Our friend Karine is an active mother of 4 children who also finds time in her busy day to cook. And like many French women, she is a gourmet cook and always bakes such delicious treats so we were ecstatic when she shared some of her tried and true secret recipes with us! The Pistachio cake is one of her children’s favorite birthday cakes so you can bet that it’s very special.
Ingredients:
100 g. unsalted pistachio nuts
200 g. butter
120 g. flour
150 g. sugar
4 eggs, beaten
1 tsp vanilla
2 tbsp icing sugar
500 g mascarpone
Directions:
Preheat oven to 150 degrees C.
In a blender, blend pistachios with 75 g. of sugar until the entire mixture is powdery.
In a separate bowl with an electric mixer, mix together the butter and sugar until the mixture becomes creamy. Then add eggs and flour, being careful to not over-mix the batter. Incorporate the flour mixture with the pistachio mixture and add vanilla. Pour the mixture into a well-greased and floured baking pan and bake in oven for 45 min or until the center of the cake is baked when tested with a toothpick. Cool the cake.
For the icing, mix together the icing sugar and the mascarpone and chill the mixture in the refrigerator for 30 minutes. Then frost the cake with the icing mixture and keep in the refrigerator or serve immediately. This cake can also be topped with seasonal fruits such as kiwi slices or strawberries. Enjoy!
Pistachio Cake
Tuesday, March 15, 2011