Pistachio Kunafa Chocolate Cake and Cupcakes

Step 1. 1 For Chocolate Cake:Ready all the ingredients.

Step 2. Powder the oreo biscuits, pinch salt and mix warm milk as needed and make a cake batter.

Step 3. Add in baking powder and vinegar and mix.

Step 4. 2 Grease a loose bottomed tin.

Step 5. Pour a 1cm thick layer of the batter.

Step 6. 3 Bake in a preheated oven @160°C for 7-8 minutes or until the knife comes out clean.

Step 7. Cool on wire rack.

Step 8. 4 For Homemade Pistachio Paste:Ready all the pistachio paste ingredients.

Step 9. Slightly melt white chocolate on a double boiler.

Step 10. (else the mixer blade may break) Coarsely powder the pistachio in mixer.

Step 11. Add in condensed milk.

Step 12. 5 Add in slightly warmed and slightly melted white chocolate and milk as required and crush to a smooth paste.

Step 13. (Green food colour can be add.

Step 14. I haven't.

Step 15. ) 6 For Kunafa: In a kadhaai take ghee and roast the sevaiiya on slow gas.

Step 16. Keep stirring until a pleasant roasted aroma releases.

Step 17. Cool it.

Step 18. Add in the Homemade pistachio paste.

Step 19. Mix well.

Step 20. 7 Lip smacking Kunafa is ready.

Step 21. Spread a 2 cm layer on the cooled chocolate cake.

Step 22. 8 Melt dark chocolate and strained malai and prepare the chocolate ganache.

Step 23. Cool and pour on the Kunafa layer.

Step 24. 9 Garnish Pistachio Kunafa Chocolate Cake with chopped pistachio and silver balls.

Step 25. Keep in fridge for 2-3 hours.

Step 26. Then unmould the Kunafa Cake.

Step 27. 10 I also prepared Kunafa cupcakes.

Step 28. Cut and enjoy.

Step 29. The cake looked so pretty that we could either save it or have it!! ☺ 11 Cross sectional view of the Pistachio Kunafa Chocolate Cake.

Step 30. 12 Enjoy with a new sweet delicacy this festive season with family and friends.