Indulge in the delectable sweetness of spring with a delightful treat - the Sweet Pea Cake. This unique and flavorful cake is a culinary masterpiece that captures the essence of fresh, tender sweet peas, transforming them into a moist, fragrant, and visually stunning dessert. Whether you're a seasoned baker or a novice cook, this article will guide you through the art of crafting the perfect Sweet Pea Cake. From selecting the finest ingredients to mastering the delicate balance of flavors, we'll bring you the secrets to creating a cake that will leave your taste buds dancing and your guests asking for more.
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SWEET PEA AND PISTACHIO CAKE
This vibrant pea and pistachio cake is frosted with tangy cream cheese frosting and topped with buttercream roses for a beautiful, naturally green spring cake.
Provided by Amy Ho
Categories Cakes and Cupcakes
Time 50m
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- PEA AND PISTACHIO CAKE
- Preheat the oven to 350 F. Prepare three 6-inch cake pans. Set aside.
- In a medium size pot, boil the peas for a few minutes until soft. Once the peas are soft, drain the peas and run the peas under cold water until they are no longer hot.
- Transfer peas into a blender. Add buttermilk. Purée mixture until completely smooth. Set aside.
- Combine flour, ground pistachio, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
- In the bowl of a mixer, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Beat in the eggs, one at a time. Beat in the cooled pea purée. Add vanilla.
- Add dry ingredients into the wet mixture and mix until just combined.
- Divide the mixture evenly into the prepared pans and bake for 25 - 27 minutes or until an inserted skewer comes out clean.
- Cool cakes for 15 minutes in the tins and then turn onto a wire rack to cool completely before icing.
- WHIPPED CREAM CHEESE FROSTING
- Pour whipping cream into bowl of standing mixer.
- With the whisk attachment whisk the whipping cream until it becomes fluffy and forms stiff peaks.
- Transfer whipped cream into a different bowl.
- With a paddle attachment on your mixer, beat cream cheese and powdered sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add vanilla and mix until fully incorporated.
- In the same bowl, gently fold in the whipped cream.
- Keep whipped cream cheese frosting chilled until ready to use.
Nutrition Facts : ServingSize 1 g, Calories 494 kcal, Carbohydrate 51 g, Protein 8 g, Fat 29 g, SaturatedFat 17 g, Cholesterol 123 mg, Sodium 309 mg, Fiber 2 g, Sugar 31 g, UnsaturatedFat 10 g
SWEET PEA CAKE
A favorite flower of the Victorians, the sweet pea was thought to represent delicate pleasures. Exquisite buttercream renditions of the flower grace this layer cake. A beaded icing "frame" gives them the look of treasured pressed blooms.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Cake Recipes
Yield Makes 1 two-layer eight-by-eleven-inch rectangular cake
Number Of Ingredients 4
Steps:
- Tint 5 1/4 cups frosting pale pink (for filling and base coat). With a small offset spatula, spread top of bottom cake layer with 1 1/4 cups pale-pink frosting; carefully slide the second cake layer back on top of the first layer.
- With a serrated knife, trim cake to measure 8 by 11 inches. Gently brush away loose crumbs from top and sides of cake with a pastry brush. With the offset spatula, spread about 1 1/2 cups pale pink frosting over top and sides of cake to form a crumb coat. Refrigerate cake until frosting is firm, about 15 minutes.
- With a large offset spatula, spread about 2 more cups pale-pink frosting over top and sides to form a second coat. Smooth top and remove excess frosting with the large offset spatula. Smooth sides with a bench scraper. Return cake to refrigerator, and chill until second coat is firm, about 15 minutes.
- Tint 1 1/2 cups frosting each pale pink and dark pink (for flowers). Tint 3/4 cup each pale peach and peach (for more flowers). Tint 3/4 cup green (for leaves, stems, and calyxes). Set aside.
- Using a toothpick or wooden skewer, mark a pattern on the frosting to serve as a guideline for piping stems.
- Decorate cake: Pipe stems using green frosting and the #2 tip. Then, using pink frosting and the #103 petal tip, form two basic petals, side by side: Hold the bag at a 45 degree angle to the cake, with the tip's wide end down and narrow end pointed away and slightly to the left. Move the tip forward 1/8 inch and back again while you pivot the narrow end to the right. Pipe two smaller petals overlapping each other on top of the first two. Switch to a lighter-color frosting; hold bag at 90 degrees to the flower with wide end facing forward, and pipe a center, pulling down slightly. Switch to green frosting and the #352 leaf tip: Starting at the base of the bloom with the tip's pointed end facing up, pipe small leaves, pulling tip toward flower. For small blooms and buds, make fewer petals. Add curlicues with the #1 tip.
- Refrigerate cake until ready to serve. Let stand at room temperature 20 minutes before serving. Slice into squares: To avoid crumbs on surface, make each cut with one downward motion, pulling knife back toward you (not upward) and wiping knife clean after each cut.
SWEET PEA AND DILL SALAD
Sweet peas with a tangy dressing. Quite a refreshing salad.
Provided by CHRISTYJ
Categories Salad Vegetable Salad Recipes Green Pea Salad Recipes
Time 2h20m
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Gently pat peas with a paper towel to absorb any excess moisture. Place peas in a large bowl.
