Pistachio flower cakes

Name: Pistachio flower cakes
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 70 g/2½ oz/9 tbsp plain (all-purpose) flour, sifted; 6 egg whites; 2.5 ml/½ tsp finely grated lemon rind; whole pistachio nuts, to decorate (optional); 5 ml/1 tsp rose water; 175 g/6 oz/¾ cup butter, melted; 225 g/8 oz/2 cups icing (confectioners’) sugar, sifted, plus extra for dusting; 150 g/5 oz/1¼ cups finely ground pistachios, sifted

Preparation info

Makes
12

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Cakes

By Ann Nicol

Published 2014

About

The pistachios add flavour and a delicate green colour to a basic friand cake mixture, which is lightly perfumed with rose water. These cakes will delight lovers of Parisian-style confections.

Ingredients

175 g/6 oz/¾ cup butter, melted
5

Europe
France
Paris
Cake
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 190°C/375°F/Gas 5. Grease 12 fluted bun tins (pans) with melted butter and dust lightly with flour.
Mix the melted butter and rose water in a small bowl, then set aside.
Put the ground pistachios in a large mixing bowl, re