The light, creamy icing on this pastel-green, simple-to-make cake makes it incredibly moist and ideal for celebrations like Christmas, St. Patrick’s Day, Easter, etc. Almost any flavor of pudding can be substituted for the icing in this cake. Try things out!
| Prep Time: | 20 mins |
| Cook Time: | 30 mins |
| Additional Time: | 30 mins |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 20 mins |
| Servings: | 16 |
| Yield: | 16 servings |
Ingredients
- 1 (15.25 ounce) package yellow cake mix
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- 1 cup club soda
- 3 eggs
- 1 (3 ounce) package instant pistachio pudding mix
- 1 ½ cups milk
- 1 (3 ounce) package instant pistachio pudding mix
- 1 (1.3 ounce) envelope dry whipped topping mix (such as Dream Whip®)
Instructions
- 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.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 323 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 36 g |
| Cholesterol | 37 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 0 g |
| Protein | 3 g |
| Saturated Fat | 3 g |
| Sodium | 377 mg |
| Sugars | 23 g |
| Fat | 18 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Doesn’t taste like pistachios, although it was easy and the texture and color was nice.
Delicious!!
So easy and delicious
This desert is absolutely amazing !
I made this for a St. Patrick’s day party and it was a big hit. Very moist and yummy!
Made it for Christmas, was a hit with the family. Special request again on New Year’s!! Super easy to make and delicious!!!
Delicious moist cake I added finely chopped maraschino cherries, and a tsp of almond extract, and omitted the frosting , but added a powder sugar drizzle .Wonderful!! I also tried it with Lemon cake, lemon pudding a TBS of lemon juice , and some lemon zest.Even better than the pistachio in my opinion . Excellent recipe that you can substitute flavors and still get a moist devious cake .
This is almost the exact recipe of the cake I used to request for my birthday when I was growing up! I just made it for a dinner party, and my kids loved it, too! My version adds 1/2 cup chopped nuts (we always used walnuts, but pistachios, almonds or pecans would be good.) This time I decided to forgo the DreamWhip and made my own whipped cream mixed with pistachio pudding for the frosting. It turned out great and I’ll make that substitution from now on. My handwritten recipe is looking a little grungy, so I’m glad to have it here, as well! Thank you!
Super moist and rave reviews from those at the party I brought it to.
I’ve made this Spectacular Pistachio cake since 1970 for its delicious & tastiest moist cake I make, Its a family favorite & big hit giving everyone the recipe to go home with, Its quick easy to make! LOVE IT, Thatagirl
Way under recognized cake recipe! Definitely one of the best I’ve made!
I don’t like pistachio but it was my moms bday! I followed instructions as is and she loved it! I’m new to baking/cooking
I love this cake
Fabulous! I added 1/2 C. of very finely chopped walnuts to the batter. The cake came out exactly like my mom’s old recipe from the 70s, which used a much larger box of cake mix. Thanks very much for the recipe.
I LOVED how moist this cake is. I used coconut oil because I was out of vegetable oil. I also used a cream cheese frosting only because it’s my favorite icing. Amazing and easy recipe! Thank you!