Monday, November 4, 2013

Pistachio Pudding Bundt Cake



Let me tell you about this Pistachio Pudding Bundt Cake.

It is delicious!
It tastes just like pistachio pudding.

The recipe is easy!
It starts with a cake mix.

It is a crowd pleaser!
I have one very picky eater, who bravely took a bite of cake...
then proclaimed, "I love it!"


 The pistachio pudding in the cake and the cream cheese frosting
gives it a light green color and fabulous flavor.

Bake it in a bundt pan and top it with chopped pistachios,
and you have a perfect party cake!

Pistachio Pudding Bundt Cake
by Bird On A Cake
Ingredients
Pistachio Pudding Cake
  • 1 box white cake mix
  • 1 box (3.4 oz) pistachio instant pudding
  • 1 1/4 cup water
  • 1/4 cup oil
  • 4 large eggs
  • 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
Pistachio Cream Cheese Frosting
  • 8 oz. cream cheese
  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter
  • 3 cups confectioners' sugar
  • 1 box (3.4 oz) pistachio instant pudding
  • 1/3 cup milk
  • 1/3 cup chopped pistachios (optional)
Instructions
Pistachio Pudding Cake
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 10-inch bundt pan. Combine all ingredients in large mixing bowl. Beat with electric mixer on low speed 1 minute, then on medium speed 2 more minutes.
Pour batter into prepared cake pan. Bake 50-55 minutes, until toothpick inserted near center comes out clean. Cool in pan on wire rack 15 minutes. Remove from pan and let cool completely.
Pistachio Cream Cheese Frosting
Let cream cheese and butter sit in a large mixing bowl until softened. Beat with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. In another bowl, whisk together the confectioners' sugar and pistachio pudding mix. Gradually add the sugar mixture to the cream cheese mixture. Mix in the milk. Spread frosting over cooled cake and garnish with pistachios.
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Enjoy!

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Another yummy pudding cake recipe:
Butterscotch Bundt Cake

Thursday, October 31, 2013

Tangled Family Halloween Costumes

No cake today, my friends...
I'm sharing our Tangled Family Halloween Costumes!

This is the seventh Halloween that my family has done themed costumes together.
It's a tradition and we have a lot of fun with them!
Our costumes are mostly homemade, with a few purchased props.

We chose the movie "Tangled" as our theme this year,
 mainly because our younger daughter LOVES Rapunzel.
(Did you see the Rapunzel Tower Cupcakes I made for her?)


She looks sweet, but watch out for that frying pan!


Our son was the dashing Flynn Rider.


Our older daughter was Ulf, the thug who likes to dress up as a mime.


I got to be the villian...Mother Gothel!
I did not enjoy the wig, but I love the dress!


My hubby was the hook-hand thug, who dreams of being a concert pianist.


You can see all of our characters in this video of the song "I Have A Dream".
It's SO funny...be prepared to laugh!

 Want to take a peek at our costumes from previous years?


My parents even joined in on the fun!



The Incredibles

Happy Halloween!

Friday, October 18, 2013

Oreo Spiders Cake


Real, live spiders completely freak me out.
If I find one in my house, you will hear me scream...LOUD!!
Then you will hear me yelling for my husband to come get the spider.

But I am in love with these cute, googly-eyed Mini Oreo spiders!

When I saw these adorable arachnids over at Cookies & Cups,
I knew they would be perfect on my Oreo Cookies & Cream Cake.

 
Whether you think it's cute or creepy, this Oreo Spiders Cake would be fantastic for Halloween.
You can make this...it's really easy!

You will need Mini Oreo Cookies and frosting to make these spiders.
I piped the frosting eyes on my Oreos, but you could also use candy eyes.

Then I arranged them on the cake and made the legs with chocolate frosting.
You can use a piping bag with a small round tip or a ziploc bag with the corner snipped off.


You can find my recipe for Oreo Cookies & Cream Cake here.
It's a vanilla sour cream cake, full of chunks of Oreo cookies
and topped with fluffy Oreo whipped cream frosting.
Delicious!!


Enjoy!

I share my recipes and tutorials at these fun link parties.

Saturday, October 12, 2013

Jack-O-Lantern Cupcake Toppers with Template

 
 
Need a fun and tasty Halloween treat for your little goblins?
These cute Jack-O-Lantern Cupcake Toppers are sure to be a hit!
They are made with candy melts (white chocolate), so they taste great too!

 What You Will Need:
Frosted cupcakes
Orange candy melts
Green candy melts
Black or brown candy melts
Piping bags fitted with small round tip (Wilton #2)

Right click on the template below, select "Save Image As", then print it.
Tape your template to a piece of cardboard or a cookie sheet.

Tape a piece of wax paper on top of it.

Fill a piping bag with black candy melts.
Pipe the eyes, nose and mouth of each Jack-O-Lantern on the wax paper.

Helpful Hint: Use a toothpick to push the candy melts into the corners
and clean up the edges.

Next, use orange candy melts to fill in the pumpkin outline.
Pipe a stem on top with green candy melts.
Don't worry if it looks messy, this is the back side!


When the toppers have hardened, carefully peel them off the wax paper and turn them over.
 Place each Jack-O-Lantern topper on the top of a frosted cupcake and enjoy! 


Happy Halloween!


 I share my recipes and tutorials at these fun link parties.

 Another Halloween cupcake idea you might like...
 

Monday, September 16, 2013

Halloween Owl Stencil Cake

 
 
Have you ever tried using a cake stencil before?
You can even make them yourself...it is super easy!

This Halloween Owl Stencil Cake would be great for a Halloween party.
Black sanding sugar creates the silhouette of an owl on the moon.
My cake is an 8 inch round; you could also use the stencil on a 9 inch cake.

For a cake surface that would crust and not stick to my stencil,
I made this buttercream frosting:

Basic Vanilla Buttercream
  • 1 cup unsalted butter (room temperature)
  • 6 cups confectioners' sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • approx. 1/3 cup milk
  • orange food coloring gel

After your cake is frosted, print and cut out the owl stencil below.
Just right click on the image and choose "Save Image As".


With your stencil ready, lightly mist the cake with water in a spray bottle.
(This will make the sanding sugar stick to the buttercream frosting.)
Center your stencil on top of the cake and lightly press down the edges.

I put my black sugar in a salt shaker for easy application.
Be sure to make the layer of sugar thick enough so you don't see the frosting underneath.



Slowly and carefully lift the stencil off the cake:
 First, use a toothpick to lift up the edges of the stencil.
If possible, get an extra set of hands to help.
Lift it straight up and don't let the extra sugar slide off!

Whoo Whoo!


 I share my recipes and tutorials at these fun link parties.

Another fun Halloween cake...

Welcome Great Pumpkin Cake

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