Chocolate Pistachio Cake
From ambus 16 years ago
- 35 minutes to make
- Serves 8
An extra sweet treat...My brother loved it and requested me to make this atleast once in a week.
Ingredients
- 2 oz unsweetened chocolate, chopped shopping list
- 1 cup flour shopping list
- 1 1/4 tsp baking powder shopping list
- pinch of salt shopping list
- 3/8 cup / 3 fl oz. / 6 tbsp unsalted butter ,soft shopping list
- 3/4 cup packed light brown sugar shopping list
- 1 egg shopping list
- 1/2 tsp vanilla shopping list
- 1/2 cup + 1 tbs milk shopping list
- CREAMY CHOCOLATE FROSTING: shopping list
- 1 cup sugar shopping list
- 3 tbsp. cornstarch shopping list
- Dash of salt shopping list
- 2 oz. unsweetened chocolate, grated shopping list
- 1 cup boiling water shopping list
- 1 tbsp butter shopping list
- 1 tsp vanilla shopping list
- pistachios,chopped shopping list
- chocolate,grated shopping list
How to make it
- Heat oven to 180 C. Coat 8" round cake pan with cooking spray.
- Heat chocolate in microwave on high 30 seconds, stir.
- Heat another 30 seconds or until melted.
- Sift flour, baking powder and salt onto a sheet of wax paper.
- Beat butter in bowl until creamy.
- Beat in brown sugar.
- Add egg, beat well.
- Add vanilla and melted chocolate.
- Alternately beat flour mixture and milk into butter chocolate mixture.
- Pour into pan. Bake 35 - 40 min.or until done.
- Cool in pan 10 min. Remove from pan and let cool.
- Meanwhile,prepare frosting.
- Mix sugar and cornstarch; add chocolate and salt.
- Add boiling water. Cook until mixture thickens(4-5 minutes).
- Remove from heat. Add butter and vanilla.
- Mix well and leave to cool.
- Cut cake in three layers.
- Place one cake layer on a serving platter.
- Spread the top with frosting and chopped pistachios.
- Place the second layer on top of the first layer and spread frosting and pistachios.
- Place the third layer on top and frost the top and sides of the cake with frosting.
- Sprinkle chopped pistachios and grated chocolate to cover the top.
- Chill before serving.
People Who Like This Dish 4
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you are kind to your brother reminds me of my daughter towards her brothers
if the cake is anything like your frosting it must be great
thanks
mumtaz
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