Rose & pistachio cake

Where is the recipe from?

Waitrose weekly newspaper.
Available online [HERE]

Ingredients & any changes made?

golden caster sugar, butter, self raising flour, eggs, vegetable oil, chopped pistachio nuts, ground almonds, rose water. Lemon juice, icing sugar, rose petals, more pistachios for the top.
No changes made. when it comes to cakes you must do exactly as you are told. That's the way I feel anyway.

Verdict?
Amazing. That's all I can say. When it comes to cake I am not the best at all, so any recipe I follow has to be as simple as possible. This caught my eye because it looked so pretty. How can anyone resist the green of pistachios with the pinkness of rose petals? A beautiful combination.

Cakes that contain oil always make me nervous after trying one that used olive oil that tasted absolutely vile. Not the case with this. It looked a little greasy as I poured it into the tin, but once cooked it looked perfectly fine.

It was also a very easy to mix cake, no mixer needed, just a case of pouring it into a large bowl and combining.
The icing was superb, as someone who is not a fan of butter icing, this made me very happy. Icing sugar and lemon juice will always be my favourite icing, it's easy and tastes wonderful.
It's Easter Sunday as I write this, and I'd had it in my mind since seeing the recipe towards the end of March that I'd like to make it as an Easter treat. Yet again it's a Waitrose weekly newspaper recipe, and I reiterate what I've said in previous recent posts, that their weekly paper has had some corking recipes lately. I've kept several and made several. Not only are they good, but they are recipes I want to repeat and feel confident making. I know I'm going to keep this cake as a 'go to' cake recipe. Try it. You will be glad you did.