Pistachio Olive Oil Cake with Chocolate Ganache

I created this cake dreaming of the combination of pistachio and olive oil cake.  Topped with a rich and creamy ganache and toasted pistachios. Served with a pistachio cream cheese whipped cream and fresh raspberries.  So delicious, a must try!!

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Ingredients:

1 cup pistachio flour
1 3/4 cup almond flour
2 tablespoons cornstarch
pinch of sea salt
1 1/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon orange zest
6 eggs, room temperature
9 tablespoons salted butter, slightly melted
3 tablespoons quality olive oil

Ganache topping:
1 cup heavy cream
7 ounces good semi sweet chocolate
toasted pistachios, chopped

Whipped cream cheese topping:
2 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
3/4 cup heavy whipping cream
2 tablespoons pistachio pudding mix
dash of sea salt
1/4 teaspoon vanilla bean paste

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray and line the bottom of a 8-inch cake pan.
I made homemade pistachio flour by grinding nuts in food processor and then sifting.  If you do this do not over grind or it will be paste.  Sift pistachio flour, almond flour, cornstarch and salt.  Set aside.

Massage orange zest into sugar to release the oils of the zest.  With a hand mixer or mixer with a whisk attachment, whip eggs until frothy, add sugar mixture and whip until sugar is dissolved. About five minutes.  Add olive oil and butter.  Incorporate flour mixture until just combined.  Bake at 350 until cake is golden and not jiggly in the middle.  About 45 minutes.  Allow to cool completely.  Prepare ganache by heating cream in microwave for about 1.5 minutes until hot.  Pour over chocolate and allow to sit for five minutes.  Slowly stir without incorporating air into chocolate.  Put acetate around cake (put back into cake pan) and pour ganache over cake.  Allow to sit room temperature, decorate with nuts and then refrigerate overnight.   Prepare whipped cream by whipping cream cheese with vanilla paste, dash of salt, pistachio pudding mix and add cream.  Whip.  Serve with cake and fresh raspberries!   Enjoy!