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Ingredients

8 slice(s)

Syrup

  • 330 g sugar
  • 370 g water
  • 1 tbsp honey
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 1 tsp Whole Fennel seeds, optional
  • 1 orange, zest only

Cake

  • 280 g unsalted pistachio nuts, shelled
  • 170 g sugar
  • 1 orange, zest only
  • 190 g Butter, cubed
  • 3 eggs
  • 60 g full cream milk
  • 1 tbsp white vinegar
  • 200 g syrup, cooled
  • 220 g self-raising flour
  • 120 g plain flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
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Recipe's preparation

    Syrup

  1. Place all syrup ingredients into TM bowl and cook 9 min / 100C / speed 2.  Allow to cool completely and then strain through a fine-meshed sieve and set aside until required.

    2. Cake

  2. Preheat oven to 180C. Line a 23cm diameter spring form tin with baking paper and set aside.

  3. Set aside 2 tbsp pistachio nuts for decoration. Place remaining pistachios into mixing bowl and chop 7 sec / speed 5. Press into prepared tin.

  4. Place sugar and zest into a mixing bowl and mill 20 sec / speed 9.

  5. Add butter and eggs and mix 30 sec / speed 5. With blades still rotating at speed 5, add milk and vinegar through hole in mixing bowl lid.

  6. Add 200g of the syrup and mix 10 sec / speed 5.

  7. Add flours and baking powder and pulse 4 times / 1 sec / Closed lid / Turbo. Scrape down sides of bowl and pulse once more if necessary.

  8. Pour cake mixture over pistachio base in tin and bake approx. 45 - 55 minutes or until skewer comes out clean.

  9. Once cooked, turn out upside-down onto serving plate, so pistachios are on top. Scatter with reserved pistachio nuts.  To set nuts in place, pour over remaining syrup to taste.

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This recipe was contributed by our WA Group Leader, Helen Vogiatzakis.

This recipe was provided to you by a Thermomix ® customer and has not been tested by Vorwerk Thermomix ® or The Mix Australia Pty Ltd and The Mix New Zealand Ltd.
Vorwerk Thermomix ® and The Mix Australia Pty Ltd and The Mix New Zealand Ltd assume no liability, particularly in terms of ingredient quantities used and success of the recipes.
Please observe the safety instructions in the Thermomix ® instruction manual at all times.

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  • ChristineMW: If you used Kefir do you think this...

    Submitted by amanda orsum gargula on 12. March 2024 - 12:22.

    ChristineMW: If you used Kefir do you think this is why you didn't like the outcome?

    Amanda Soft

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  • Talouface: Hi...

    Submitted by Thermomix in Australia on 9. March 2021 - 15:06.

    Talouface: Hi

    Please make sure you shell your pistachios before you blend them. The cake will be very gritty if you blend the shells too.

    Happy baking!

    Warm regards

    Thermomix Head Office

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  • Hi can I ask a silly question please. Do we clean...

    Submitted by Talouface on 5. March 2021 - 12:24.

    Hi can I ask a silly question please. Do we clean the pistachios first or blend them with the shell. Thanks!

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  • Absolutely delicious

    Submitted by CM16 on 1. September 2019 - 07:02.

    Absolutely delicious

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  • Delicious recipe - thank you for sharing.

    Submitted by dmpeachy62 on 3. September 2017 - 23:21.

    Delicious recipe - thank you for sharing.

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  • Total failure! Has anyone

    Submitted by ChristineMW on 28. November 2015 - 16:47.

    Total failure! Has anyone tried this with kefir milk?

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  • A winner!!!

    Submitted by ArwensThermoPics on 13. April 2014 - 22:14.

    A winner!!! Big Smile

    Cooking from scratch  www.arwensthermopics.com

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  • Love this cake!

    Submitted by Brae Street on 10. April 2014 - 18:08.

    Love this cake!

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  •  I would like to make smaller

    Submitted by Francien21 on 3. December 2012 - 22:58.

     I would like to make smaller ones for a HIGH TEA I'm having.  Can you suggest other small/petite morsels sweet or/and savoury with my Thermomix.

    Cheers

    Francien 

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  • Helen your cake is amazing

    Submitted by Diermaj on 29. October 2012 - 16:10.

    Helen your cake is amazing .... Made it for morning tea at work and all the girls raved about it , the syrup is awesome I could just drink it ... Well done , it's amazing 

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  • You can pour the remaining

    Submitted by Thermomix in Australia on 24. October 2012 - 18:50.

    You can pour the remaining syrup over the cake or serve it on the side.  You could even pour it over a scoop of vanilla icecream on the side.

    Thermomix Head Office

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  • The cake is great and took it

    Submitted by Patsy on 19. October 2012 - 10:14.

    The cake is great and took it with me on  a quilting retreat!!! Should the remaining syrup be poured over the hot cake or just served with it?

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  • Yum Yum Yummy! This cake was

    Submitted by shelleyjkemp on 18. October 2012 - 13:09.

    Yum Yum Yummy!

    This cake was a dream to make and super yummy. Served for morning tea, but would be great as desert with icecream and syrup on top. 

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