Spiced Pistachio Cake - Real Recipes from Mums

This is one of my all time favourite cakes. I absolutely love making this for my family. It’s a delicious and indulgent cake with some bold flavours.

Ingredients (serves 8)

1 1/2 cups (225g) Plain flour
1 1/2 tsp Baking powder
1/2 tsp Ground cardamom and Nutmeg
1 cup (140g) Unsalted pistachios, coarsely chopped
180g Flora Salt Reduced
1 cup (220g) Caster sugar
2 tsp Finely grated lemon rind
2 Eggs
1 cup (280g) Greek-style yoghurt
1/4 cup (60ml) Honey
150g Flora Salt Reduced - icing
1 1/4 cups (300g) Ricotta
Honey, extra, to serve

Method

Preheat oven to 180°C. Grease a 20cm (base measurement) round cake pan and line the base and sides with baking paper. Combine the flour, baking powder, cardamom, nutmeg and three-quarters of the pistachio in a bowl.
Use an electric mixer to beat the Flora Salt Reduced, sugar and lemon rind in a bowl until pale and creamy. Add the eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Add the flour mixture and gently stir to combine. Fold in the yogurt until just combined. Spoon the mixture evenly into the prepared pan and smooth the surface. Bake for 35-40 mins or until a skewer inserted in the center of the cakes comes out clean. Set aside in the pans for 5 mins before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
Use an electric mixer to beat the honey and extra Flora Salt Reduced in a clean bowl until smooth. Fold in the ricotta.
Place the cake on a serving platter. Carefully cut the cake into two halves. Spread one half of the cake with half the ricotta mixture. Top with the remaining cake and spread with the remaining ricotta mixture. Sprinkle with the lemon zest and remaining pistachio. Drizzle with extra honey to serve.

Notes

This recipe can easily serve 8-10 people. It's a rich and indulgent cake that'll have you savouring each bite.

39 Comments

- - TraceyGail said
  - 28 Sep 2024
    7:16 am
This sounds divine. I love pistachios. Bookmarked ready to go.

- - mom160270 said
  - 31 May 2024
    10:25 pm
This has some original flavours in it. Sounds intriguing.

- - sars_angelchik said
  - 28 Feb 2022
    6:09 pm
Shelling pistachios sounds like a lot of work!

- - smart_ass said
  - 19 Apr 2021
    4:04 pm
This sounds like it would be a light cake, yet full of flavour.

- - mom112217 said
  - 13 Jan 2021
    6:04 pm
A refreshing change from our rich chocolate cakes! Thanks!

- - P&M'smum said
  - 11 Nov 2020
    7:38 am
The pistachio, lemon zest, honey and ricotta flavour combinations sound absolutely gorgeous! I wonder if this would last well if frozen into blocks and thawed when ready to eat.

- - mumof1 said
  - 25 Aug 2020
    4:43 pm
I just tried this last night and YUMMMMM, I made mine into a square cake and I didn’t have enough pistachios at home, so I mixed them with walnuts and sultanas to make 1 cups worth and I absolutely love it! So delicious and the flavour is PERFECT with tea. This one is definitely going on the ‘bake again’ list!

- - mom461384 said
  - 21 Aug 2020
    11:30 am
Gave this a go, mine certainly did look as pretty, but tasted fantastic!

- - mom458688 said
  - 19 Aug 2020
    6:43 am
YUMM

- - Jbuttxx said
  - 17 Aug 2020
    6:44 am
The frosting sounds delush! Thanks for sharing

- - curlytops said
  - 15 Aug 2020
    9:54 am
This cake look really pretty.

- - mom460689 said
  - 12 Aug 2020
    10:04 am
Yum. This cake with the pistachios honey and yogurt sound like a brilliant combination.

- - littlehandsofmine said
  - 11 Aug 2020
    4:17 pm
this is good!

- - Ness904 said
  - 11 Aug 2020
    2:32 pm
Yum how pretty, imagine with rose petals sprinked on top too ! Must try this!

- - nadine_hill said
  - 10 Aug 2020
    12:49 pm
Looks amazing and sounds delicious!

- - mom462038 said
  - 03 Aug 2020
    9:35 am
Gotta try this. I havent had any experience with pistachios, no idea what they taste like, but I’ll give them a go in this cake
- mom90758 replied
  
  04 Aug 2020 , 5:19 pm
  Never tried pistachios? Oh no. You have missed so much. They are utterly delicious!
- - linaianna said
  - 02 Aug 2020
    5:09 pm
This looks really good . Thanks for sharing

- - mom90758 said
  - 01 Aug 2020
    6:20 pm
This looks so amazing. Very well done.
I guess that if there is some left, it must be kept in the fridge because of the ricotta, or not?

- - mom322089 said
  - 01 Aug 2020
    2:32 pm
sounds totally lovely as we all love pistachios

- - taynik46 said
  - 01 Aug 2020
    8:56 am
I have never tried this cake before, surely I have been missing out! – looking forward to trying it out and sharing with my family, perhaps!