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Orange and Pistachio Yoghurt Cake

18th May 2012 By Urvashi Roe

This cake is a lovely moist everyday cake.  The kind you want to make on a Sunday and keep in the tin for a little slice to cheer you up when you get home. You’ll need 200g self raising flour 1 tsp baking powder 100g ground pistachios 100g caster sugar 2 eggs 250ml plain yoghurt […]

Filed Under: Sweet Tagged With: baking, cake, GBBO, orange, pistachio, yoghurt

Chocolate and Pistachio Biscotti

12th December 2011 By Urvashi Roe

Chocolate and Pistachio Biscotti

This is a mini canapé version of the Hazelnut and Coffee Biscotti recipe which I made at the London Chocolate Festival. It’s super simple so you can make it with the children.  I serve this with a hot chocolate dipping sauce.  Make the biscotti up in advance and the sauce takes minutes to make so it’s great […]

Filed Under: Sweet Tagged With: baking, biscotti, chocolate, GBBO, pistachio

Pistachio and Chocolate Macaroons

6th September 2011 By Urvashi Roe

This recipe uses ground pistachio nuts instead of almonds.  It works just as well as long as you grind the nuts quite finely and remove any unground flakes. I’ve used a simple chocolate flavoured double cream filling but you could also use white or dark chocolate ganache, a buttercream or even Nutella.  If you prefer […]

Filed Under: Sweet Tagged With: baking, chocolate, GBBO, macaron, pistachio

'Bucks Fizz' Macarons

6th September 2011 By Urvashi Roe

I love making macaroons.  I did make one bad batch which put me off for a while.  I got really frustrated until I retraced my steps and worked out that I had used too much liquid food colouring and disturbed the balance of liquid in this recipe.  It’s really worth trying to find food colouring […]

Filed Under: Sweet Tagged With: chocolate, macaron, orange, pistachio

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