This recipe of doughnuts is inspired from Chef Suvir Saran's recipe of cardamom pistachio cake. I made his cake into doughnuts over the holidays and sent them to my secret santa swap. Its one of my favorite recipes of using pistachios and cardamom, two of my favorite flavors. I cook a lot with sesame seeds. In some recipes they work more like garnishes and in some they are the star of the recipe. In this particular recipe also they are the stars. I used partly cashews because over use of sesame seeds could make it taste bitter. You can swap almond meal also if you do not want to use cashews. I loved the combination so much, I made another batch of it and sent it to someone to test it. The icing adds to the taste so much. the nuttiness from the seeds and nuts and the addition of citrus makes it a real great combination.

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