Friday 27 April 2012

Random Pistachio Cake.


This month's Random Recipe is Number 15 and celebrates Belleau Kitchen's 2nd Birthday.

Well, Dom, I have enjoyed a slice of this with a mug of tea and have raised my mug to you.  So many of my newly favourite recipes have been found by taking part in Random Recipes and this is yet another.  



I do so love a fairly simple cake and especially if it is not chocolate (I'm bored of chocolate cakes).  A good cake recipe is one like this which is simple but has an extra little something.  Here, you get the yielding bite and the distinctive taste of the pistachios which just jazzes up the beautiful, freshly baked vanilla loaf cake. 




I stacked up all my books dedicated exclusively to baking and used random.org to choose the book and then the page number.  The book was Cake Days from The Hummingbird Bakery.  I have previously blogged about the honey and pear layer cake and the grasshopper pie from this book and I think Steve has also made their whoopie pies.  Other than that, though, I have seriously underused this book which has many tempting recipes in it like lemon and thyme loaf; rose cupcakes; pea, ham and feta cheese muffins; walnut and honey loaf; butterscotch marshmallow bars - so watch this space for more!



14 comments:

  1. Great cake for a mug of tea. Pistachios always look so good as well as tasting great.

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  2. Damn this blasted copyright nonsense. I want that recipe! Guess I'll have to buy the book. It looks marvellous. I used to hate pistachio in stuff but I think my tastes have matured and I live them now. It looks so crunchy and the texture of the cake is perfect! Divine entry. Thanks so much for entering and helping me celebrate my 2nd blogaversary. X

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  3. Grear cake!! I've got some pistacho leftover...I could give it a go!
    Have a nice we

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  4. I've resisted this book so far.... Looks like a lovely cake. I know what you mean about wanting a basic cake that's just a bit jazzed up rather than totally plain or totally OTT.

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  5. I love the green of the pistachio topping. It sounds like a very good cake to have a nice sit down and a cup of tea with.

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  6. that looks amazing! I've never mastered this art which I keep seeing everywhere of "I-just-nonchalantly-dribbled-this-runny-icing-in-the-vague-direction-of-the-cake-and-well-blow-me-doesn't-it-happen-to-look-fancy-and-relaxed-at-the-same-time"

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  7. Love this delicious looking pistachio cake! Pistachio is my favorite nut & it's lovely green color does brightens up a lovely cake! Love your presentation with sprinkle grounded pistachio too! Amazing!

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  8. This is so my kind of cake - delicious!

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  9. Great looking Pistachio cake recipe. It looks chocka full of nuts, really tasty. GG

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  10. This tea cake looks wonderful! I have just discovered baking with pistachios (I know ... where the heck have I been, already?) ... this looks like the next pistachio project!

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  11. This looks really great! I love pistachios, I don't know why I don't do more with them (actually, I do - it's because they're so delicious they never last long enough to be included in anything!).

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  12. Ah yes - good to know I am preaching to the converted - we all seem to be big pistachio fans.

    Dom, let me know if you want the recipe and I'll email it.

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  13. This looks brilliant! I will have to borrow the book from a friend that I gave it to as a present, and make it!

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