Golden Pistachio Kunafa Delight

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Golden Pistachio Kunafa Delight

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  • 🎂 Kunafa Pistachio Layer Cake

    This showpiece dessert alternates layers of golden, crisp kunafa pastry with soft sponge cake and a luscious pistachio cream filling. It’s drenched in fragrant sugar syrup and finished with a shower of crushed pistachios. Perfect for Eid tables, weddings, or whenever you want to impress guests.

    🌿 Core Ingredients (Serves 12)
    Kunafa Layers
    Kataifi (shredded phyllo) pastry – 400 g (14 oz), thawed if frozen

    Unsalted butter – 200 g (7 oz), melted

    Sponge Cake Layers
    Eggs – 4 large, at room temperature

    Granulated sugar – 120 g (½ cup + 2 tbsp)

    Cake flour – 120 g (1 cup), sifted

    Baking powder – 1 tsp

    Milk – 60 ml (¼ cup), warmed

    Vanilla extract – 1 tsp

    Pistachio Cream Filling
    Shelled pistachios – 150 g (1¼ cups), unsalted

    Milk – 500 ml (2 cups)

    Cornstarch – 40 g (⅓ cup)

    Granulated sugar – 100 g (½ cup)

    Whipping cream – 250 ml (1 cup), chilled

    Vanilla extract – 1 tsp

    Optional: 1–2 tsp rosewater or orange blossom water

    Fragrant Sugar Syrup
    Granulated sugar – 250 g (1¼ cups)

    Water – 200 ml (¾ cup + 1 tbsp)

    Lemon juice – 1 tsp

    Rosewater or orange blossom water – 1 tsp (optional)

    Garnish
    Crushed pistachios – 50–70 g (½ cup)

    Edible gold leaf or dried rose petals (optional)

    🧑‍🍳 Method
    1. Make the Syrup

    Combine sugar and water in a saucepan, bring to a boil.

    Add lemon juice, simmer 6–8 minutes until slightly thickened.

    Remove from heat, stir in rosewater/orange blossom water if using. Let cool completely.

    2. Prepare the Kunafa Layers

    Preheat oven to 180°C / 350°F.

    Gently loosen kataifi strands, mix with melted butter until evenly coated.

    Divide into two 23 cm (9-inch) cake pans, pressing lightly to form even discs.

    Bake 20–25 minutes until golden brown.

    While hot, drizzle each with 2–3 tbsp cooled syrup. Cool completely.

    3. Bake the Sponge Cake

    Grease and line two 23 cm (9-inch) pans.

    Beat eggs, sugar, and vanilla until thick and pale (about 5–7 min).

    Sift flour and baking powder over mixture, fold gently.

    Fold in warm milk just until combined.

    Bake 18–20 min until springy to the touch. Cool fully.

    4. Make the Pistachio Cream

    Pulse pistachios in a food processor until finely ground.

    In a saucepan, whisk

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