Sieve in the flour, add the ground cardamom ... the cake is well risen and golden brown. Sprinkle with cardamom sugar. Serve with softly whipped cream or custard. Feast on delicious recipes ...

Spread on the cake and decorate with walnuts. Once iced, store in the fridge. A Whisper Of Cardamom: Sweetly Spiced Recipes To Fall In Love With by Eleanor Ford (£26, Murdoch Books) is out now.

This recipe ... date upside-down cake takes the dates from my family’s Rosh Hashanah seder and pairs them with the two fragrant ingredients found in so many Persian sweets: cardamom and rosewater.