Vanilla Bean Pistachio Cake

Light, airy and full of flavor this Vanilla Bean Pistachio Cake is a fun and tasty flavor combination perfect for absolutely any occasion. 

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 this is actually one of my go-to vanilla cake recipes. It’s super simple and it whips up really nice. I like to switch between vanilla beans, vanilla paste and vanilla extract depending on what type of filing or frosting I was doing. Since I was going with the light flavor of pistachio for this one I figured that vanilla bean would pair super well with it and boy was I right. 

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. 

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. 

VANILLA BEAN PISTACHIO CAKE

Course : Dessert

Cuisine : American

Prep Time : 30 minutes

Cook Time : 30 minutes

Total Time : 1 hour

Servings : 16 slices

Calories : 588kcal

Author : Tornadough Alli

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

Get the full instruction @tornadoughalli.com

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