Green Dream Pistachio Cupcakes
Green Dream Pistachio Cupcakes! Have you ever tried the nutty flavour of pistachios with chocolate? No? Then you need to try it as a cupcake to truly appreciate how delicious it is!
Pistachio flavoured cupcakes topped with chocolate ganache frosting and a sprinkle of crushed pistachios.

Green Dream Pistachio Cupcakes
Pistachio flavoured cupcakes topped with white chocolate ganache frosting and a sprinkle of crushed pistachios.
Serves 20
Ingredients
Cupcakes
- 3 1/2 cups / 430 g plain flour, all-purpose
- 1 1/4 cups / 265 g caster sugar, superfine
- 3 tsp / 3 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp / 1/2 tsp fine salt
- 1/2 cup / 125 g unsalted butter, softened
- 2 large / 2 large eggs
- 1 1/2 cups / 375 ml full-cream milk, whole
- 1/2 cup / 125 ml vegetable oil
- 2 tbsp / 2 tbsp Greek yoghurt, or sour cream
- 1 tsp / 1 tsp vanilla extract, vanilla bean paste
- 1 cup / 250 g pistachios, unsalted, very finely chopped or crushed + extra for sprinkling on top of the frosting
- 1 cup / 250 ml Chocolate sauce
Frosting
- 1 batch / 1 batch of my chocolate ganache frosting
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Instructions
Cupcakes
- Preheat a fan-forced oven to 160C (320F) or 180C (356F) for a conventional oven. Line a cupcake tin with cupcake liners.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, add the flour, baking powder, caster sugar and salt. Turn mixer on low speed and allow it to mix for a couple minutes to help everything combine well (alternatively you may do this by sifting the ingredients together). Add the softened butter and let it mix until it resembles a fine sand like texture.
- Next, add milk, eggs, yogurt, oil and vanilla extract in a large jug and whisk well.
- Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients in a slow and steady stream until no dry ingredients are visible. Scrape down the bowl, add crushed pistachios and mix for another 20 seconds.
- Fill each cupcake liner 3/4 of the way (using anย ice-cream scoop to transfer the batter into the cupcake liners makes this a quick and easy process otherwise you can use two tablespoons). Bake for 20-25 min or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Allow them to cool completely on a wire cooling rack before frosting.
- Core the centre of the cupcake using the end of a piping tip, an apple corer or a knife and fill with chocolate sauce.
- To frost the cupcakes fit the end of a piping tip with a Wilton 1M tip and frost in a swirl. Finish off with a sprinkle of finely crushed pistachios.
Notes
Cupcakes can be stored in an airtight container for up to three days.
Nutrition
Serving: 20g
Calories : 247kcal
Carbonhydrates: 20g
Protein: 6g
Fat: 16g
Saturated Fat: 8g
Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.1g
Monounsaturated Fat : 0.1g
Trans Fat : 0.1g
Cholesterol: 31mg
Sodium: 140mg
Potassium : 158mg
Fiber: 2g
Sugar : 1g
Vitamin A: 221IU
Vitamin C: 1mg
Calcium: 63mg
Iron: 2mg
Nutrition Disclosure
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