Quick pistachio, orange and buttermilk cake

Ingredients:

• 150g caster sugar
• 150g soft butter
• Finely grated zest of 1 orange
• 3 eggs
• 225g self-raising flour, sifted
• 4 tbsp buttermilk
• 75g unsalted pistachios, toasted
• Icing
• 1 1/2 tbsp orange juice
• 2 tbsp melted butter
• 130g icing sugar
• 50g pistachios, toasted and choppe

                             

Method 

Pre-heat oven to 180C. Beat sugar, butter, orange zest, eggs, flour and buttermilk with an electric mixer on low speed until incorporated. Increase speed to medium and beat for 3 minutes until smooth and light. Fold in pistachios. Spoon mixture into a lightly greased 20cm round cake tin with a paper-lined base and bake for 40-50 minutes or until a cake tester comes out clean. Cool in tin for 5 minutes then turn onto a cake rack.

For the icing, mix orange juice, butter and icing sugar in a bowl until smooth. Spread over cake and top with chopped pistachios.

Serves 6-8.By cookingQueen