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Orange & pistachio cake

9

Points®

Total time: 1 hr 15 min • Prep: 15 min • Cook: 1 hr • Serves: 12 • Difficulty: Easy

Sticky, candied orange zest and crunchy pistachio kernels work brilliantly well together.

Ingredients

Caster Sugar

135 g

Low Fat Spread

75 g

Egg, whole, raw

3 medium, raw

Vanilla Extract

1 teaspoon(s), level

White Self Raising Flour

175 g

Tesco Low Fat Greek Style Natural Yogurt

165 g

Agave Syrup

1 tablespoon(s), level

Orange

1 zest(s) of 1

Freshly squeezed orange juice

2 serving(s)

Icing Sugar

75 g

Pistachios

30 g, roughly chopped

Instructions

1

Preheat the oven to 180°C, fan 160°C, gas mark 4. Mist a 450g loaf tin with cooking spray and line with baking paper.

2

Put the sugar and low-fat spread into a large mixing bowl and beat together until well combined. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well between each addition, then fold in the low-fat natural Greek yogurt and vanilla until fully incorporated.

3

Sift the flour into the mixture and carefully fold through. Put into the prepared tin and bake for 50 minutes to 1 hour until risen and golden and a skewer inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean.

4

Leave the cooked cake to cool in the tin for 10 minutes, before turning out onto a wire rack to cool completely.

5

Pare off some long, thin strips of zest from the orange, then cut the zest into very thin strips. Juice the orange and set aside.

6

Put the agave into a small pan with 1 tablespoon water and slowly bring to a simmer. Add the pared orange zest and simmer for 2-3 minutes. Remove the peel from the liquid and set aside on a wire rack to dry out.

7

Sift the icing sugar into a bowl and add 1 tablespoon of the orange juice. Stir to combine, adding more orange juice, if needed, to reach a drizzling consistency.

8

Drizzle the icing over the top of the cake, then scatter over the candied orange zest and chopped pistachios.

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