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Uncle Ron’s Pistachio Cake

Pistachio, orange juice, and a ribbon of chocolate.

Original

Cook: 35–45 min

Ingredients

1 box yellow cake mix (Duncan Hines all-butter preferred)
1 box instant pistachio pudding
½ cup orange juice
3 eggs
¾ cup Hershey’s chocolate syrup
Powdered sugar, to finish

Method

Mix the cake mix, eggs, orange juice, and pudding until well combined.
Pour half the batter into a Bundt or angel food cake pan.
Mix the chocolate syrup into the remaining batter and pour over the yellow batter. Do not stir.
Bake at 350°F for 35–45 minutes. Cool and remove from the pan.
Sprinkle with powdered sugar.

Chocolate frosting finish

An alternate finish recorded in the original recipe.

Cook: 35–45 min

Ingredients

1 box yellow cake mix (Duncan Hines all-butter preferred)
1 box instant pistachio pudding
½ cup orange juice
3 eggs
¾ cup Hershey’s chocolate syrup
Thin chocolate frosting (recipe and quantity not supplied)

Method

Mix the cake mix, eggs, orange juice, and pudding until well combined.
Pour half the batter into a Bundt or angel food cake pan.
Mix the chocolate syrup into the remaining batter and pour over the yellow batter. Do not stir.
Bake at 350°F for 35–45 minutes. Cool and remove from the pan.
Drizzle a thin chocolate frosting over the cooled cake.

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