Pistachio Almond Cake Gluten Free Food

CHOCOLATE AND ALMOND CAKE (GLUTEN FREE)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350*. Break the chocolate into small pieces and melt it with the rum and coffee on top of a double boiler.
• Put the butter, almonds and icing sugar into a pan and stir over "low" heat until the butter melts and the ingredients are well-mixed. Stir in the chocolate mixture.
• Remove from heat and let cool slightly. Stir in the egg yolks thoroughly ( if the mixture is not cool enough the eggs will separate) and then fold in the egg whites.
• Turn into a 9" springform pan that you have coated with cooking spray. Bake @ 350* for 45-60 minutes. The cake will still be moist in the middle when done, and is very "fragile" due to the absence of flour.

ORANGE AND ALMOND CAKE (GLUTEN FREE)

Steps:

• Place orange (unpeeled)in boiling water for 2 hours.Remove and allow to cool.This can be done ahead of time.
• Preheat oven to 180c.
• Break eggs into a blender.add caster sugar and blend together.
• Cut up orange (unpeeled) and place into egg mix,and blend together to a smooth consistency.
• Add the almond meal and baking powder and blend.
• Grease baking pan and dust with caster sugar.
• Pour batter into the pan and sprinkle caster sugar on top and bake for 1 hour or until top is golden brown.
• Dust with icing sugar to serve.(you can also have it with cream).

CHOCOLATE, PISTACHIO, ALMOND CAKE (RICH AND EASY)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degree.
• Grease and flour a bundt pan.
• Combine first 6 ingredients in a mixing bowl and beat on medium speed for 3 minutes.
• Pour into prepared pan and bake for 40 to 50 minutes until toothpick comes out clean.
• Cool at room temperature for 15 minutes.
• Invert onto rack and brush 1/4 cup almond liqueur over cooled cake.
• Let sit for 1 hour.
• Meanwhile mix powdered sugar with enough almond liqueur to make a nice glaze.
• Adding more or less sugar.
• Pour on cooled cake and garnish by pressing in almond slices and serve.

INDIAN- ALMOND AND PISTACHIO DESSERT (GLUTEN-FREE)

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a heavy based saucepan. Stir well.
• Add in the ground almonds, sugar and cream . Stir well. Reduce heat and stir constantly for 10-12 minutes, scraping the base of the saucepan.
• Increase the heat until the mixture turns a little darker in colour.
• Transfer the almond mixture to a large, shallow serving dish and smooth the top with the back of a spoon. You want the mixture to be around 1/4 inch thick as a minimum.
• Decorate the top of the dessert with the chopped almonds and pistachio nuts.
• Leave to set for 1 hour and then cut into diamond shapes and serve cold.

PISTACHIO CAKE (GLUTEN-FREE)

Steps:

• Preheat your oen to 350°F or 180°C.
• Well grease a 9 inch/ 23 cm springform round baking pan.
• Boil a pot of water and then plunge the pistachios in for a quick 30 seconds. remove the pistachios- drain and then rub dry with a clean teatowel/kitchen towel. Peel off the pistachios 'skins'.
• Place the cleaned pistachios and sugar in a food processer and chop finely.
• Transfer the mix to a large bowl and add the egg yolks. lemon zest, baking powder, cornstarch, baking soda (bicarb) and the salt. Stir to combine.
• In a seperate bowl, beat the egg whites until stiff peaks form.
• Fold the egg whites into the pistachio mixture.
• Spoon the batter into the prepared pan.
• bake 20-30 mins or until cooked through. you can use a toothpick or fine skewer to check it comes out clean. Place back in the oven for up to another 10 minutes if required.
• Cool the cake in the tin for 15 minutes. Remove from the tin and then cool on a wire rack.

ORANGE ALMOND CAKE (GLUTEN FREE)

Steps:

• Bring a pot of water to the boil, add the oranges, cover and simmer for one hour.
• Stain off the water. Cool the oranges. If you are in a hurry, I suggest you partly cool them -- (this will still work).
• While they are cooling, food process the sugar with the eggs until the sugar is dissolved and pour into a bowl.
• Cut the oranges in half and de-seed them and put the oranges (with peel and pith) into a food processor and pulp until reasonably smooth.
• Pour the pulp into the sugar/egg mix and add the almond meal. Gently mix together.
• Pour mix into baking paper lined 24 - 26cm springform tin and bake for 50 - 60 minutes at 185°C.
• Serve with creme fraiche, whipped cream, or vanilla ice-cream -- makes an awesome dessert. You could drizzle a little citrus liqueur around the plate.
• Added thoughts -- This cake DOES NOT need any syrup poured over it.
• NB.Simply double this recipe to get two large cakes. It is just as successful.
• Occasionally, I will add a slurp of Grand Marnier, Contreau, or Galliano; however, try it plain initially.

FLOURLESS PISTACHIO AND ALMOND CAKE (GLUTEN-FREE)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 180°C Grease and line a 24 cm round cake tin.
• Place 200g pistachios in a blender and pulse until a fine crumb forms. Add the blended pistachios, almond meal, nutmeg, sugars and butter to a large bowl. Rub the mixture together with your fingertips to incorporate.
• Press half the mixture into the base of the lined tin.
• Add to the remaining mixture in the bowl - the eggs, yolk and yoghurt. Mix to combine.
• Add the 2nd layer of cake mixture to the tin and press inches.
• Scatter the cake with the remaining pistachios.
• Bake for 35 minutes, until golden, then cool on a wire rack.
• Serve with honey and extra yoghurt.