Name: Grapefruit, pistachio and white chocolate cake
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Ingredients: Grapefruit, pistachio and white chocolate cakes; 2 small pink grapefruit, skin on, plus 1 extra, to serve; 6 eggs; 1 cup (150g) white chocolate buttons; 60 gram butter; 200 gram caster sugar; 1 2/3 cup (200g) almond meal; 100 gram raw, unsalted pistachios; 1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder; 1 tablespoon icing sugar; 50 gram pistachio persian fairy floss, to serve

Ingredients

Grapefruit, pistachio and white chocolate cakes

2 small pink grapefruit, skin on, plus 1 extra, to serve

6 eggs

1 cup (150g) white chocolate buttons

60 gram butter

200 gram caster sugar

1 2/3 cup (200g) almond meal

100 gram raw, unsalted pistachios

1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1 tablespoon icing sugar

50 gram pistachio persian fairy floss, to serve

Method

Grapefruit, pistachio and white chocolate cakes

1.Place 2 grapefruit in a large saucepan and cover with water (weight grapefruit with a plate to keep submerged). Bring to a simmer and cook until soft, about 2hrs.

2.Preheat oven to 160°C (140°C fan). Remove grapefruit from water, cut in half, remove seeds and weigh 500g flesh and peel. Puree grapefruit in a food processor until smooth. Add eggs and mix well.

3.Melt butter and chocolate buttons together in a heatproof bowl set over a saucepan of simmering water or in a microwave on low. Add white chocolate mixture, sugar, almond meal, pistachios and baking powder to grapefruit mixture; mix well.

4.Spoon into 12X well-greased 9cm-diameter muffin holes. Bake 40mins or until risen in the centre. Dust with icing sugar then top with a little Persian fairy floss. Serve with segments from remaining grapefruit.

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