Big Cakes: Pistachio and Orange Blossom Cake

Name: Big Cakes: Pistachio and Orange Blossom Cake
Yield: Serves 8
Ingredients: 45 g golden caster sugar; 1 tbsp orange flower water; 1 tsp baking powder; 70 g ground almonds; pinch of salt; 250 g mascarpone; 1 tsp orange flower water; 4 eggs, lightly beaten; 175 g unsalted butter, softened, plus more for the tin; zest of 1 orange, finely grated; 100 g shelled unsalted pistachios; 200 g golden caster sugar; ½ tsp vanilla extract; juice of 1 orange; 2 tsp orange flower water; 30 g golden caster sugar; 70 g self-raising flour

Preparation info

Serves
8

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Bake and Decorate

By Fiona Cairns

Published 2011

About

I love the combination of delicate flavours here, and the creamy mascarpone topping acts as a perfect contrast.

Ingredients

For the Cake

175 g unsalted butter, softened, plus more for the tin
100 g shelled unsalted pistachios

Cake
Baking
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C/fan 170°C/350°F/gas mark 4. Lightly butter a 20cm diameter, 7.5cm deep, round loose-bottomed tin, and line with baking parchment.

Scatter the pistachios on to a baking sheet and