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Hetal Vasavada’s Pistachio Cardamom Crinkle Cake

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Prep Time25 min
Cook Time35 min
Servings16
DifficultyMedium

James Anderson11/02/20251 min readUpdated 3 months ago

Hetal Vasavada’s Pistachio Cardamom Crinkle Cake
Prep Time:
25 mins
Cook Time:
35 mins
Additional Time:
Total Time:
1 hr
Servings:
16
Yield:
16 servings

This pistachio cardamom phyllo cake is my ode to gulab jamun—a delicious Indian dessert. It’s a milkfat doughnut soaked in a saffron, cinnamon, cardamom and rose water syrup. For this delicious dessert, I made a creamy cardamom custard to bring it all together. Then I soaked crisp layers of phyllo with the saffron, cinnamon and rose syrup echoing the floral, spiced notes of gulab jamun. —Hetal Vasavada, San Francisco, California

Ingredients

  • 1package (16 ounces, 2 rolls) frozen phyllo dough, thawed
  • 0.5 cupschopped walnuts
  • 1 cupunsalted butter, melted
  • 1CUSTARD:
  • 1 cupwhole milk
  • 2large eggs, room temperature
  • 1 cupsugar
  • 2 teaspoonsvanilla extract
  • 0.5 teaspoonsground cardamom
  • 0.5 teaspoonskosher salt
  • 1SIMPLE SYRUP:
  • 1 cupwater
  • 1 cupsugar
  • 1 tablespoonlemon juice
  • 11-inch cinnamon stick
  • 1Pinch saffron threads
  • 0.5 teaspoonsrose water

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350°. Fold two sheets of phyllo at a time, accordion-style; place into a 13x9-in. baking pan. Repeat until all phyllo dough is used, gently fanning out the dough until the pan is filled. Bake phyllo 10 minutes. Remove; sprinkle chopped pistachios within the folds of the phyllo dough. Drizzle melted butter evenly on top. Bake an additional 10 minutes.

  2. Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, whisk together milk, eggs, sugar, vanilla, cardamom and salt until combined. Pour the custard mixture over the phyllo. Bake until the phyllo is browned and crisp, about 25-30 minutes.

  3. In a microwave-safe bowl, combine water, sugar, lemon juice, cinnamon and saffron. Microwave until mixture just begins to boil, about 3-4 minutes. Stir in rose water. Drizzle simple syrup over warm cake. Let cool at room temperature before serving. Store in the refrigerator.

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

Calories
250
Fat
Carbs
Protein
Fiber
Sugar
Sodium
Cholesterol

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