Orange Drizzle and Yoghurt Honey Cake with Pistachio nuts

Orange Drizzle and Yoghurt Honey Cake with Pistachio Nuts



This is an overnighter !     So make it today for your dinner party tomorrow!



Shopping List:

For the cake:

1 Orange
75 gr ground almonds
110 gr butter, softened
110 gr soft white sugar
2 large eggs, free range please and beaten
175 gr semolina
3 level teaspoons baking powder

For the drizzle:

100 ml / gr. honey
3 tablespoons water
then later:
3 tablespoons Orange juice
1 tablespoon Lemon juice
About 2 and a half cm. Cinnamon stick


For the topping the next day:

200 gr greek yoghurt
25 gr shelled pistachio nuts (unsalted)
1/ 1/2 tablespoons of honey


We begin with:

Cut your Orange in chunks, don't peel it, only remove the pips. Put all of it in your food processor and churn into a pulp.
Preheat your oven to 200C. and grease or spray and line your 20 cm round cake tin. (Springform).
Apply the all-in-one method for the cake ingredients except for the orange pulp, that has to be gently folded in.

Pour all in your prepared tin and level it out. Place the cake in your preheated oven for about 10 minutes. After which you lower the temperature in your oven to 180C. Then leave the cake in for another 30 minutes. So 40 minutes in total. Make sure the cake is a golden brown and has shrunk a little from the sides of your tin.

Make the syrup: Put the honey and the water in one of your small pans with the bit of cinnamon and bring it to a simmering point. Simmer then for 5 minutes. Take your pan off the heat source and remove your cinnamon and then stir in the juices of the Orange and lemon.

Put the cake to the side for about 5 minutes after which you can put it on your wire rack to cool. Use your caketester or a skewer to make little holes in your cake so you can drizzle the honey mixture over it. If you prefer you can put a container underneath it to catch the drizzle.
Use the whole of the drizzle, as the cake will soak it up. When the cake is completely cold set it aside in a cool place overnight, where the magic will happen.

Before you serve the cake, spread the top with greek yoghurt, scatter the nuts and drizzle some more honey over the cake to glaze the pistachios a little.


It looks like a lot of work, but just making the cake only took me an hour, and the rest you do before serving the next day!

                                                             "Enjoy"