- In small bowl combine the mayonnaise, sour cream, horseradish, mustard and 3 tablespoons dill weed. Add to peas and toss to coat. Sprinkle remaining dill over top. Cover and chill for at least 2 hours before serving.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 401.7 calories, Carbohydrate 28.9 g, Cholesterol 23.1 mg, Fat 28.3 g, Fiber 9.1 g, Protein 9.9 g, SaturatedFat 7.1 g, Sodium 294.7 mg, Sugar 10.4 g
FABULOUSLY SWEET PEAR CAKE
This is a recipe of my great-great grandmother's. It is wonderfully sweet and fresh. It's so delicious, it never lasts long!
Provided by Rory
Categories Desserts Cakes Yellow Cake Recipes
Yield 14
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Peel and slice pears thin. Mix sliced pears with white sugar, brown sugar, and nuts and let sit for one hour. After sitting puree pear mixture in a blender.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour one 13x9 inch pan.
- By hand stir in until just blended; the flour, salt, and baking soda. Add dry ingredients to pear mixture and add oil, vanilla and eggs. Pour batter into prepared pan.
- Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 1 hour and 15 minutes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 451 calories, Carbohydrate 60.5 g, Cholesterol 26.6 mg, Fat 22.4 g, Fiber 3.3 g, Protein 4.6 g, SaturatedFat 2.8 g, Sodium 278.4 mg, Sugar 35.8 g
SWEET PEA AUTUMN CASSEROLE FROM COUNTRY CROCK®
Mushrooms, dried cranberries, and green peas combined with a creamy base are topped with stuffing mix and baked until golden brown.
Provided by Country Crock®
Categories Trusted Brands: Recipes and Tips Country Crock®
Time 20m
Yield 6
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Combine Hellmann's® or Best Foods® Real Mayonnaise, mushrooms, cranberries and milk in large microwave-safe bowl. Microwave at HIGH 45 seconds; stir. Stir in hot peas, then turn into greased 1-quart shallow casserole.
- Combine stuffing mix with Country Crock® Spread in a small bowl, then sprinkle over pea mixture. Bake 10 minutes or until golden brown.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 399 calories, Carbohydrate 45 g, Cholesterol 7.9 mg, Fat 20.9 g, Fiber 4.5 g, Protein 8.1 g, SaturatedFat 3.3 g, Sodium 1000 mg, Sugar 10.4 g
QUICK SWEET PEA SOUP
Homemade pea soup is less than 30 minutes away, with canned sweet peas, bagged spinach and chicken broth as time savers. Blending early in the preparation so the soup purees all at once in only one batch, keeps it simple too.
Provided by Del Monte
Categories Trusted Brands: Recipes and Tips Del Monte
Time 25m
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium-low heat. Cook onion about 10 minutes or until lightly browned and soft, stirring frequently.
- Blend onion, peas, spinach, lemon juice, thyme and 2 cups chicken broth in a blender or food processor until very smooth. Return to same saucepan. Stir in remaining broth. Gently heat about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Stir in cream, if desired. Heat over low heat about 1 minute. DO NOT BOIL. Garnish with garlic croutons, if desired.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 241.9 calories, Carbohydrate 28.7 g, Cholesterol 40.1 mg, Fat 11.9 g, Fiber 8 g, Protein 7.3 g, SaturatedFat 7.1 g, Sodium 1571.3 mg, Sugar 13 g
SWEET PEA CASSEROLE
A Southern favorite at holiday time. We combine sweet early peas with cream, cheddar and French fried onions rings.
Provided by Betty Crocker Kitchens
Categories Side Dish
Time 40m
Yield 6
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Heat oven to 350° F. In large saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. Add onions and garlic, cook 2 minutes or until onions are tender. Stir in flour, salt, pepper; cook stirring constantly, 1 minute. Slowly stir in milk and cream; cook stirring constantly 4 to 5 minutes or until thickened.
- Stir in cheese until melted and smooth. Add peas; stir gently to combine.Spoon mixture into 8 inch square baking dish. Bake 20 minutes. Top with french fried onions; bake an additional 5 minutes. Serve immediately.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 355.4, Carbohydrate 26.6 g, Cholesterol 57.3 mg, Fiber 5.3 g, Protein 11.3 g, SaturatedFat 12.3 g, ServingSize 1 serving, Sodium 702.9 mg, Sugar 8.1 g
PEACH CAKE I
Love those peaches!
Provided by Jenny
Categories Desserts Fruit Dessert Recipes Peach Dessert Recipes
Time 1h10m
Yield 10
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees (175 degrees C). Lightly grease one 8 x 8-inch pan.
- Cream together the sugar and butter. Add the flour, milk, salt, and baking powder. Mix well and pour into prepared pan. Spread fruit evenly over the top of the batter and pour juice from canned peaches over top.
- Bake in at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 50 minutes or until fully browned on top.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 267.7 calories, Carbohydrate 37 g, Cholesterol 34 mg, Fat 12.8 g, Fiber 0.7 g, Protein 2 g, SaturatedFat 8 g, Sodium 257.2 mg, Sugar 25.2 g
Tips:
- Use fresh or frozen sweet peas. Frozen peas are a great option when fresh peas are out of season. Just be sure to thaw them completely before using.
- Don't overcook the peas. Peas should be cooked until they are tender but still have a slight crunch.
- Add your favorite herbs and spices. Some popular options include mint, basil, thyme, rosemary, salt, and pepper.
- Serve the cake warm or at room temperature. It can also be chilled and served cold.
Conclusion:
Sweet pea cake is a delicious and easy-to-make dish that is perfect for any occasion. It can be served as an appetizer, main course, or side dish. The cake is also a great way to use up leftover peas. So next time you have a bunch of peas on hand, try making this sweet pea cake. You won't be disappointed!
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