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White Chocolate Pistachio Cake (with Pistachio Pudding Filling)

Published: May 8, 2020 by Terri Gilson · Modified: Aug 20, 2022 · As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. This post may contain affiliate links · 6 Comments

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White Chocolate Pistachio cake on black stand
pinterest pin with black text on green background on top and bottom and photo of a slice of pistachio cake on a black plate, with the remaining cake on a black cake stand in the background

It's my 4 year Bloggiversary and what better way to celebrate it than with CAKE? And this White Chocolate Pistachio Cake with pistachio pudding filling and white chocolate whipped cream frosting is perfect for any celebration!

Pistachio Cake on black stand with cake lifter and knife resting on each side

Cake just feels like the perfect way for me to celebrate my bloggiversary because cake is the reason all of this started.....

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  • 📖Variations- Pistachio Cake Frosting
  • ⭐ Reviews
  • 📋 White Chocolate Pistachio Cake Recipe
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I actually made this Pistachio cake for my husband's birthday, which falls a few days before my bloggiversary. He loves pistachios, especially pistachio pudding, as do I. So what better than a cake loaded with pistachios and pistachio pudding to celebrate both? Nothing says celebration like a cake that does double duty! And this is the perfect adult birthday cake idea!

Piece of White Chocolate Pistachio Cake on black plate

Like I said, it all started with cake; a Betty Crocker chocolate cake mix to be precise. I have LOVED baking as far back as I can remember (you can read more about my love of baking HERE)  but I especially loved baking cakes. As a kid, I used to make Black Forest Cakes because it was my Mom's fave cake and I thought I could entice her to bake with me that way. And sometimes it even worked, although she wasn't really into baking.

Top of White Chocolate Pistachio cake on black stand

Fortunately both my Grandma and Baba were big bakers, as were my aunts. When I was a kid my Auntie Sue used to bake me these amazing decorated cakes for my birthday- everything from barbie dolls to telephone cakes. And I remember thinking not only how cool that was, but how I was going to do that when I grew up! So cake decorating was a natural transgression.

I decorated cakes for many years, but eventually started to move to the inside of the cake, getting creative and eventually developing my own cake recipes. This Butter Tart Bundt Cake is one of my faves! Then I began to enter my recipes in cooking competitions and winning. I wanted to share those recipes with the rest of the world so I started this blog back in 2016.

Pistachio White Chocolate Cake on black tray in background with piece of cake in the front

  • white chocolate (baking bar) * do NOT use white chocolate chips
  • milk - I use 1% but you could use 2%
  • all-purpose flour
  • baking powder
  • salt
  • unsalted butter - you can use salted butter as a subtitute; simply leave out the salt in the recipe
  • white granulated sugar
  • vanilla extract
  • eggs
  • pistachios- ground and chopped
  • stabilized whipped cream frosting
  • pistachio instant pudding mix/powder

📖Variations- Pistachio Cake Frosting

I simply add melted white chocolate to my Basic Stabilized Whipped Cream Frosting and add a little to the pistachio pudding filling.

If you don't want to use piping gel (affiliate link) to stabilize your whipped cream frosting. Here are instructions on How to Stabilize Whipped Cream with gelatin.

You will have leftover cake "bits" when you trim the tops off the cakes before stacking - I keep them in the freezer in a Ziplock freezer bag and make small  mini trifles out of them (eventually) 

Check out my Chocolate Genoise cake post too - it's all about celebrating every little milestone with cake!

Italian Chocolate Sponge cake with summer berries, whipped cream icing and chocolate mousse

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Did you make this pistachio cake recipe? Please RATE THE RECIPE below!

White Chocolate Pistachio cake on black stand
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📋 White Chocolate Pistachio Cake Recipe

This White Chocolate Pistachio Cake is a light, yet rich white chocolate cake that's loaded with pistachios, a pistachio pudding filling and a white chocolate stabilized whipped cream frosting. It's the ultimate pistachio lover's cake and ideal for any celebration!
5 from 2 votes
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Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American, Canadian, North American
Keyword: cake, pistachio, pistachio pudding, white chocolate
Special Diet: Vegetarian
Servings: 16 servings
Calories: 723kcal
Author: Terri Gilson
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 40 minutes
assembly and decorating: 30 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 25 minutes
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Equipment

stand or hand mixer

Ingredients

  • 8 oz white chocolate (baking bar), chopped * do NOT use white chocolate chips
  • 2 ¼ cups milk * I use 1%
  • 3 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
  • 3 ¾ teaspoon baking powder
  • ¾ teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup + 2 tbsp- unsalted butter room temperature
  • 1 cup + 2 teaspoon - granulated white sugar
  • 5 medium -eggs room temperature
  • 1 ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 ½ cups ground pistachios

Filling

  • 1 cup of the prepared white chocolate stabilized whipped cream frosting
  • 2 - 99 g -pkg of instant pistachio pudding mix

