Pistachio Cake

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 270 g unsalted butter
• 1 lemon, zested
• 1 vanilla pod, seeded
• 100 g blanched almonds, ground
• 120 g pistachios, ground
• 250 g caster sugar
• 4 organic eggs
• 40 g plain flour
• 1 lemon, zested and juiced
• 60 g pistachios
• 50 g caster sugar

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 150 degrees c.
• 2 line a loaf tin with parchment paper and grease with 20g of the butter.
• 3 soften the remaining butter and beat it together with the sugar until light and fluffy.
• 4 add in the eggs, one at a time.
• 5 add the zest and vanilla seeds, then fold in the nuts and the flour.
• 6 pour the mixture into a 22 x 12 cm pan and bake for 45 minutes or until a toothpick, inserted into the centre, comes out clean.
• 7 leave to cool and then slide out of the pan.
• 8 for the topping, mix the lemon juice with the sugar and boil until thick.
• 9 add the zest.
• 10 stir in the pistachios and pour over the cake.