Chocolate Pistachio Slabs

Name: Chocolate Pistachio Slabs
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: Yields 9 large slab squares or 18 small slabs
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 300 g AP flour; 70 g cocoa powder (or less); 1/2 teaspoon baking powder; 1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate soda; 400 g sugar; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1 cup water; 1 cup milk; 1 cup vegetable oil; 2 large eggs; 1/2 tablespoon instant coffee (mixed with 1 tablespoon water); Pistacchio cream

Bianca Mwale @bianca_eatsy

Zomba, Malawi

#december2026

Bianca Mwale @bianca_eatsy

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Ingredients

30 minutes

Yields 9 large slab squares or 18 small slabs

Dry ingredients
300 gAP flour
70 gcocoa powder (or less)
1/2 teaspoonbaking powder
1/2 teaspoonbicarbonate soda
400 gsugar
1/2 teaspoonsalt
Wet ingredients
1 cupwater
1 cupmilk
1 cupvegetable oil
2large eggs
1/2 tablespooninstant coffee (mixed with 1 tablespoon water)
Pistacchio cream
Homemade Pistachio Cream

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Steps

30 minutes

1

Preheat oven to 180C and prepare a 9-inch square pan or 2 standard loaf pans
2

Sift together the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and soda. Whisk in the sugar and salt. Set aside
3

In a separate bowl, whisk together all the wet ingredients
4

Mix wet mixture into the dry mixture until smooth. Pour into the prepared pan, spoon pistacchio cream onto the top and swirl it around with a skewer
5

Bake for about 30 minutes