Pistachio cake with syrup

AUTHOR
Eunice Scott
DIFFICULTY
easy
RATING
4 4
COOK TIME
60 mins
TOTAL TIME
60 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 6
  • 50 g Sesame
  • 200 g Butter or margarine
  • 200 g Sugar
  • 4 Eggs (size M)
  • 250 g Semolina
  • 1 TEASPOON Cinnamon
  • 75 g peeled pistachios
  • 7-10 Tbsp Grease
  • 500 g Sugar
  • 7-10 Tbsp Juice of 1 lemon
  • 1/2-1 TEASPOON Cinnamon

Directions

  1. 1

    Roast sesame seeds in a pan until golden brown, let them cool down. Cream fat and sugar. Add eggs bit by bit. Stir in semolina and cinnamon. Fold in sesame seeds and pistachios. Grease a flat casserole dish.

  2. 2

    Add the dough and smooth it down. Bake in the preheated oven (electric: 175°/ gas: level 2) for 40 minutes. In the meantime, boil down sugar and a litre of water to make the syrup slightly thicker.

  3. 3

    Season to taste with lemon juice and cinnamon. Pour the syrup over the hot cake, let it cool down. Cut into strips. Makes 20 pieces.