Raspberry & pistachio tea cake
Add raspberry icing to this pistachio tea cake and you'll not only get a lovely pop of colour but fabulous flavour too. It's perfect for afternoon tea
- Prep:20 mins
Cook:55 mins
- Serves 20
- Easy
Nutrition per serving
- kcal 319
- fat 15g
- saturates 7g
- carbs 41g
- sugars 30g
- fibre 2g
- protein 4g
- salt 0.4g
Ingredients
- 150g shelled pistachios
- 275g golden caster sugar
- 250g butter, softened
- 3 eggs
- 275g self-raising flour
- 75g Greek yogurt
- a little milk, if needed
- sugar flowers, pearl sugar or sprinkles, to decorate (optional)
- 150g raspberries
- 300g icing sugar
Method
Heat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4 and line a 15 x 25cm cake tin. Put the pistachios in a food processor with half the sugar and blitz until the nuts are finely chopped. Tip into a bowl, add the remaining sugar and the butter and beat with an electric whisk until creamy. Add the eggs one at a time, then beat in the flour and yogurt until smooth, adding some milk if it’s too thick.
Spoon the batter into the tin, level and bake for 50-55 mins, or until a skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean. Leave to cool in the tin for 15 mins, then turn the cake out onto a board. Remove and discard the baking parchment, then leave to cool completely. Cut into neat squares.
To make the icing, put the raspberries in a pan with 2 tbsp water and cook briefly until soft and juicy. Push the mixture through a sieve and discard any pips. Whisk in the sugar until you have a smooth pink icing.
Pour the icing over the cooled cake, then decorate with the sugar flowers, pearl sugar or sprinkles, if you like. Leave to set before serving.