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Homemade Pistachio Pudding Cake *WaterGate*

Homemade Pistachio Pudding Cake *WaterGate*

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This is one of my ALL TIME  favorite cakes EVER.

Its so moist and delicious that it will be sure to become a family favorite in your home!

Pistachio Cake

I LOVE Pistachio Pudding Cake & I LOVE making cakes from scratch, so I wanted to do the same with this cake. 

I have seen many recipes for Pistachio cakes all over the internet, but most of them were using a cake box mix (which there is NOTHING wrong with) 

because I have been know to use cake box mixes many times! 🙂 But with this one I wanted to do with from scratch & it came out amazing!


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The recipe

Homemade Pistachio Cake with Whipped Cream Pistachio Frosting

  • Servings0

Ingredients

  • 2 cups cake flour
  • 3/4 cups unsalted butter softened
  • 1 cup white sugar softened
  • 1 package jello instant pistachio pudding
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 cup chopped pistachios 1/4 cup reserved to the side for topping
  • 1 1/4 cup whole milk
  • 1/3 cup vegetable oil
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 3 tbsp cornstarch
  • 4 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp salt

Pistachio Frosting

  • 1 cup salted butter
  • 1 cup whole milk
  • 6 tbsp instant pistachio pudding powder
  • 4 cups powdered sugar

Instructions

Pistachio Frosting

  1. In your mixer cream the butter until fluffy.
  2. In a small bowl combine the whole milk and the pudding mix until it's completely dissolved.
  3. Beat the pudding mixture into the butter completely.
  4. finally, add the powdered sugar, half a cup at a time until fully incorporated