Pistachio cake

A recipe from cooking-ez.com

For 2 cakes, you will need:

• 1 400 g basic cake batter - the french way
• 2 70 g pistachio powder or paste
• 3 200 g macaronade mixture
• 4 30 pistachios (optional)
• Total weight: 670 grams

Times:

Preparation	Resting	Cooking	Start to finish
25 min.	1 hour	30 min.	1 hour 55 min.

Step by step recipe

1	Prepare 400 g basic cake batter - the french way, then add 70 g pistachio powder or paste and mix well.
2	Put into buttered moulds or tins (here they are small moulds holding 500 ml / just under a pint) and sit these on a baking sheet. Refrigerate for 1 hour.
3	Preheat the oven to 390°F (200°C). Spread or pipe 200 g macaronade mixture evenly over the top of the cake(s).
4	You can decorate the macaronade with a few pistachios.
5	Bake for about 30 minutes.
6	Turn out while hot and leave to cool on a wire rack.

Remarks

If you'd like even more pistachio flavour and a bit of extra crunch, add 50 g toasted pistachios to the cake batter.

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