Lemon and Pistachios Cake

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Those lemon trees are from the Getty Museum. I went there with my hubby and was expecting a museum….but as soon as we got into the driveway my jaw fell and never went back. The garden was the most amazing thing I have ever seen, EVAAAAR….All sorts of fruit trees and herbs…OMG!!! I just wanted to live in that garden no need for house, I would sleep under the trees LOL. If you here in LA please, please, please go visit. It’s dreamy. The pomegranate trees were full of flowers It was embarrassing  my husband gashing on the tree. Now….is my lemon cake made from those luscious lemons??? I wish…. but they would probably cut my arms if I tried to pluck one of those lemons. LOL  I don’t think even the bugs are aloud close to those trees. But they sure gave me lots of inspirations.To see more of my visit at The Getty click here .

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Lemon and Pistachios Cake

Ingredients:

• 1¼ cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• ½ tsp. salt
• 8 Tbs. (1 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 1-cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• ½ cup milk
• 1 Tbs. finely grated lemon zest

For the lemon syrup:

• 2 tbs. butter
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 3 Tbs. fresh lemon juice
• 1 cup of roasted pistachios (whole)

Direction:

Preheat an oven to 350°F. Grease and flour a  round cake pan. In a bowl, stir and toss together the flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the flat beater, beat the butter and sugar on medium speed until blended, 2 to 3 minutes. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.

Reduce the speed to low and add the flour mixture along with the milk and lemon zest. Beat until blended and smooth, stopping the mixer occasionally to scrape down the sides of the bowl. Spoon the batter into the prepared pan and bake until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 50 to 60 minutes.

Meanwhile, make the lemon syrup: In a small pan combine the sugar, butter and lemon juice. stirring occasionally until gets a bit syrupy. Add the whole pistachios and set aside. After the cake cooled down a bit poke some wholes in the cake and spread the lemon syrup with pistachios on top of the cake.