5.0 from 3 votes
Watergate Salad Cake
This decadent cake is based on my favorite pistachio pudding salad, Watergate cake! It's an amazing cake version!
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
5 mins
Servings: 12
Calories: 579 kcal
Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- 1 box Butter Pecan Cake Mix
- 1 ounce instant pistachio pudding 3.4
- 3 eggs
- 1/4 cup oil
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 cup crushed pineapple with juice 8 oz
- cherries with stems for topping drained on paper towels
- Cherry Buttercream Icing option 1
- 1 cup salted butter
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- 2 teaspoons almond extract
- 3-4 tablespoons whipping cream
Pistachio Pudding Icing (option 2)
- 1 1/2 cups cold milk
- 1 envelope dessert topping mix ie: Dream Whip
- 1 envelope instant pistachio pudding
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees, Grease and flour a bundt cake pan and set aside
- Combine cake mix, pudding mix, oil, eggs, milk and pineapple in a stand mixer bowl
- Mix the batter on medium speed for approximately 2 minutes, then pour into the prepared cake pan.
- Bake for 50-60 minutes until a tester inserted into the middle comes out clean.
- Let cool completely.
- Combine all icing ingredients together and whip for 2-3 minutes with your stand mixer, until creamy and smooth. Add more whipping cream if you want a lighter icing.
- Frost the cake and garnish with cherries.
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Nutrition Information
Calories
579kcal
(29%)
Carbohydrates
86g
(29%)
Protein
4g
(8%)
Fat
24g
(37%)
Saturated Fat
12g
(60%)
Cholesterol
89mg
(30%)
Sodium
504mg
(21%)
Potassium
162mg
(5%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
68g
(136%)
Vitamin A
685IU
(14%)
Vitamin C
4.5mg
(5%)
Calcium
163mg
(16%)
Iron
1.2mg
(7%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 12Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 579
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 579kcal | 29% |
| Carbohydrates | 86g | 29% |
| Protein | 4g | 8% |
| Fat | 24g | 37% |
| Saturated Fat | 12g | 60% |
| Cholesterol | 89mg | 30% |
| Sodium | 504mg | 21% |
| Potassium | 162mg | 3% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 68g | 136% |
| Vitamin A | 685IU | 14% |
| Vitamin C | 4.5mg | 5% |
| Calcium | 163mg | 16% |
| Iron | 1.2mg | 7% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.