Pistachio cake (gluten free and super healthy!)

This is Carlingford Yoga’s now famous cake and one recipe that our guest always request. It’s moist, healthy, nutritious and absolutely delicious. It’s also very easy to make!

 Dry ingredients:

2 cups ground almonds (or even better 1 cup almonds and 1 cup shelled unsalted pistachios)

1 teaspoon (tsp) baking powder

½ tsp baking soda

½ tsp ground cardamon

½ tsp sea salt

Wet ingredients:

3 eggs (beaten)

½ tsp ground ginger

½ cup Xylitol (or agave syrup but Xylitol is healthier)

¼ cup coconut oil (melted but not hot)

Zest of one orange

6 ounces goji berries (or raspberries, prunes, redcurrents etc.)

Glaze:

Juice of 1 orange

Honey (about 3 Tbs)

Pistachio nuts (crushed)

Instructions: 

1. Preheat oven 175C
2. Grease springform cake pan with coconut oil
3. Mix together all the dry ingredients
4. Whisk together all of the wet ingredients
5. Combine dry and wet ingredients
6. Gently fold in the fruits
7. Pour mixture into the cake pan and, depending on the oven, bake for about 40minto 50 until the cake is golden brown and a toothpick comes out clean

Preparing the glaze:

1. Combine the orange juice and honey in a small saucepan and heat while stirring to 40C. Did you know? Overheating honey turns it toxic
2. Pierce the cake with a fine fork or toothpick and apply the glaze evenly until absorbed
3. Sprinkle with crushed pistachio nuts
4. Enjoy in a good company 🙂