What’s not to love about Emma’s Torch’s Silan Butter Cake? Filled with simple ingredients, plus the star of the show, silan; this cake is tender, buttery, and rich. But more importantly is the mission behind Emma’s Torch. This non-profit’s mission is to train refugees, asylees, and survivors of human trafficking in the culinary arts and empower them to build meaningful careers in the culinary industry.
What’s not to love about Emma’s Torch’s Silan Butter Cake? Filled with simple ingredients, plus the star of the show, silan; this cake is tender, buttery, and rich. But more importantly is the mission behind Emma’s Torch. This non-profit’s mission is to train refugees, asylees, and survivors of human trafficking in the culinary arts and empower them to build meaningful careers in the culinary industry.
In a small bowl, pour dry yeast into room temperature milk, mix, and let sit for at least 10 minutes.
While the yeast is sitting, in a stand mixer, add room temperature butter, sugar, and salt, and mix with the paddle until it becomes light and foamy. Scrap the bowl and then slowly mix in 2 eggs, one at a time. Slowly mix in the flour and the milk mixture to the butter mixture, alternating adding half of each at a time. When the dough begins to form, mix for one minute.
Place the dough in a pan lined with greased parchment paper. Top with plastic wrap and rest in a warm place for at least one hour.
While you wait, make the silan topping. In a stand mixer, add room temperature butter, sugar, vanilla extract, and salt and mix with the paddle until it becomes light and foamy. Scrap the bowl and then slowly mix in 1 egg. After that’s well-incorporated, mix in 1 egg yolk until well-incorporated. Slowly mix in flour and silan date syrup, alternating adding half at a time. Mix for one minute.
After the cake dough has rested for one hour, top it with the silan mixture.
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