FLOURLESS PISTACHIO AND ALMOND CAKE (GLUTEN-FREE)

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An Ed Halmagyi "Fast Ed" recipe. Flourless cake made using ground pistachios and almonds. Gluten-free as it contains no flours and gluten-free ingredients

Provided by Jubes

Categories     Dessert

Time 55m

Yield 1 cake, 12 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 10

250 g pistachios
200 g almond meal (ground almonds)
2 teaspoons freshly-grated nutmeg
200 g raw sugar
200 g dark brown sugar
125 g unsalted butter, softened
2 eggs
1 egg yolk
250 g Greek yogurt
honey and extra yoghurt, to serve

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 180°C Grease and line a 24 cm round cake tin.
  • Place 200g pistachios in a blender and pulse until a fine crumb forms. Add the blended pistachios, almond meal, nutmeg, sugars and butter to a large bowl. Rub the mixture together with your fingertips to incorporate.
  • Press half the mixture into the base of the lined tin.
  • Add to the remaining mixture in the bowl - the eggs, yolk and yoghurt. Mix to combine.
  • Add the 2nd layer of cake mixture to the tin and press inches.
  • Scatter the cake with the remaining pistachios.
  • Bake for 35 minutes, until golden, then cool on a wire rack.
  • Serve with honey and extra yoghurt.

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