Vintage Pistachio Cake Recipes

PISTACHIO CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F (177°C). Grease and lightly flour three 9-inch cake pans.
• Pulse the pistachios in a food processor until ground up into very fine crumbs. See photo above for a visual. You'll have about 1 and 1/2 cups of crumbs. (If you have more than that, set aside for garnish.)
• Pour 1 and 1/2 cups of pistachio crumbs in a large bowl. Whisk in the cake flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
• Using a handheld or stand mixer fitted with a paddle or whisk attachment, beat the butter and sugar together on high speed until smooth and creamy, about 3 minutes. Scrape down the sides and up the bottom of the bowl with a rubber spatula as needed. Beat in the egg whites on high speed until combined, about 2 minutes. Beat in the sour cream, vanilla extract, and almond extract. Scrape down the sides and up the bottom of the bowl as needed. With the mixer on low speed, add the dry ingredients until just incorporated. With the mixer still running on low, pour in the milk (and the green food coloring, if using) and mix just until combined. You may need to whisk it all by hand to make sure there are no lumps at the bottom of the bowl. The batter will be slightly thick.
• Pour batter evenly into cake pans. Bake for around 21-23 minutes or until the cakes are baked through. To test for doneness, insert a toothpick into the center of the cake. If it comes out clean, it's done. Allow cakes to cool completely in the pans set on a wire rack. The cakes must be completely cool before frosting and assembling.
• Prepare the cream cheese frosting (see note below).
• Using a large serrated knife, slice a thin layer off the tops of the cakes to create a flat surface. Discard (or crumble over ice cream!). Place 1 cake layer on your cake stand, cake turntable, or serving plate. Evenly cover the top with frosting. Top with 2nd layer and evenly cover the top with more frosting. Top with the third cake layer. Spread the frosting all over the top and sides. (I used a bench scraper to smooth out the sides.) Decorate with garnishes, if desired. Refrigerate for at least 30-45 minutes before slicing. This helps the cake keep its shape when cutting.
• Cover leftover cake tightly and store in the refrigerator for 5 days.

PISTACHIO CAKE

Steps:

• Spray a bundt pan with cooking spray for baking or butter the pan and dust with a light layer of flour.
• In a large mixing bowl, add the yellow cake mix and the pistachio pudding mix. Whisk together to combine and evenly distribute.
• In a separate small bowl, add all four (room temperature) eggs. Gently beat them and then add them to the big mixing bowl.
• To the large mixing bowl add the Orange Juice, Vegetable Oil and Water.
• Whisk all ingredients together until just combined and there are no lumps. Do this by hand to keep the cake from getting tough or dry.
• Pour about half of the cake batter into the prepped bundt pan and flatten the top.
• To the half of the batter that remains in the mixing bowl, add the cocoa powder and mix (again by hand) until it is all one uniform color and smooth. Add the remaining chocolate batter to the bundt pan on top of the first layer and smooth the top.
• Bake the cake in the preheated oven for 50 - 60 minutes or until a wooden skewer inserted into the center comes out clean.
• Cool the cake on a wire rack in the bundt pan for a minimum of 10 minutes. Gently run a wooden skewer or butter knife around the interior and exterior edges of the cake. Place the serving tray on top of the bundt pan and flip the cake over to unmold. Allow to continue to cool for at least an hour before frosting.
• Once the cake is completely cooled, make the frosting by placing the powdered sugar in a large (4 cup or so) measuring cup with a spout. Add 1 ounce of chocolate, chopped to the powdered sugar. Next add 3 Tablespoons of boiling water and whisk until smooth. Add additional boiling water by the Tablespoon (up to 6 total) until the mixture is the desired consistency. You want it so when you drop a bit on your finger it pools and doesn't run.
• Drizzle the chocolate mixture over the cake so that it covers the top and runs down the sides. If you'd like to add chopped pistachios, be sure to do that quickly before the chocolate drizzle sets.

JELLO PISTACHIO PUDDING CAKE

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients in large bowl.
• Beat at medium speed for 2 minutes.
• Pour into greased and floured 10" tube bundt pan.
• Bake at 350 for 50-55 minutes or until cake springs back when lightly pressed.
• Cool in pan for 15 minutes.
• Remove from pan, finish cooling on rack. Top with glaze of icing sugar and a tablespoon or two of hot water.

PISTACHIO PUDDING CAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the cake mix, pudding mix, eggs, soda and oil; beat on low speed for 30 seconds. Beat on medium for 2 minutes. Stir in walnuts., Pour into a greased and floured 10-in. fluted tube pan. Bake at 350° for 40-45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely., In a large bowl, beat the cream, milk, pudding mix and confectioners' sugar on high until stiff peaks form. Frost cake. Sprinkle with walnuts. Refrigerate until serving.

PISTACHIO CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a fluted tube pan (such as Bundt®).
• Beat cake mix, vegetable oil, club soda, eggs, and 1 package pistachio pudding mix together in a bowl until blended; pour into the prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the cake comes out clean, 30 to 40 minutes. Turn cake onto a cooling rack and cool completely.
• Beat milk, 1 package pistachio pudding mix, and whipped topping mix together in a bowl using an electric mixer on high until frosting forms stiff peaks. Spread frosting on cake.

PISTACHIO CAKE

Steps:

• Arrange oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 350°F. Butter 9-inch-diameter round metal pan and line bottom with waxed paper. Butter paper, then dust pan with flour, knocking out excess.
• Using food processor, pulse pistachios until finely ground, about 40 seconds. (Do not overprocess, or mixture will become paste.) Add flour, baking powder, cardamom, and salt and pulse briefly to combine.
• In small bowl, combine milk and vanilla.
• In large bowl using electric mixer at moderate speed, beat together butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 1 1/2 to 2 minutes. Add eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Reduce speed to low and add pistachio and milk mixtures alternately in batches, beginning and ending with pistachio mixture and beating after each addition just until combined. Add orange zest and beat just until combined.
• Spread batter evenly in pan and bake until wooden skewer inserted in center of cake comes out clean, 30 to 40 minutes. Cool in pan on rack 10 minutes, then run knife around cake to loosen and invert onto rack. Remove paper and serve warm or at room temperature with vanilla ice cream or whipped cream.

PISTACHIO CAKE

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients together.
• Pour into a greased bundt pan.
• Bake at 350 for about 45-50 minutes.