Kat's Kreative Korner II

Watergate Cake

Do you like Pistachios? If so this is a great green cake for you to try. It would be great to make for a St. Patrick's celebration being it is quite green, it's an acquired taste but it's quite interesting to say the least. My mom use to make this for us in the late 60's and 70's (yeah, I'm showing my age ) when the Watergate scandle in the Whitehouse was present amongst our leaders, thus the reason for it's name..

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Ingredients
Preheat oven to 350*
 
1 any make white cake mix
3 eggs
1/2 C Oil
1 C Club Soda
1 Small box Pistachio Pudding mix
 
Icing
 
1 C white sugar
2 Sticks Butter
1/2 C milk
1 tsp vanilla
1 C Chopped Walnuts
 
Preparations
 
mix cake mix with eggs, oil, pistachio pudding well
Add club soda, the cake will foam but that's okay, it will.
Grease a bunt pan well with Pam or any cooking spray used for baking. Bake for about 45 min or until a toothpick comes out clean. The cake will brown just a little on top, not much, remove from pan and let cool while you make the topping.
 
Topping
 
Melt 2 Sticks of butter in a pan on medium heat
stir in the sugar, milk and vanilla till boiling but keep stirring so it don't scorch. The mixture will begin to thicken like a carmel sauce, once thickened, remove from stove and stir in the chopped nuts. While hot pour over the cake in a circular effect covering like a drizzle would. Let cool and enjoy.
 
(HINT)
If you don't want to try your hand at the carmelized glaze, I have also tried a coconut pecan icing. You have to warm it in a microwave about 1 1/2 mins or until liquified it is also very tasty, follow the same drizzle effects as you did with the hot glaze then let cool and enjoy.

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