Best 4 Chocolate Pistachio Cake Recipes

CHOCOLATE PISTACHIO BUNDT CAKE

Steps:

• Place rack in the center of the oven and preheat oven to 350 degreesF.
• Lightly mist a 12-cup Bundt pan with vegetable oil spray, then dust with flour. Shake out the excess flour. Sprinkle the pecans and choc chips evenly in the bottom of the pan. Set the pan aside.
• Place the cake mix, pudding mix, sugar, water, oil and eggs in a large mixing bowl.
• Blend with an electric mixer on low speed for 1 minute. Stop the machine and scrape down the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula. Increase the mixer speed to medium and beat 2 min more (I set timer). The batter should look thick and smooth.
• Remove 1 cup of the batter to a small bowl. Pour the choc syrup into the small bowl and stir until the mixture is well combined. Set aside. Pour the remaining batter into the prepared pan. Pour the choc batter over the top, trying to keep the choc batter away from the edges of the pan.
• Swirl the choc batter into the white batter using a dinner knife. Place the pan in the oven.
• Bake the cake until it is golden brown and springs back when lightly pressed with your finger, 55 to 60 minute Remove the pan from the oven and place it on a wire rack to cool for 20 minute
• Run a long, sharp knife around the edge of the cake and invert it onto a rack to cool completely, 20 min more.

PEAR PISTACHIO AND CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 180 degrees celcius.
• Grease and flour loaf tin.
• Put flour, baking powder, sugar, salt, butter and eggs in food processor.
• Blend until just combined. (Do not over blend).
• Transfer to mixing bowl. Stir in chocolate, pear, pistachios and orange zest.
• Pour mixture into loaf tin.
• Bake 60 minutes or until skewer inserted coes out clean.
• Allow to cool for a few minutes then turn onto cake rack to cool.

CHOCOLATE PISTACHIO CAKE

Steps:

• Blend first 6 ingredients; then beat 2 minutes.
• Mix pecans and chocolate chips and sprinkle in bottom of greased and floured Bundt pan. (optional).
• Remove 1 cup of cake batter and place in a small bowl; add chocolate syrup.
• Mix well. Set aside.
• Place remaining batter into Bundt pan, then pour chocolate batter on top of first batter.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 60-65 minutes.
• Sprinkle with confectioner's sugar, if you don't use pecan-chocolate chip streusel.
• You can use butterscotch instant pudding for a chocolate butterscotch cake.

TAILLEVENT'S CHOCOLATE CAKE WITH PISTACHIO SAUCE

Steps:

• To make the cake, melt the chocolate in a small saucepan over very low heat. Add 1/4 cup of sugar and the butter and stir until melted. Whisk in the egg yolks. Cook, stirring constantly, until mixture reaches 160 degrees on a candy thermometer. Set aside to cool.
• In a mixing bowl, beat the egg whites until stiff. Add the remaining sugar and beat until glossy. Whisk 1/3 of the egg whites into the chocolate mixture. Fold in the remaining whites. Rinse 4 4-ounce heart-shaped molds or ramekins with water; do not dry. Divide the chocolate mixture among the molds. Refrigerate for 24 hours.
• To make the sauce, remove as much skin as possible from the pistachios. Rinse quickly with boiling water, drain and then remove as much of the remaining skin as possible. Place the nuts in a food processor and pulse until ground. Add 1/3 cup of sugar and the egg white and process until mixture forms a paste.
• Place 3 tablespoons of the pistachio paste in a medium-size saucepan (save the rest for another use). Add the milk and bring the mixture to a boil over medium heat. Remove from the heat and let steep for 5 minutes. Strain through a fine-mesh sieve into another medium-size saucepan. Set aside.
• Whisk together the egg yolks and the remaining sugar until thick and light. Whisk in half the strained milk; then whisk the mixture back into the remaining milk. Cook the sauce over low heat, stirring constantly, until thick enough to coat the back of a spoon; do not let the mixture come to a boil. Refrigerate for 24 hours.
• To serve, spoon a pool of the sauce onto the center of each of 4 plates. Run the tip of a small knife around the inside edge of the molds. Dip them briefly in a bowl of hot water and invert them onto the plates. Serve.