Pistachio Kunafa Chocolate Cake and Cupcakes
DessertSaudi Arabian
Ingredients
- white chocolate
- unsalted pistachio
- condensed milk
- milk
- oreo cream biscuits
- milk
- baking powder
- vinegar
- salt
- sevaiiya
- ghee
- dark chocolate
- malai
Steps
- 1
- For Chocolate Cake:Ready all the ingredients. Powder the oreo biscuits, pinch salt and mix warm milk as needed and make a cake batter. Add in baking powder and vinegar and mix.
- 2
- Grease a loose bottomed tin. Pour a 1cm thick layer of the batter.
- 3
- Bake in a preheated oven @160°C for 7-8 minutes or until the knife comes out clean. Cool on wire rack.
- 4
- For Homemade Pistachio Paste:Ready all the pistachio paste ingredients. Slightly melt white chocolate on a double boiler.(else the mixer blade may break) Coarsely powder the pistachio in mixer. Add in condensed milk.
- 5
- Add in slightly warmed and slightly melted white chocolate and milk as required and crush to a smooth paste.(Green food colour can be add. I haven't.)
- 6
- For Kunafa: In a kadhaai take ghee and roast the sevaiiya on slow gas. Keep stirring until a pleasant roasted aroma releases. Cool it. Add in the Homemade pistachio paste.Mix well.
- 7
- Lip smacking Kunafa is ready. Spread a 2 cm layer on the cooled chocolate cake.
- 8
- Melt dark chocolate and strained malai and prepare the chocolate ganache. Cool and pour on the Kunafa layer.
- 9
- Garnish Pistachio Kunafa Chocolate Cake with chopped pistachio and silver balls. Keep in fridge for 2-3 hours. Then unmould the Kunafa Cake.
- 10
- I also prepared Kunafa cupcakes. Cut and enjoy. The cake looked so pretty that we could either save it or have it!! ☺
- 11
- Cross sectional view of the Pistachio Kunafa Chocolate Cake.
- 12
- Enjoy with a new sweet delicacy this festive season with family and friends.
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