Orange and Pistachio Yoghurt Cake

This cake is a lovely moist everyday cake.  The kind you want to make on a Sunday and keep in the tin for a little slice to cheer you up when you get home.

Sticky Orange and Pistachio Cake

You’ll need

• 200g self raising flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 100g ground pistachios
• 100g caster sugar
• 2 eggs
• 250ml plain yoghurt
• 150ml olive oil
• 1 tsp pistachio essence
• 2 medium sized oranges
• 200g icing sugar
• Handful of pistachios to decorate
• Crème fraiche to serve

To make it

1. Grease and line a 22cm tin.
2. Preheat the oven to 180C.
3. Sift the flour and baking powder into a bowl.
4. Add the ground pistachios and caster sugar.
5. Mix up the eggs, yoghurt, olive oil and zest in a large bowl.
6. Add the dry ingredients and mix well.
7. Pour the mixture into the baking tin and bake for 50 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean.
8. Cool in the tin while you make the syrup by mixing the icing sugar and orange juice together.
9. When the cake is cool, make a few holes using a piece of spaghetti or a  cocktail stick.
10. Gently spoon the syrup over the cake letting it seep into the holes.
11. Throw over some shelled pistachios.
12. Serve with a dollop of creme fraiche and some Orange Pekoe tea or something similarly light.

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