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If your spirit is stirring for spring, you are not alone.
With Ostara upon us, I felt called to bake a cake that tastes like Spring.
The recipe awaits you below, ready to print or save. You will not have to endlessly scroll through a bunch of photos, text, and annoying ads to get to the recipe. No, siree! I’m posting it front and center. The recipe is below, along with a friendly little button to download it.
Sunny Ostara Cake Recipe
To set yourself up for a joyful baking experience, allow the butter to come to room temperature. Give it time to soften, just as we soften into a new season. 😉
Preheat the oven to 350° F and prepare the cake pan or cupcake liners so you’re ready to start baking lickety-split.
Ingredients:
1 ½ cups of flour
¾ cup pistachios, shelled and pulsed into a coarse powder
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking powder
½ Tablespoon cinnamon
2 eggs
1 cup sugar
½ cup unsalted butter, room temperature (1 stick or 8 Tbsp.)
¾ cup milk (or for a little more pizzazz, and if you can find it, Elmhurst 1925 Vanilla Lavender Oat)
¼ cup *Rosewater
Rose Buttercream Frosting
½ cup unsalted butter, room temperature (1 stick or 8 Tbsp.)
juice from ½ a lemon (approx. 1 ½ Tablespoons)
1 tablespoon *rose water
2 cups confectioners’ (powdered) sugar
Directions:
• Place shelled pistachios in a food processor and pulse until a coarse powder forms.
• In a small bowl, sift together the first five dry ingredients (coarse pistachio powder, flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt).
• Cream together the eggs, sugar, butter, milk, and rosewater.
• Combine the dry and wet mixtures until smooth.
• Divide evenly into prepared cake pans or cupcake liners.
• Bake for 15 to 22 minutes at 350 degrees.
• While the batter magically transforms, or as the muggles say, bakes, you may want to make the frosting. To do so, mix the butter and confectioners’ sugar together, then add the rosewater and lemon juice. If needed, add a little water to reach your desired consistency.
• Once the cakes are completely cool, frost them. For a special touch of Ostara or Spring, sprinkle on some *dried rose petals.
I am definitely ready for Spring and some warmer weather. Winter felt harsh this year, and I am so over it.
March 20th marks the beginning of Spring and is known by many names.
Some call it the Spring Equinox, or Vernal Equinox (from vernalis, the Latin word for Spring), or, as I do, Ostara. This date also marks the spark of the fire sign Aries.
Correspondences
Ostara Cake
Pistachio - green/earth element/new plant life/new beginnings/renewal
Cinnamon - fire element/prosperity
Lemons - bright sunny yellow/water + air/ clearing out negativity
Rosewater - high vibration/good fortune
