{"id":179373,"date":"2026-05-30T23:44:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T22:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/?p=179373"},"modified":"2026-05-31T22:37:59","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T21:37:59","slug":"ainsley-harriott-chocolate-and-pistachio-cake-recipe-on-ainsleys-fantastic-flavours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/179373\/ainsley-harriott-chocolate-and-pistachio-cake-recipe-on-ainsleys-fantastic-flavours\/","title":{"rendered":"Ainsley Harriott Chocolate and Pistachio Cake recipe on Ainsley&#8217;s Fantastic Flavours"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ainsley Harriott served up a delicious Chocolate and Pistachio Cake with Boozy Cr\u00e8me Fra\u00eeche on Ainsley&#8217;s Fantastic Flavours.<\/p>\n<p>The ingredients are: 150g butter, at room temperature, plus extra for greasing, 250g good quality dark chocolate, chopped, 160g golden caster sugar, 5 eggs, separated, 1 tsp instant espresso powder, 3 tbsp good quality cocoa powder, plus extra for dusting the tin, \u00bc tsp salt and 50g pistachios, finely ground in a food processor.<\/p>\n<p>For the Ganache: 125g good quality dark chocolate, 125ml double cream and 1 tbsp (salted) pistachios, chopped, to serve.<\/p>\n<p>For the Boozy Whipped Cr\u00e8me Fra\u00eeche: 120ml cr\u00e8me fra\u00eeche, 140ml double cream, 1 tbsp icing sugar and 2 tbsp dark rum or Amaretto.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Chocolate-and-Pistachio-Cake.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"326\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-179388\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Chocolate-and-Pistachio-Cake.png 500w, http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Chocolate-and-Pistachio-Cake-300x196.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- food and drink --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:300px;height:250px\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0466605792016836\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"3648486817\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/med-cookbook.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/med-cookbook.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"258\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-167552\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>See recipes by Ainsley in his book titled: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/product\/152910467X\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1634&#038;creative=6738&#038;creativeASIN=152910467X&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=thetalentzone-21&#038;linkId=06b3dec8884081535e94d2c9ffbe1909\">Ainsley\u2019s Mediterranean Cookbook<\/a> available from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/product\/152910467X\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1634&#038;creative=6738&#038;creativeASIN=152910467X&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=thetalentzone-21&#038;linkId=06b3dec8884081535e94d2c9ffbe1909\">Amazon<\/a> now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ainsley Harriott served up a delicious Chocolate and Pistachio Cake with Boozy Cr\u00e8me Fra\u00eeche on Ainsley&#8217;s Fantastic Flavours. 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