1,436 easy and fully explained recipes, with 66,216 photos and 78 videos

Pistachio cake

Here's a loaf-style cake made with a classic batter, flavoured with pistachio (of course), and with a crunchy "macaronade" topping.

31K 4.5/5 based on 2 reviews

Last modified on: March 3^rd 2021

Keywords for this recipe:

For 6 cakes, you will need:

1 0 kg 2 g Basic cake batter - the French way
2 0 kg 7 g Pistachio powder or paste
3 1 lb + 5.1 oz Macaronade mixture
4 90 pistachios (optional)

Change these quantities to make: 1 cake 2 cakes 4 cakes 6 cakes

Change measures: Metric

Metric weight Metric volumes

How long will it take?

Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Resting	Cooking	Start to finish
24 min.	1 hour	30 min.	1 hour 54 min.

At what time:

When will I finish if I start the recipe at ... ?
When should I start for the recipe to be ready at ... ?
Work this out...

Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 15 min.

Prepare 0 kg 2 g Basic cake batter - the French way, then add 0 kg 7 g Pistachio powder or paste and mix well.

Stage 2 - 1 hour

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.

Stage 3 - 5 min.

Preheat the oven to 390°F (200°C).

Spread or pipe 1 lb + 5.1 oz Macaronade mixture evenly over the top of the cake(s).

Stage 4 - 4 min.

You can decorate the macaronade with a few pistachios.

Stage 5 - 30 min.

Bake for about 30 minutes.

Stage 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.

Keeping

Several days wrapped in a cloth, or in an air-tight tin.

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
7,096 Kcal or 29,710 Kj	462 gr	3,710 gr	1,180 gr
355 %	178 %	350 %	179 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
353 Kcal or 1,478 Kj	23 gr	185 gr	59 gr
18 %	9 %	17 %	9 %

Per cake
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
1,183 Kcal or 4,953 Kj	77 gr	618 gr	197 gr
59 %	30 %	58 %	30 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Milk, Egg, Gluten, Nuts

How much will it cost?

For 6 cakes : 9.53 €
Per cake : 1.59 €

Change currency:

Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.

This recipe uses (among others)

	Basic cake batter - the French way: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example:
	Macaronade mixture: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Apple macaronade, ... All
	Pistachio powder or paste: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Pistachio panna cotta with custard, Mini apricot and pistachio brioches, Pistachio cream, Pear, grapefruit and pistachio tart, Sicilian Epiphany Pie, ... All

Other recipes you may also like

Brioche dough

It's a soft and rich dough, with butter and eggs which give a smooth and incredibly tasty brioche. This is the basic recipe for brioche dough, used for all other brioche-based recipes on the site.
512K 44.2 14 hours 27 min. September 16^th 2020

Cassoulet

Cassoulet is typical, even emblematic, of southern French cuisine. It is a "slow food" casserole in which meat and vegetables, particualrly dried beans, are cooked together for a long time. Here is a simplified version of this famous dish.
202K4.1 16 hours 9 min. September 17^th 2021

Chestnut cake

This delightful cake is doubly chestnutty: it contains chestnut flour, and sweet chestnut purée.
325K5 1 hour 13 min. May 8^th 2020

Fruit crumble

A fruit pudding: very easy to do and delicious: just a layer of fruit with a golden crunchy topping.
349K4.0 1 hour 11 min. February 21^th 2011

Epiphany galette

Here is the recipe for the very classic but delicious "galette des rois" (Epiphany galette) in puff or flaky pastry (pâte feuilletée) with almond cream or frangipane . You will also see some professional tips to easily handle the dough, and obtain a nice and regular galette.
278K 24.5 3 hours 8 min. January 6^th 2021

News list of cooking-ez.com

Note: We'll never share your e-mail address with anyone else.