Pistachio Cake

17/11/2023

I will be happy to share with you the recipe for pistachio cake. Here’s what you need to prepare this delicious dessert.

Ingredients

200 g of unsalted pistachios
150 g of soft butter
150 g of granulated sugar
3 large eggs
100 g of all-purpose flour
50 g of potato starch
1 sachet of baking powder
Grated zest of 1 untreated lemon
A pinch of salt
Icing sugar for decoration (optional)

Preparation

Preheat the oven to 170 °C and prepare a cake pan by buttering and flouring it, or lining it with parchment paper.
Grind the pistachios until you have a flour not too fine, leaving some pieces to give texture and flavor.
In a bowl, cream the soft butter with the granulated sugar until light and fluffy.
Add the eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition.
Incorporate the lemon zest and the pinch of salt.
Separately, mix the flour, potato starch, and baking powder. Add this mixture of dry ingredients to the butter, eggs, and sugar mixture, stirring gently to avoid lumps.
Add the pistachio flour to the mixture and stir until you have a homogeneous batter.
Pour the batter into the prepared pan and level with a spatula.
Bake for about 35-40 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean.
Let the cake cool in the pan for about 10 minutes, then transfer it to a wire rack to cool completely.
Before serving, you can dust the cake with icing sugar for a more elegant finish, if you like.

Curiosity

Pistachio is widely used in Sicilian pastry, and the pistachio cake is just one of the many delights you can taste that use this incredible nut. Pistachio trees require very specific climatic conditions to grow, and Sicily is one of the few regions in Italy where these trees bear fruit successfully.

Bon appetit!