VANILLA BEAN PISTACHIO CAKE

Well my mom said anything but coconut, so she said to brainstorm some flavors and call her back within the hour. So I had come up with some flavor ideas and I had reverted to trusty old Facebook to ask some of my friends flavor ideas. So I put the ideas all together and gave my mom a call back. The first idea out of my mouth was this Vanilla Bean Pistachio Cake! Well needless to say, I didn’t have to name off any more and she was sold at the first option.

Vanilla bean and pistachios go together so well. Both flavors are light and subtle and don’t overpower each other one bit! Luckily vanilla beans are something that this girl keeps on hand thanks to my amazing friends over at Rodelle! The vanilla beans that I used for this luscious cake are the ever delicious Madagascar vanilla beans, and you guy’s if you’ve never had vanilla beans before, go pick yourself up some of these babies!

So getting back to this delicious Vanilla Bean Pistachio Cake. So I’m sure you could totally make your own homemade pistachio buttercream using pistachios but I’m just not that dedicated into making my own, kinda too much work for an already kinda simple cake wouldn’t you say? So in this frosting is a packet of pistachio pudding! So easy! Plus, it gives it a nice little green color and the flavor is just right for me.

Vanilla Bean Pistachio Cake

A little vanilla is added to give it a little more oomph and sweetness, but all in all you probably don’t even need to add that! So if you have actually seen some of my other cakes, this is a new one for me. Usually I don’t texture my cakes at all, but this one I decided to make a change and textured the sides. I love how it turned out. No special equipment needed to do it, all I did was use my offset spatula and pressed against the frosting gently and spun my cake on my turnstile.

Ingredients

• 2 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp salt
• 3/4 cup butter softened
• 1 1/2 cup sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1 Rodelle Madagascar vanilla bean
• 1/2 tsp Rodelle vanilla paste or pure vanilla extract
• 1 cup milk

Frosting:

• 1 lb butter
• 1 pkg pistachio pudding 3.4 oz
• 1 tsp Rodelle pure vanilla extract
• 5-6 cups powdered sugar
• 4-6 Tbs milk
• Chopped pistachios optional

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. In bowl mix together your flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt and whisk until combined, set aside.
3. ................................................

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