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Pistachio Cake
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Brief Description
Almond flavored cake layered with pistachio cream filling and topped with pistachio flavored frosting.
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Main Ingredient
pistachios
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Category: Cakes
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Cuisine: American
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Prep Time: 60 min(s)
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Cook Time: 45 min(s)
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Recipe Type: Public
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Posted By: MarySue
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Posted On: May 20, 2020
Number of Servings:
Ingredients:
- 3 cups - flour
- 3 1/2 teaspoons - baking powder
- 3/4 teaspoons - salt
- 2/3 cups - butter
- 2 teaspoons - almond extract
- 1 1/2 cups - sugar
- 1 1/4 cups - milk
- 5 - egg whites
- 1/2 cups - sugar
- 3/4 cups - pistachio nuts chopped
- 1 cups - cream scalded
- 1/2 cups - cream plain
- 1/3 cups - sugar
- 2 1/2 tablespoons - flour
- 1/4 teaspoons - salt
- 3 - egg yolks
- 1 tablespoons - butter
- 1 teaspoons - vanilla
- 1/2 teaspoons - pistachio extract
- - tint with green coloring
- 1/2 cups - salted pistachio nuts chopped
- 1 1/2 cups - sugar
- 1/3 cups - water
- 1 tablespoons - white corn syrup
- 1/8 teaspoons - salt
- 2 - egg whites unbeaten
- 1 teaspoons - pistachio extract
- - tint with green coloring
Directions:
Cake:
Combine flour, baking powder, salt; sift and set aside.
Cream together butter with almond extract, gradually adding sugar. Beat adding alternately above dry mixture with milk. Set aside.
Beat egg whites until frothy; gradually add 1/2 cup sugar, and beat until stiff peaks form. Place egg white mixture on above mixture and fold.
Bake in two 9-inch cake pans at 350 degrees F for 25 to 30 minutes.
Cream Filling:
In a sauce pan sift together sugar, flour and salt. Blend in 1/2 cup of plain cream; gradually add scalded cream. Bring to a boil and cook for 3 minutes.
Remove from heat; put in double boiler and cook with cover for 5 to 7 minutes, stirring 3 or 4 times.
Beat egg yolks; add 3 tablespoons of above mixture, then add this to remainder of above mixture. Cook for 3 to 5 minutes.
Remove from heat; blend in butter, vanilla, pistachio extract and green coloring. Cool. Add nuts; chill and spread on cake.
7 Minute Frosting:
In a double boiler, combine sugar, water, corn syrup, salt and egg whites. Place over simmer water and beat while simmering with rotary beater until stiff peaks form.
Remove from heat; blend in pistachio extract and green coloring.
Frost cake and sprinkle nuts over frosting.
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