Pistachio Kunafa Chocolate Cake and Cupcakes

Steps

1. 1

   For chocolate cake: Ready all ingredients. Powder the Oreo biscuits, pinch salt, and mix warm milk as needed to make a batter. Add baking powder and vinegar and mix.

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   Grease a loose-bottomed tin and pour a 1 cm thick layer of the batter.

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   Bake in a preheated oven at 160°C 160 °C · 320 °F · Gas 3 · Medium heat for 7-8 minutes or until a knife comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack.

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   For homemade pistachio paste: Ready all pistachio paste ingredients. Slightly melt white chocolate on a double boiler. Coarsely powder the pistachio in a mixer. Add condensed milk.

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   Add slightly warmed and melted white chocolate and milk as required and crush to a smooth paste. (Green food colour can be added; not done here.)

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   For kunafa: In a kadhaai, roast sevaiiya in ghee on low heat, stirring until a pleasant roasted aroma releases. Cool it. Add the homemade pistachio paste and mix well.

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   Spread a 2 cm layer of the pistachio kunafa on the cooled chocolate cake.

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   Melt dark chocolate with strained malai to prepare the chocolate ganache. Cool and pour over the kunafa layer.

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   Garnish Pistachio Kunafa Chocolate Cake with chopped pistachio and silver balls. Refrigerate for 2-3 hours, then unmold the cake.

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    I also prepared Kunafa cupcakes. Cut and enjoy. The cake looked so pretty that we could either save it or have it!

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    Cross-sectional view of the Pistachio Kunafa Chocolate Cake.

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    Enjoy with a new sweet delicacy this festive season with family and friends.