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Rosemary Shortbread Cake

August 18, 2015 · by munchiesandmunchkins · 10 Comments

Sometimes kitchen experiments don’t go as planned but they still turn up something incredible. This Rosemary Shortbread cake is one of those. I was attempting to make a rosemary shortbread but I used a smaller baking tray than I normally do which meant that the dough was in a thicker layer than normal resulting in this almost cake.

It’s delicately flavoured with Rosemary, buttery and slightly sweet.

Ah it’s just so good. Try it, you won’t be disappointed.

Rosemary Shortbread Cake

You will need:

1 heaped tablespoon of finely chopped fresh rosemary ( plus some small sprigs for decoration )
Pinch of salt
150g butter
50g of caster sugar
1tbsp of golden syrup
250g of self raising flour

Preheat your oven to 180C.

Grease and line your deep square baking tray ( about 20cm ).

Cream your butter and sugar together, add your chopped rosemary and beat together.

Rosemary shortbread

Add your flour and salt. Mix together just to combine, turn onto a floured surface. Knead gently for a minute or so until you have a smooth soft dough.

Rosemary cake

Press into your baking tray, score lightly into squares and press some rosemary sprigs into some ( or all ) of the squares. Bake for approx 20 minutes until it’s lightly brown and bounces back when pressed.

Rosemary shortbread cake

Remove from the oven, leave in tray until it’s almost completely cooled before removing.

Rosemary shortbread cake

These are best served on the day they are made, they are still tasty a day or two later but not quite as good.

Can I just say this has made me want to add rosemary into ALL of my cakes? Luckily it’s in abundance in my herb garden.

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Filed Under: Cakes, bread and all things baking, Recipes · Tagged: Herbs in cakes, rosemary cake, Rosemary shortbread

Comments

  1. Janie says

    August 19, 2015 at 8:49 am

    YUM! I adore rosemary in bakes, and I love the smell whilst it’s cooking too. Delish 🙂
    Going to pin this one for prosperity 🙂
    Janie x

    Reply
    • munchiesandmunchkins says

      August 20, 2015 at 9:41 pm

      Ah yes the smell was the best part! Thanks for commenting x

      Reply
  2. Grace @ Eats Amazing says

    August 19, 2015 at 9:12 am

    Oh yum, I LOVE rosemary and am really intrigued by the idea of putting it in a cake, I bet it was delish! Pinning this to try soon! 🙂

    Reply
    • munchiesandmunchkins says

      August 20, 2015 at 9:41 pm

      Definitely try it Grace xx

      Reply
  3. Emily says

    August 19, 2015 at 9:38 am

    I’d be so intrigued to try these. They look lovely. Feel free to send a slice in the post 🙂

    Reply
    • munchiesandmunchkins says

      August 20, 2015 at 9:41 pm

      I’d love to Emily xx

      Reply
  4. Elizabeth says

    August 19, 2015 at 9:53 am

    I love rosemary in cakes, and this recipe sounds so utterly delicious! Perfect with a cuppa 🙂

    Reply
    • munchiesandmunchkins says

      August 20, 2015 at 9:42 pm

      Yes I may have had a slice or two with a cup of tea this weekend. X

      Reply
  5. Nadia's Healthy Kitchen says

    August 20, 2015 at 12:19 pm

    I’ve never tried rosemary in a sweet recipe. These shortbread cake slices sound delicious 😀

    Reply
    • munchiesandmunchkins says

      August 20, 2015 at 9:43 pm

      It gave such a subtle hint of flavour, it was really interesting x

      Reply

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