Saffron desserts

Saffron is popular in baked goods in Sweden at Christmas. The gluten free Swedish saffron cake (saffranskaka) is soft with a hint of saffron.

Who loves Milk Pudding?! Me me meee! I especially am in love with this Saffron Rose Milk Pudding that is just bursting with flavor. Think of it like traditional muhallabiyeh, but better. I was inspired by Iranian flavors when I made this milk pudding. Milk pudding reminds me so much of my Tayta. She made …Continue Reading...

Sholeh Zard is a very traditional Persian dessert. It's made with few ingredients yet it's deeply aromatic and packed with flavors. Saffron is a staple to Iranian cuisine and this dessert is no exception. Sholeh Zard translates to yellow pudding in farsi. To make this dessert you need rice which gets cook in water for long time till it gets soft and falls apart. Then sugar, rosewater, saffron and cardamom added to brightening up the pudding. Sholeh Zard can be served either cold or in the…

This black cardamom fudge recipe from Sumayya Usmani is based on her mother’s recipe. The smoky flavour of black cardamom goes so well with the fragrant saffron in this sweet.

Do you like olive oil and saffron just as much as I do? If yes, I have an amazing recipe for you. These two ingredients are commonly used in savory dishes but once they come together with sugar is where magic happens. This cake is perfectly moist, thanks to olive oil! And has a great aroma which comes from the saffron. I won't say anything about the color as the pictures speak for their selves! Let me tell you a trick about working with saffron. The most common way to bloom saffron is to mix…

I'm fairly convinced all shortbread cookies are delicious. This fun twist on a traditional cookie with flavorful saffron is just an easy way to take your traditional butter cookie and turn it into an experience! You'll love the flavors in these saffron cookies.

Now this is a beautiful cake. Why more so than any other? Because it is neither cake nor pudding, neither pure sweet nor pure bitterness, neither entirely Eastern nor entirely Western.

A truly luxurious bake that feeds a crowd, this pudding-y cake resembles tres leches except the milk soak is infused with floral, earthy saffron. The sponge cake is light and airy enough that it can drink up the sweet and creamy milk mixture without a long soak time. While just an hour of soaking will do the trick, the dessert tastes best cool, so aim for 4 hours in the fridge. Serve with a generous dollop of whipped cream and a sprinkle of pistachios for crunch and color.

We celebrated the second Sunday of advent with a lovely saffron wreath filled with a pistachio butter. The dough was made with locally grown saffron (!!!) and I added plenty of filling so it turned out really delicious!

This easy Tres Leches Cake recipe makes a saffron milk cake that will forever be immortalized in your memory. The eggless Tres Leches Cake infused with floral saffron is rather, rather indulgent and quite simply stunning.