This pistachio cake is a wonderful change from your regular cakes.  The surprise ingredient is 7-Up.  Take 7-Up, applesauce, and pudding, and you have one amazing cake.  I love the chocolate chips in it, mixed with the flavor of pistachio and wow it is so good.

This pistachio cake will be an excellent cake for St. Patrick’s day that is coming up soon, but you can make it any time of the year.  I don’t know about you, but I am always looking for something to make each holiday just a little more special.

You want your family to come back and visit, bring those cute grandkids and make new memories.  So this could definitely be one of those special cakes, and everyone will be coming back for seconds.  They might even ask you to make it for their birthday.  Yes it is that good.

We don’t do a lot for St. Patrick’s day, but you just need to have some green things to eat for dinner.  This would be a perfect finish, after corn beef and cabbage.  Share some of your favorite St Patrick’s Day ideas with me.  I hope you will all enjoy the cake.

What Ingredients Do I Need For Pistachio Cake?

Here’s a list of ingredients you’ll need to make this cake (scroll down for the full recipe):

Cake:

• White cake mix
• Eggs
• Vegetable oil
• Apple sauce
• Chopped nuts
• Chocolate chips
• 7-Up or ginger ale
• Instant pistachio pudding

Topping:

• Powdered sugar (or the following ingredients)
• Whipped topping
• Instant pistachio pudding
• Plain or vanilla yogurt
• Green sprinkles (optional)

How Do I Make Pistachio Cake?

Here’s the simple steps you’ll follow to make this cake (scroll down for the full recipe):

Cake:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• In a large mixing bowl combine the cake mix, eggs, oil, and apple sauce. and stir well.
• Add nuts and chocolate chips.
• Fold in 7-up and pudding mix, just until all is blended.
• Bake in a Bundt pan that has been greased and floured. This will prevent the cake from sticking.
• Bake for 50 minutes.
• When the cake is finished, take out and let cool in the pan for about 5 minutes.
• Then I like to take a orange peeler and run around the outside of the cake and also the middle, so the cake will come out better. Remove the cake from pan and let cool completely.

Topping:

• Sprinkle with powdered sugar, OR you can frost with the following:
• Mix whipped topping, instant pistachio pudding (dry), and regular or vanilla yogurt, until smooth.
• Spread evenly onto the cake.
• Sprinkle with green sprinkles (optional)
• This is a very nice and moist cake.

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Yield: 12 people

Pistachio Cake

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Pistachio cake is so nice and moist. There is a surprise ingredient and that is 7-Up. With the 7-Up, pudding and applesauce, you will be amazed.

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 50 minutes

Total Time 1 hour 5 minutes

Ingredients

• 1 package white cake mix
• 3 eggs
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 1/2 cup apple sauce
• 1/2 cup chopped nuts
• 4 ounces chocolate chips
• 8 ounces (1 cup) 7-Up or ginger ale
• 1 (3 ounce ) package instant pistachio pudding

Topping:

• Powdered sugar (or the following ingredients)
• 1 (8 ounce) whipped topping
• 1 (3 ounce) instant pistachio pudding
• 1/2 cup plain or vanilla yogurt
• green sprinkles (optional)

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. In a large mixing bowl combine the cake mix, eggs, oil, and apple sauce. and stir well.
3. Add nuts and chocolate chips.
4. Fold in 7-up and pudding mix, just until all is blended.
5. Bake in a Bundt pan that has been greased and floured. This will prevent the cake from sticking.
6. Bake for 50 minutes.
7. When the cake is finished, take out and let cool in the pan for about 5 minutes.
8. Then I like to take a orange peeler and run around the outside of the cake and also the middle, so the cake will come out better. Remove the cake from pan and let cool completely.

Topping:

1. Sprinkle with powdered sugar, OR you can frost with the following:
2. Mix whipped topping, instant pistachio pudding (dry), and regular or vanilla yogurt, until smooth.
3. Spread evenly onto the cake.
4. Sprinkle with green sprinkles (optional)
5. This is a very nice and moist cake.

Nutrition Information

Yield

12

Serving Size

1
Amount Per Serving Calories 289Total Fat 18gSaturated Fat 4gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 13gCholesterol 47mgSodium 89mgCarbohydrates 31gFiber 1gSugar 26gProtein 4g