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Icing
Ingredients
Essential kit
You will need: a heatproof bowl for the chocolate and pistachio icing.
Method
Chocolate and Pistachio
Toast the pistachios in a dry frying pan on a medium heat for 4-5 minutes, shaking the pan frequently, until they start to smell nice and toasty. Remove to a plate to cool down.
Chop the chocolate and place in a heatproof bowl, set over a pan of boiling water. (Don’t let the bottom of the bowl touch the water.) Stir until melted.
Remove the bowl from the heat and stir through the crème fraîche or double cream, mixing until, as Nigella would say, everything is glossily amalgamated.
Spread the ganache over the cooled cake immediately. Scatter over the pistachios, and leave the icing to set for a bit before slicing.
Note: This icing is fairly foolproof, but chocolate can be temperamental, so if the icing looks like it is about to split, don’t panic. Add a splash of milk, let it sit for a few seconds to warm through, then whisk the ganache again until smooth.
Jam and Coconut
Toast the coconut in a dry frying pan on a medium heat for 3-4 minutes, shaking frequently, until just golden around the edges. Transfer to a plate to cool down.
Heat the jam in a small saucepan over a medium heat for 3-4 minutes, stirring continuously, until melted. If you want to get rid of the pips, push the melted jam through a sieve. Spread the jam all over the cake. Scatter over the toasted coconut, and let the jam cool down for 10 minutes or so before slicing and serving.
Blueberry and Buttercream
If you have a food processor, tip the softened butter into it and blitz until light and fluffy. Add the icing sugar and blitz again until smooth.
If mixing by hand, whisk the softened butter until light and fluffy, then beat in the icing sugar until smoothly incorporated.
Spread the icing all over the cake (the closer to room temperature the icing is, the easier it will be to spread), and scatter over the blueberries before slicing your cake.
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