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Pistachio cake

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

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Last modified on: March 3^rd 2021

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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

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Time required for this recipe:

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

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 15 min.

Prepare 400 g Basic cake batter - the French way, then add 70 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 200 g 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
531 Kcal or 2,223 Kj	33 gr	292 gr	91 gr
27 %	13 %	28 %	14 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
79 Kcal or 331 Kj	5 gr	44 gr	14 gr
4 %	2 %	4 %	2 %

Per cake
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
266 Kcal or 1,114 Kj	17 gr	146 gr	46 gr
13 %	6 %	14 %	7 %

% 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 2 cakes : 3.18 €
Per cake : 1.59 €

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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: Sicilian Epiphany Pie, Pistachio shortbread biscuits, Pistachio panna cotta with custard, Pistachio ice cream, Mini apricot and pistachio brioches, ... All

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