Pistachio Kunafa Chocolate Cake and Cupcakes

Instructions

1- 1 For Chocolate Cake:Ready all the ingredients.

2- Powder the oreo biscuits, pinch salt and mix warm milk as needed and make a cake batter.

3- Add in baking powder and vinegar and mix.

4- 2 Grease a loose bottomed tin.

5- Pour a 1cm thick layer of the batter.

6- 3 Bake in a preheated oven @160°C for 7-8 minutes or until the knife comes out clean.

7- Cool on wire rack.

8- 4 For Homemade Pistachio Paste:Ready all the pistachio paste ingredients.

9- Slightly melt white chocolate on a double boiler.

10- (else the mixer blade may break) Coarsely powder the pistachio in mixer.

11- Add in condensed milk.

12- 5 Add in slightly warmed and slightly melted white chocolate and milk as required and crush to a smooth paste.

13- (Green food colour can be add.

14- I haven't.

15- ) 6 For Kunafa: In a kadhaai take ghee and roast the sevaiiya on slow gas.

16- Keep stirring until a pleasant roasted aroma releases.

17- Cool it.

18- Add in the Homemade pistachio paste.

19- Mix well.

20- 7 Lip smacking Kunafa is ready.

21- Spread a 2 cm layer on the cooled chocolate cake.

22- 8 Melt dark chocolate and strained malai and prepare the chocolate ganache.

23- Cool and pour on the Kunafa layer.

24- 9 Garnish Pistachio Kunafa Chocolate Cake with chopped pistachio and silver balls.

25- Keep in fridge for 2-3 hours.

26- Then unmould the Kunafa Cake.

27- 10 I also prepared Kunafa cupcakes.

28- Cut and enjoy.

29- The cake looked so pretty that we could either save it or have it!! ☺ 11 Cross sectional view of the Pistachio Kunafa Chocolate Cake.

30- 12 Enjoy with a new sweet delicacy this festive season with family and friends.