Pistachio Kunafa Chocolate Cake and Cupcakes

Pistachio Kunafa Chocolate Cake and Cupcakes is a Dessert recipe from the Saudi Arabian tradition, as recorded in TheMealDB. The ingredients and the method below are the recorded ones. This site does not state preparation time, servings, difficulty or equipment, because the source does not record them.

Method

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2. Step 2. For Chocolate Cake:Ready all the ingredients. Powder the oreo biscuits, pinch salt and mix warm milk as needed and make a cake batter. Add in baking powder and vinegar and mix.
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4. Step 4. Grease a loose bottomed tin. Pour a 1cm thick layer of the batter.
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6. Step 6. Bake in a preheated oven @160°C for 7-8 minutes or until the knife comes out clean. Cool on wire rack.
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8. Step 8. For Homemade Pistachio Paste:Ready all the pistachio paste ingredients. Slightly melt white chocolate on a double boiler.(else the mixer blade may break) Coarsely powder the pistachio in mixer. Add in condensed milk.
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10. Step 10. Add in slightly warmed and slightly melted white chocolate and milk as required and crush to a smooth paste.(Green food colour can be add. I haven't.)
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12. Step 12. For Kunafa: In a kadhaai take ghee and roast the sevaiiya on slow gas. Keep stirring until a pleasant roasted aroma releases. Cool it. Add in the Homemade pistachio paste.Mix well.
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14. Step 14. Lip smacking Kunafa is ready. Spread a 2 cm layer on the cooled chocolate cake.
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16. Step 16. Melt dark chocolate and strained malai and prepare the chocolate ganache. Cool and pour on the Kunafa layer.
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18. Step 18. Garnish Pistachio Kunafa Chocolate Cake with chopped pistachio and silver balls. Keep in fridge for 2-3 hours. Then unmould the Kunafa Cake.
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20. Step 20. 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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22. Step 22. Cross sectional view of the Pistachio Kunafa Chocolate Cake.
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24. Step 24. Enjoy with a new sweet delicacy this festive season with family and friends.

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