  • 3 tbsp of honey
  • 200g of cashew nuts, unsalted, roughly chopped (optional)
  • 250g of semolina, coarse
  • 25g of mixed peel
  • icing sugar for dusting

Beverages

  • 2 tbsp of rose water

Fruit & Vegetables

  • 1 orange, zest only
  • 1 lemon, zest only

Spices & Dried Herbs

  • 1 tsp ground nutmeg
  • 1 tsp ground cardamom
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 25g of crystallised stem ginger