Pistachio, Cardamom and Rose Loaf

This is something between a sweet bread loaf and a cake.

It is delicious and really easy to make. You can just eat it or serve it with tea and coffee.

It is gluten-free.

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6-8 medium slices

Preparation time: 20 minutes

Cooking time: 40 minutes.

Ingredients:

Cake

• 125gr pistachios (raw pistachios ground up in a food processor)

• 70gr oat flour (you can ground gluten-free rolled oats into a flour in a food processor)

• 40gr gluten-free plain flour

• 1 tsp baking powder

• 1/4 tsp salt

• 1 tsp cardamom

• 120ml coconut yogurt (1 single jar)

• 80ml maple syrup.

Frosting

• 150gr cashew nuts

• 60ml of dairy free milk of your choice

• 3 tsp maple syrup

• A few drops of pink food colouring

• 1tsp vanilla

• 1tsp rose water

• Chopped pistachios and pomegranade seeds to decorate.

Method:

Preheat the oven to 180 degrees C or 160 degrees fan.

Mix the ground pistachios, oat flour, gf flour, baking powder,salt and cardamom in a large bowl. Add the yogurt and maple syrup and mix well to combine.

Transfer the batter into a loaf tin lined with parchment paper.

Bake for 40 minutes and leave to cool completely.

Frosting

Add all the frosting ingredients into a blender and blend until smooth.

Once the loaf has cooled down, spread the frosting on top and decorate with chopped pitstachios and pomegranade seeds.

Enjoy!!!

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