For the big green holiday this week, St. Patrick’s Day, I pulled out my Mom’s recipe box. She is still alive, thank God, but I have taken her recipes. Ha! This was actually a recipe from a neighbor that my mom copied.
1 lg. pkg. yellow or white cake mix (no pudding)
4 eggs (no one said this was healthy)
1 c. club soda
1/4 c. oil
1/2 c. chopped walnuts
1/4 tsp. almond
1/2 tsp. vanilla
(13×9 pan 350F 40 – 45 mins.) Cool 15 mins.
Frosting
1 box pistachio pudding mix
1 1/2 c. cold milk
1 envelope dream whip (I think you’ll have to use Cool Whip now from the container)
Blend; whip 4 – 6 mins.
Divide into 2 layers.
Mom also has a clipping from a Jello magazine advertisement for something similar. Has anyone made this one?
Oh My Gosh! Until I read this recipe, I had forgotten that Dream Whip came in an envelope. When I was in 6th grade, we made a recipe using that product in Home Economics class
(waves of nostalgia)
Amy,
You found it! This is the recipe for Watergate cake. It came out around the time President’s Nixon’s advisers went to jail. I have been wanting to make this again, I haven’t had it for thirty years Thank you for posting this.
I’m so glad this recipe brought you both such good memories. Mary, if you make this, please send a photo! Enjoy!