White Chocolate Stabilized Whipped Cream Frosting

  • 4 cups whipping cream
  • 4 ounces white chocolate (baking bar) * do not use white chocolate chips
  • 6 tablespoon piping gel * or use gelatin (see NOTES)
  • 4 tablespoon powdered sugar (icing sugar)

Garnish

  • 7 Lindt round white chocolate truffles
  • ¼ cup chopped pistachios * approximately
  • ½ cup ground pistachios * approximately
US Customary - Metric

Instructions

White Chocolate Pistachio Cake:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F/175 degrees C. Grease and flour three 8 inch round cake pans with non stick cooking spray or Cake release (I use Wilton Cake Release)
  • In a large bowl, whisk dry ingredients (flour, baking powder, and salt) until well combined. Set aside.
  • Heat milk in microwave for 1 ½ - 2 minutes until warm. In a separate bowl, heat white chocolate at 50% power for 2 minutes until melted. Whisk milk and melted chocolate together in one bowl, then return to microwave for 1 more minute at 50% power.
  • Using a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment (or an electric hand beater), cream butter and sugar on medium -high until fluffy (about 3 minutes) then reduce speed to medium- low and add eggs one at a time, fully incorporating after each addition. Add vanilla.
  • Alternate adding flour mixture and milk/white chocolate mixture, beginning and ending with flour, making sure it's fully incorporated after each addition. Fold in 1.5 cups of ground pistachios.
  • Pour batter into 3 greased pans and bake for 35- 40 minutes or until a cake tester or toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
  • Cool cake in pan for 5 minutes, then loosen edges and turn onto wire rack to cool for 10 minutes. Cool completely.
  • When cool, trim humps off cake.

Filling

  • Prepare instant pudding as per package directions, reducing milk by ¼ cup for each package. **2 (99g) packages will require 1 ½ cups milk instead of the 2 the directions call for.
  • Add 1 cup of prepared chocolate whipped cream frosting to pistachio pudding and mix together.

Assembly

  • Place 1st cake on a surface so smooth side is facing up.
    cake with smooth layer facing up
  • Pipe a border around the rim of the top of the layer of cake.
    add border around for filling
  • Add about ⅓ the pistachio pudding/whipped cream mixture to the first layer and spread evenly
    fill in the middle of the cake with pistachio pudding
  • Then add another cake layer and another ⅓ of the pudding (approx)* You will have some pudding left over, but there was no way around this!)

Frosting

  • Smooth around cake, scraping off any filling that seeped out. Then frost cake with white chocolate whipped cream frosting,
  • Adding a border (with a pastry bag and 1 M tip) around the bottom of the cake. Then add 6 dollops to the top of the cake.

Garnish

  • Add a Lindt white chocolate truffle to each dollop.
  • Sprinkle chopped pistachios on top of the cake.
  • "Toss" crushed pistachios at sides of cake (this is how I do it - I literally 'toss' the pistachios at the sides of the cake)
  • Keep refrigerated until ready to serve!

Notes

*Please see post contents for important recipe information and tips!
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Nutrition Facts
📋 White Chocolate Pistachio Cake Recipe
Amount Per Serving
Calories 723 Calories from Fat 459
% Daily Value*
Fat 51g78%
Saturated Fat 27g169%
Cholesterol 172mg57%
Sodium 192mg8%
Potassium 504mg14%
Carbohydrates 58g19%
Fiber 3g13%
Sugar 29g32%
Protein 13g26%
Vitamin A 1443IU29%
Vitamin C 1mg1%
Calcium 209mg21%
Iron 2mg11%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Nutrition

Calories: 723kcal (36%) | Carbohydrates: 58g (19%) | Protein: 13g (26%) | Fat: 51g (78%) | Saturated Fat: 27g (169%) | Cholesterol: 172mg (57%) | Sodium: 192mg (8%) | Potassium: 504mg (14%) | Fiber: 3g (13%) | Sugar: 29g (32%) | Vitamin A: 1443IU (29%) | Vitamin C: 1mg (1%) | Calcium: 209mg (21%) | Iron: 2mg (11%)
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Comments

  1. Anne Lawton

    May 17, 2020 at 9:51 am

    This cake looks absolutely delicious! I love the whipped cream frosting.

    Reply
    • Terri Gilson

      May 18, 2020 at 8:54 pm

      Thank you, Anne!

      Reply
  2. Jersey Girl Cooks

    May 17, 2020 at 10:06 pm

    This is a pretty and delicious cake. I love pistachio flavored everything!

    Reply
    • Terri Gilson

      May 18, 2020 at 8:54 pm

      Thanks!

      Reply
  3. Amy

    July 29, 2020 at 10:03 am

    Hi when do you add the ground pistachios to the cake mixture? Thanks

    Reply
    • Terri Gilson

      July 29, 2020 at 11:28 am

      Yes! Sorry about that- I updated it!

      Reply

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