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Pista Coffee Cake
A spongy and moist cake with a rich flavour from coffee.
Prep Time
20
minutes
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Cook Time
25
minutes
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Resting time
30
minutes
mins
Total Time
40
minutes
mins
Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
American, British
Keyword:
Coffee, coffee-time cake, pistachio, tea-time cake
Servings:
4
Ingredients
4
Eggs
Large
3
tbsp
Strong Coffee Powder
100
g
Pistachio
Finely Chopped
250
g
Butter
soft
200
g
Caster Sugar
250
g
All purpose Flour
Sifted
50
g
Icing Sugar
For Dusting
For the Filling
250
g
Cream
2
tbsp
icing Sugar
100
g
Pistachios
Roughly Chopped
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 375F/190C & Grease a cake tray/ tin with butter.
Dissolve coffee in 1/2 cup of warm water & allow it to cool.
Take a large bowl and add butter and sugar and whisk until fluffy.
Add the eggs, one by one, beating in between until it becomes light and fluffy. Stop whisking at this point.
Add the coffee decoction and finely chopped nuts and mix well with a spatula.
Now mix in the flour and fold until well incorporated.
Pour the mixture into the cake tin.
Bake for about 20 to 25 minutes, until it turns golden brown.
Remove from oven and let it rest for 30 minutes.
For the filling, take the cream in a bowl.
Whisk it nicely, add the icing sugar and pistachios and mix thoroughly. Do not over mix it.
Carefully remove the cake from the tin and cut it horizontally.
Spread the prepared pistachio cream over the bottom half of the cake.
Cover it with the other half . Top the cake with some dusting of icing sugar and pistachios.
Serve.