Wow your friends and family this holiday season with a cake they’ll never forget! A deliciously moist Cherry and Pistachio Cake is the perfect Christmas dessert (or breakfast)! Pistachio pudding mix and maraschino cherries make this the moistest bundt cake ever!
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One of my favorite parts of the Christmas season is the fact that I get to make my mother’s famous Pistachio Cake. I have been making this cake since I was 9 years old. Back then, my job was to chop up the maraschino cherries, and add the nuts to the batter. As I grew older I got more responsibilities, and now I am the designated baker of this special cake.
How To Make Cherry and Pistachio Cake
Now onto the delicious recipe for the very moist and delectable Pistachio Cherry Cake.
Ingredients:
- 1 box of white or yellow cake mix (your choice)
- **You will use the SAME oil, and eggs the boxed mix calls for, BUT instead of 1 cup of regular water, you will use 1 cup of seltzer water!
- 1 box of pistachio pudding mix
- 4 ounces of chopped maraschino cherries for inside the cake mix, reserve enough for each cupcake top, or cake top
- *optional 1/3 cup chopped pistachios, walnuts or pecans–they all work well
Directions:
Pre-heat oven according the box’s instructions for the white Cake mix used.
Chop cherries, and the optional nuts
In a large bowl combine all the ingredients
Fill your bundt pan with the mixture
Bake according to the box’s instructions; allow to fully cool for one hour before removing from your pan.
Note:
This cake came out like pure perfection thanks to the high quality Nordic Ware Bundt Pan I used. No joke… this bundt pan has been my “go to” for the past few years. Cake lifts out of it perfectly every time.
Pistachio and Cherry Cake Recipe
Pistachio and Cherry Cake
Ingredients
- 1 box white cake mix yellow cake mix is okay too but will change the cake's coloring*
- 3 eggs
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
- 1 cup seltzer water
- 1 box pistachio pudding mix instant variety
- 4 ounces maraschino cherries chopped
- 1/3 cup pistachios chopped
- 1/4 tsp. green food dye *optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 Fahrenheit for metal and glass pans; 325 Fahrenheit for dark or coated pans.
- Drain, and rough chop cherries and pistachios.
- In a large bowl, combine all ingredients and mix well.
- Pour batter into the bundt pan. If you are using another pan, see above for cook times.
- Bake for 33-35 minutes (or until a toothpick stuck into the center comes out clean).
masshole mommy
That really couldn’t be any easier. It would be perfect to bring with me to the party in going to next weekend!!
LauraOinAK
I love bundt cakes! Pistachio is a flavor I haven’t tried in a cake, but I bet it is yummy.
Tonya
I had never tried a dessert with Pistachio until my sis-in-law brought a Pistachio pie to a family get together. I loved it! I can’t wait to try your recipe!
Cathy @ Our Mini Family
I had never seen pistachio cherry christmas cake before! This looks cool–I may have to give it a try this season!
Thanks for sharing,
~Cathy~
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Anne
This looks tasty! I have tried pistachio in a cake, fun idea.
Dawn Lopez
Yum! This looks so delicious & unique! That bundt pan is simply gorgeous. I totally need to get my hands on one!
Kristin
Wow this look very tasty. Sounds like something id like to try. thank for sharing.
Shauna
Oh I love the combination of pistachio and cherries. Sounds delicious to me. Thanks for sharing.
Chelley @ A is For Adelaide
Oh yum- this looks so good AND festive! I love pistchios!
Stacey- Travel Blogger
This cake looks tasty! I bet it would make for a great dessert during this holiday season!
Lauren
That cake is so fun! Reminds me of a bundt cake my mom use to make!
Mistee Dawn
Oh my goodness, I love pistachio anything. And add cherries to the mix! I am sold on this one!
Ellen
My mom made this every Christmas! It is fabulous! Thank you so much for publishing it… I didn’t have the recipe, so I was unable to make it just like she did.
Amber
Hello ive had this before and loved it. It was so hard to find the recipe though! So glad i did. I was just curious, why seltzer water?
Amy
It makes it mega moist due to the bubbles!
Cindy Franklin
Love it, but mine wasnt green. Food coloring needed maybe?
Jared Desrosiers
Hi Cindy, thanks for your comment!
White cake mix works best for allowing the green color of the pistachio pudding mix to show up. I feel like the pudding mix isn’t as green as it used to be when we posted this recipe a few years ago! Regardless, you certainly could add a few drops of green food coloring into the batter when mixing to produce more noticable green color.