pistachio cake with butter-rum cherry glaze

Name: Pistachio Cake with Butter-Rum Cherry Glaze
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 50 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: ## FOR THE CAKE; 1 package(s) (15.25 oz.) yellow cake mix; 1 package(s) (3.5 oz.) jell-o pistachio flavor instant pudding; 4 - eggs; 1 1/4 cup(s) water; 1/4 cup(s) vegetable or canola oil; 1/2 teaspoon(s) almond extract; 7 - drops of green food coloring; 1/2 cup(s) crushed pistachios or almonds; ## FOR THE BUTTER-RUM CHERRY GLAZE; 1/2 cup(s) butter; 2 1/4 cup(s) powdered sugar; 2 tablespoon(s) rum; 1 jar(s) maraschino cherries; 2 tablespoon(s) maraschino cherry juice

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Amy H.

Detroit, MI

Updated on Aug 18, 2012

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!

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prep time 5 Min

cook time 50 Min

method Bake

yield 10-12 serving(s)

Ingredients

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

How To Make pistachio cake with butter-rum cherry glaze

Step 1

FOR THE CAKE

Step 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.
Step 3

Pour into greased and floured 10-inch tube pan. Bake 55 to 50 minutes or until toothpick inserted near center comes out clean.
Step 4

Cool in pan on wire rack 15 minutes; remove from pan. Cool completely.
Step 5

FOR THE GLAZE
Step 6

Drain the jar of maraschino cherries, saving the juice. Heat butter in sauce pan until melted.
Step 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.
Step 8

Squeeze the remaining juice from the whole maraschino cherries, chop the cherries. Add the cherries to the glaze and pour over cake.
Step 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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