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Honey Pistachio Loaf Cake

Honey butter cake layers topped with a honey glazed and pistachios.
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Cake
Keyword: baklava cake, honey, honey pistachio cake, loaf cake, Pistachio
Servings: 1 9" x 5" loaf cake
Author: cakebycourtney

Ingredients

FOR THE CAKE

  • 1/2 cup (113 g) unsalted butter, room temperature
  • 3/4 (150 g) cups sugar
  • 2 eggs, room temperature
  • 1 1/2 cups (195 g) cake flour
  • 1 teaspoons (4 g)  baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon (6 g) salt
  • 1/2 cup (120 g) buttermilk
  • 1/4 cup (57.5 g) honey
  • 1 teaspoon (4.2) gvanilla

FOR THE GLAZE and TOPPING

  • 1/2 cup (115 g) honey
  • 2 tablespoons (28.4 g) unsalted butter
  • 1 tablespoon (12.5 g) brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup (35 g) pistachios, chopped
  • 1 teaspoon (2.7 g) cinnamon

Instructions

FOR THE CAKE

  • Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Spray your loaf pan (I used a 9" x 5" pan) with nonstick spray, line the bottom with parchment paper, allowing the parchment to come up the sides of the pan. Spray again. Set aside. 
  • In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
  • In a small bowl, mix together the buttermilk, honey and vanilla. Set aside.
  • In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the butter and sugar on medium speed until fluffy, about 2 minutes.
  • Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition and scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed. Continue to beat the butter mixture for a couple more minutes. We're looking for the mixture to be smooth, lighter in color, and slightly bigger in volume.
  • With the mixer on low, alternately add the flour mixture with the buttermilk mixture, starting and ending with the flour mixture.
  • Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan.
  • Bake for 35 to 40 minutes, until toothpick inserted into the center comes out with a few moist crumbs on it.
  • Let cool in pan for about 15 minutes, then remove to wire rack to finish cooling.

FOR THE SAUCE

  • In a microwave safe bowl, combine the honey, butter and brown sugar. Heat the ingredients for about 45-60 seconds. Stir to combine.
  • In a small bowl, combine the pistachios and cinnamon.
  • Cover the loaf cake with the honey sauce and sprinkle with pistachio mixture.