[Latin Name] Rhodiola Rosea

[Plant Source] China

[Specifications] Salidrosides:1%-5%

Rosavin:3% HPLC

[Appearance] Brown fine powder

[Plant Part Used] Root

[Particle size] 80 Mesh

[Loss on drying] ≤5.0%

[Heavy Metal] ≤10PPM

[Storage] Store in cool & dry area, keep away from the direct light and heat.

[Package] Packed in paper-drums and two plastic-bags inside.

[What is Rhodiola Rosea]

Rhodiola Rosea (also known as Arctic root or golden root) is a member of the family Crassulaceae, a family of plants native to the arctic regions of Eastern Siberia. Rhodiola rosea is widely distributed  in Arctic and mountainous regions throughout Europe and Asia. It grows at altitudes of 11,000 to 18,000 feet above sea level.

There are numerous animal and test tube studies showing that rhodiola has both a stimulating and a sedating effect on the central nervous system; enhance physical endurance; improves thyroid, thymus, and adrenal function; protects the nervous system, heart and liver; and has antioxidant and anticancer properties.

[Function]

1 Enhancing immunity and delaying aging;

2 Resisting radiation and tumor;

3 Regulating nervous system and metabolism, effectively limiting melancholy feeling and mood, and promoting mental status;

4 Protecting cardiovascular, dilating coronary artery,preventing coronary arteriosclerosis and arrhythmia.

Toffee Hazelnut Caramel Pound Cake Recipe

Ingredients (for size 12*25*4):

Caramel cake
Cream 33% – 60 ml
Toffee (soft and caramel, like Carambar or Walkers’ Original toffee) – 200 g
Butter – 180 g
Eggs – 3 pcs
Glucose syrup – 10 g
Vanilla –5 g
Almond flour – 110 g
Flour – 150 g
Baking powder – 2 g
Hazelnuts (chopped) – 70 g

Caramel sauce:
Toffee – 200 g
Cream – 60 ml

Chocolate Whipped Cream:
Cream 33% (1) – 45 ml
Glucose – 5 g
White chocolate – 100 g
Cream 33% (2) – 120 ml
White dye –Titanium dioxide (optional) – 5 g

Caramelized nuts
Hazelnuts – 20 g
Sugar – 20 g

Preparation:

Chocolate whipped cream:
Melt chocolate in the microwave or with water bath. Heat cream (1) and dissolve glucose syrup in it. Pour the mixture into chocolate and stir well. Incorporate another cream (2) and white dye, if necessary. Keep in fridge for at least a night. On the day of cooking the cake, whip using blender until hard peaks.

Caramel cake
Heat caramel toffees, then add cream and butter and mix together.
Add eggs, glucose syrup, vanilla extracts (or vanilla seeds) and mix until smooth.
Add almond flour, baking powder and flour.
Bake at 160 C for nearly 40 minutes. Exact time depends on baking mold size. It may take from 30-45 min.

Caramelized nuts
Melt sugar until caramelization, without stirring it. Add nuts, mix well and cool.

Caramel sauce:
Heat toffees and cream together until the candies melt.
Pour it on cake before sauce gets too thick. Sprinkle the cake with chopped hazelnuts.

Decorate cake with cream, caramelized nuts and edible gold.
Piping nozzle used is Feather (Saint Honore)