Watergate cake with cover-up frosting
Watergate cake with cover-up frosting recipe in the cake category
Recipe ingredients:
- 1, 18 1/4 ounce, box plain white cake mix
- 1, 3.4 ounce, box instant pistachio pudding mix
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- 1 cup ginger ale
- 3 large eggs
- Cover-up frosting:
- 1, 3.4 ounce, box instant pistachio pudding mix
- 1 1/2 cups milk
- 1, 8 ounce, container frozen whipped topping, thawed
Recipe method:
- Place a rack in the center of the oven and preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- Lightly mist a 13 x 9 inch pan with vegetable oil, then dust with flour.
- Shake out the excess flour. Set the pan aside.
- Place cake mix, pudding mix, oil, ginger ale and eggs into a large mixing bowl.
- Blend with an electric mixer on low speed for 1 minute.
- Stop the machine and scrape down the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula.
- Increase the mixer speed to medium and beat 2 minutes more, scraping down the sides again if needed.
- The batter should look well blended.
- Pour the batter into the prepared pan, smoothing the top with the rubber spatula.
- Place the pan in the oven.
- Bake the cake until it springs back when lightly pressed with your finger, 35 to 40 minutes.
- Remove the pan from the oven and place it on a wire rack to cool completely, 30 minutes more.
- Meanwhile, prepare cover-up frosting: Whisk pudding mix and milk together in a large mixing bowl. It should thicken up but not set, from 2 to 3 minutes.
- Gently fold in whipped topping.
- Spread the top with frosting.
- You can sprinkle toasted nuts over the top, if desired.
- Store, covered, in the refrigerator.
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