Vegetarian

Easter nest sweet cake with sour cream-royal icing and pistachios

Name: Easter nest sweet cake with sour cream-royal icing and pistachios
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 8 servings
Ingredients: 1.25 tsps baking powder; 0.67 cup brown sugar; 2 free range eggs; 1 egg whites; 1.5 cups flour; 3 drops green food coloring; 0.75 cup powdered sugar; 1 tsp lemon juice; 8 servings pistachios; 0.5 cup sour cream; 4 oz unsalted butter

This Easter Nest Sweet Cake with Sour Cream-Royal Icing and Pistachios is a delightful lacto ovo vegetarian dessert perfect for Easter. It serves 8 and covers 12% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Enjoy the scrumptious combination of flavors in just 35 minutes from preparation to plate.

Ingredients

baking powder

1.25 tsps

brown sugar

0.67 cup

free range eggs

egg whites

flour

1.5 cups

green food coloring

3 drops

powdered sugar

0.75 cup

lemon juice

1 tsp

pistachios

8 servings

sour cream

0.5 cup

unsalted butter

4 oz

Method

Preheat oven to 190 C/ 375 F and lightly grease a ring cake pan. Set aside.In a medium bowl--and using an electric mixer-- beat sugar, eggs, and butter until creamy.
Add sour cream and flour and mix for a couple of minutes.
Pour mixture into cake pan.
Bake for 20 minutes or until golden brown and cooked through when tested with a skewer.To make the icing, use a standard mixer to beat the egg white until soft stiff peaks are formed.
Add lemon juice and sugar and food coloring. Beat for a couple of seconds more.
Let the cake cool on a wire rack for about 10 minutes. Then pour the royal icing/glaze onto the cake, sprinkle with chopped pistachios, and decorate as desired.

Nutrition:

574 kcal

Carbs

73 g

Fat

28 g

Protein

10 g

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