Pistachio Cardamom Cake with Orange Vanilla Glaze

Ingredients

Pistachio Cardamom Cake

1. 1/2 cup shelled, salted, un-roasted pistachios

2. 1 cup flour

3. 1/2 tablespoon baking powder

4. 1/2 teaspoon salt

5. 3/4 teaspoon ground cardamom

6. 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon

7. 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature

8. 1/2 cup white sugar

9. 1/4 cup light brown sugar

10. Zest of 1/4 large orange

11. 2 eggs

12. 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

13. 3/4 cups almond milk

Orange Vanilla Glaze

1. 3/4 cups confectioners sugar

2. 2 tablespoons almond milk

3. 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract

4. Zest of 1/4 orange

Prep time: 30 minutes

Cook time: 30 minutes

Total time: 1 hour

Servings: 1 8’’ single layer cake

Steps

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees [F].

2. Grease an 8 inch round baking pans with some butter or baking spray.

3. In a food processor, finely grind up most of the pistachios, leaving a few behind for garnish. Lightly grind up the leftover pistachios for garnish, leaving small chunks still visible for texture.

4. Sift together flour, baking powder, cardamom, cinnamon & salt in a bowl.

5. Using a stand or a hand mixer, cream together room temperature butter with white sugar & light brown sugar.

6. One at a time, crack eggs into the butter & sugar mixture & mix together. Add in the orange zest & gently mix together.

7. Once all of the eggs are mixed in, pour in half of the dry ingredients & mix together until combined.

8. Next, pour in 1/2 of the almond milk & vanilla extract. Repeat steps 7 & 8 until all of the dry ingredients & wet ingredients are completely combined, making sure not to over mix the batter.

9. Gently fold in the finely ground pistachios.

10. Pour batter into the greased baking pan & bake for 30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean from the cake when tested.

11. To make the orange vanilla glaze, sift confectioner sugar into a bowl and mix together with almond milk, vanilla extract, & orange zest until combined completely. Depending on the thickness of the glaze, you may need to add more milk. 

12. Once cake is cooled, gently pour on glaze & sprinkle remaining ground pistachios on top. For a nice finish, add candied orange slices on top.