Spread the love around as you offer everyone a piece of this shockingly delicious and secretively low carb cake. A favourite shared from Sweet not Sugar.
Thermomix® method
Ingredients:
• 60g pistachio nuts, shelled
• 1 tsp ground cardamom
• 250g blanched almond
• 1 lemon, thin peelings of skin
• 1 orange, thin peelings of skin
• 200g butter, plus extra for greasing
• 4 medium eggs
• 1tsp baking powder
• 2 tsp rose water
• 40g lemon juice
• 200g mascarpone
• Edible rose petals (for decorating)
• 150g Sweetnz golden sweetener
• 1 Tbsp coconut flour
• 80g clear fibre syrup
Method:
Preheat oven to 160°c, grease and line base of two round tins (20cm).
Place pistachios in mixing bowl then chop 2 secs/speed 6, transfer to a bowl, remove 2Tbsp of larger chunks to a smaller bowl and set aside.
Place cardamon and almonds in mixing bowl then grind 20 sec/speed 10. Transfer to bowl and set aside.
Place lemon and orange peel and 30g of sweetener in mixing bowl then grind 15 sec/speed 10. Scrape down sides of mixing bowl with spatula.
Add remaining 120g sweetener and butter then cream 30 sec/speed 4. Scrape down sides of mixing bowl with spatula.
Add eggs and mix 20 sec/speed 4.
Add coconut flour, reserved almond mixture, baking powder, rose water, then mix, 20 sec/speed 4.
Add larger bowl of reserved chopped pistachio and mix 20 sec/speed 3. Transfer batter into prepared tins and bake 30 mins. Clean mixing bowl.
Once cooked, leave cake to stand for 5 mins in the tins.
Then make syrup.
Place lemon juice and 40g fibre syrup in mixing bowl.
Heat 2 mins/90°c/speed 1.5. Meanwhile poke holes in the cake surface using a cocktail stick. Drizzle syrup over cakes, allowing it to seep into the holes. Then leave cake to cool. Clean mixing bowl.
Once cool remove from tins and transfer to serving plate.
Place mascarpone, remaining fibre syrup and rose water in mixing bowl, then mix 15 sec/speed 4. Insert butterfly whisk, then mix 20 sec/speed 3. Spoon on the middle and over the top of the cake surface.
Garnish with reserved pistachios and rose petals.
