Pistachio and raspberry cake

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 5 hr

1. STEP 1

   

   How to make pistachio and raspberry cake at home? Prepare all the necessary ingredients. How to make pistachio sponge cake? Wash the eggs with a cleaning agent, as there may be harmful bacteria on their surface. It is better to take roasted pistachios for the cake.

2. STEP 2

   

   Place the pistachios into a blender bowl and grind until smooth. Melt the butter in a water bath or in the microwave and combine in a deep, convenient form with pistachio paste, stir.

3. STEP 3

   

   Separately, beat the eggs and sugar until white using a mixer.

4. STEP 4

   

   Pour the egg mixture into the butter-pistachio mass and beat again with a mixer until all products are combined.

5. STEP 5

   

   At this stage I added food coloring to the dough so that the mass had a more pronounced green color. BUT! It's better to do this at the very end. Because after adding flour and soda, a reaction occurred and the beautiful pistachio turned into nuclear green. If you have ready-made pistachio paste, it is better to use it, then the dye will not be needed.

6. STEP 6

   

   Sift the flour and baking powder through a sieve or using a special mug. This will saturate it with oxygen and make the baked goods more airy. Gently stir the flour into the dough. It is better to add flour in parts, as you may need a little less or more. The finished dough will have the consistency of thick sour cream.

7. STEP 7

   

   Pour the dough into a parchment-lined pan (Ø 20 cm) and smooth it out. Place the pan in an oven preheated to 180°C and bake for about 40-45 minutes. Time and temperature are approximate, be guided by the operating characteristics of your equipment.

8. STEP 8

   

   Cool the finished cake and cut into 3 parts. We ended up with three cakes of an unusual color.

9. STEP 9

   

   How to make the filling for pistachio and raspberry cake? Take the raspberries, wash them carefully in water and dry them on paper towels.

10. STEP 10

    

    Prepare all the necessary ingredients for the cream. Cream cheese and cream should be chilled.

11. STEP 11

    

    Combine cold cream cheese in a deep bowl with cream and powdered sugar.

12. STEP 12

    

    Beat everything with a mixer until smooth, but no more than 5 minutes. The cream will be quite dense and will not spread.

13. STEP 13

    

    I recommend assembling the cake in a culinary ring. Place the cake on the bottom of the pan. Place half the cream on top and smooth it out. Spread half the raspberries over the cream and press them into the cream. Cover with the second cake layer. Pour in the remaining cream, smooth it out and also spread the raspberries over it. Cover with the third layer. Place in the refrigerator for 1 hour.

14. STEP 14

    

    How to level pistachio and raspberry cake? Prepare the necessary ingredients. Take the butter out of the refrigerator in advance so that it is soft.

15. STEP 15

    

    Combine soft butter, cream cheese and powdered sugar in a bowl.

16. STEP 16

    

    Beat everything with a mixer until smooth. If the cake has not yet cooled, place the cream in the refrigerator. It should be dense and not spread.

17. STEP 17

    

    Remove the cooled cake from the ring. Cover the top cake and sides with curd cream. Decorate the cake with pistachios and raspberries.

18. STEP 18

    

    I still have a little cream left after leveling.

19. STEP 19

    

    I divided it into two parts and added red food coloring to one part and green food coloring to the other.

20. STEP 20

    

    And I decorated the cake this way. Topped with raspberries and mint. You can decorate the cake to your liking. Serve it with hot aromatic tea, coffee or cocoa. Bon appetit!

Comments on the recipe

ninaola

10.12.2023

4.8

Beauty... no words! What I liked most about the cake was the cream cheese cream; I love this kind of baking. I am also impressed by this strawberry cake with buttercream.