Ingredients

The following ingredients have 9 Servings
  • 200 g cake flour (all purpose)
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • pinch of salt
  • 200 g caster sugar
  • 1 cup 250ml plain yoghurt
  • 1/2 cup 125ml canola oil
  • 3 extra-large eggs
  • zest of 1 lemon
  • 100 g pistachios (shelled and finely chopped/ground)
  • 100 g white chocolate (chopped)
  • 250 ml sour cream/Crème fraîche
  • lemon zest (to serve)

Instruction

  • Pre-heat the oven to 180°c and line a 20cm deep cake pan with baking paper.
  • Sift the flour, baking powder, salt & sugar into a large mixing bowl and set aside.
  • Combine the yoghurt, oil, eggs and lemon zest in a jug and mix well.
  • Pour the yoghurt and oil mixture into the flour and mix well.
  • Fold in the ground pistachios.
  • Pour the batter into the prepared pan and place in the pre-heated oven.
  • Bake for 30-35 minutes or until a skewer inserted comes out clean.
  • Remove from the oven and allow to cool completely before removing from the pan.
  • To make the icing, combine the melted chocolate with the sour cream and mix well until the icing is smooth.
  • When the cake is cool, dollop the icing on top and decorate with lemon zest.