Name: Pistachio Cake
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: Makes: 720 g (1 lb 9½ oz) – 4 layers each 14 cm (5½ inches) square
Cuisine: Australia
Ingredients: 150 g (5½ oz) ground pistachio nuts; 90 g (3¼ oz) Marzipan; 132 g (4¾ oz) whole eggs, at room temperature; 45 g (1½ oz) fine semolina; 3 g (1/10 oz) salt; 150 g (5½ oz) unsalted butter, at room temperature; 120 g (4 oz) caster (superfine) sugar; 30 g (1 oz) sweetened pistachio paste (see Glossary); seeds from ½ a vanilla pod

Preparation info

Makes:
720 g

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
25 min

Appears in

Sweet Studio

By Darren Purchese

Published 2012

About

Sweet Creation

White Chocolate, Vanilla, Pistachio & Green Tea

I developed this recipe while working for Shannon Bennett at the excellent Vue de Monde restaurant in Melbourne. This cake is delicious on its own but is transformed into something amazing when paired with white chocolate, vanilla, green tea and lemon. We use this mixture to make four layers, but you can just make one a