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pistachio cake with butter-rum cherry glaze

(2 ratings)
Meave avatar
Recipe by
Amy H.
@Meave
Detroit, MI

This pistachio cake is really pretty. I love the glaze. With the red and green it could be a nice Christmas cake, but its simple to make anytime. My husband came up with another variation. He suggested, instead of the cherry glaze, making a butter rum glaze and adding more crushed pistachios and drizzling that over the top. With either glaze, you're sure to enjoy this one a lot!

(2 ratings)
yield 10 -12
prep time 5 Min
cook time 50 Min
method Bake

Ingredients For pistachio cake with butter-rum cherry glaze

  • FOR THE CAKE
  • 1 pkg
    (15.25 oz.) yellow cake mix
  • 1 pkg
    (3.5 oz.) jell-o pistachio flavor instant pudding
  • 4
    eggs
  • 1 1/4 c
    water
  • 1/4 c
    vegetable or canola oil
  • 1/2 tsp
    almond extract
  • 7
    drops of green food coloring
  • 1/2 c
    crushed pistachios or almonds
  • FOR THE BUTTER-RUM CHERRY GLAZE
  • 1/2 c
    butter
  • 2 1/4 c
    powdered sugar
  • 2 Tbsp
    rum
  • 1 jar
    maraschino cherries
  • 2 Tbsp
    maraschino cherry juice

How To Make pistachio cake with butter-rum cherry glaze

  • 1
    FOR THE CAKE
  • 2
    Prehead oven to 350°F. Place all ingredients except powdered sugar in large bowl. Beat with electric mixer on low speed 1 minute. Beat on medium speed 4 minutes.
  • 3
    Pour into greased and floured 10-inch tube pan. Bake 55 to 50 minutes or until toothpick inserted near center comes out clean.
  • 4
    Cool in pan on wire rack 15 minutes; remove from pan. Cool completely.
  • 5
    FOR THE GLAZE
  • 6
    Drain the jar of maraschino cherries, saving the juice. Heat butter in sauce pan until melted.
  • 7
    Stir in powdered sugar and rum. Stir in reserved maraschino cherry juice, 1 teaspoon full at a time, until the glaze is the consistency you want. You may not use the whole 2 tablespoons.
  • 8
    Squeeze the remaining juice from the whole maraschino cherries, chop the cherries. Add the cherries to the glaze and pour over cake.
  • 9
    for plain butter rum glaze use the same recipe but add a small amount of butter or caramel flavoring and omit the cherry juice. Substitute crushed pistachios or almonds for chopped maraschino cherries.
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