Recipe

Raspberry and pistachio yoghurt cake

So much to love about this cake.

Aug 09, 2021 2:00pm
  • 1 hr 15 mins cooking plus cooling time
  • Serves 8
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The heroes of this simple cake – yoghurt, raspberries and nuts – all play a significant part. Yoghurt, like buttermilk in cakes, lightens the batter and provides a delicious lactic tang. The raspberries add bursts of fruitiness in the almond batter, which is also studded with nubbly bits of green pistachio, making this a gorgeous afternoon tea cake.
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Ingredients

  • 185 g butter, softened
  • 1 teaspoon finely grated lemon rind
  • ¾ cup (165g) caster sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1½ cups (225g) self-raising flour
  • ⅓ cup (40g) almond meal (ground almonds)
  • ½ cup Greek-style yoghurt
  • ½ cup (70g) pistachios, blanced, peeled
  • 125g fresh raspberries
  • 2 teaspoons icing sugar

Method

  • 1
    Preheat oven to 180°C (160°C fan-forced). Grease a deep 20cm round cake pan; line base and side with two layers of baking paper.
  • 2
    Beat butter, rind and caster sugar in a medium bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time. Fold in sifted flour and almond meal, then yoghurt and pistachios.
  • 3
    Spoon half the mixture into pan; top with a third of the raspberries. Spread with remaining mixture; place another third of the raspberries on top, pushing them into batter; top with remaining raspberries.
  • 4
    Bake cake for 50 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Leave cake in pan for 10 minutes before turning, top-side up, onto a wire rack to cool.
  • 5
    Just before serving, dust with sifted icing sugar.

Notes

Suitable to freeze. Not suitable to microwave.

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