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Pistachio Pudding Cake

Moist pistachio cake made with a cake mix, pudding, and pistachios.
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Make your dessert special with a pistachio pudding cake that combines cake mix and pudding for a moist, delicious treat. It’s moist, nutty, and topped with a silky vanilla glaze.

Ingredients

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  • 1 box (15.25 ounces) white or yellow cake mix
  • 1 package (3.4 ounces) instant pistachio pudding mix
  • 4 large eggs
  • 1/2 cup neutral oil, such as canola
  • 1 cup ginger ale (or club soda)
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1/3  cup sour cream
  • 1/2 cup finely chopped pistachios

Glaze

  • 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
  • 2 to 4 tablespoons milk
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/4 cup finely chopped pistachios

Instructions

  1. Grease and flour a 10-inch Bundt cake pan or spray it with baking spray and heat the oven to 350 F.

    The Bundt cake pan is greased and generously floured.

  2. Combine the cake mix, pudding mix, eggs, oil, ginger ale, sour cream, and vanilla in a large mixing bowl with an electric mixer on low speed. Beat until combined. Increase the speed to medium, and beat for 3 more minutes.
  3. Fold the chopped pistachios into the batter and pour into the prepared Bundt cake pan.

    An easy pistachio cake is ready to bake.

  4. Bake the cake for about 40 to 50 minutes, or until the cake springs back when lightly touched with a finger..

    Baked pistachio Bundt cake in the pan.

  5. Cool in the pan for 15 minutes, then invert onto a cooling rack to cool completely.. Pistachio bundt cake cooling on a rack.

 

Prepare the Glaze

  1. Whisk the confectioners’ sugar with the milk and 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla to make a glaze consistency. Spoon over the cooled cake and garnish with chopped pistachios.

Moist pistachio cake made with a cake mix, pudding, and pistachios.

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