Caramel Pistachio Cake.
CAKE Blend/moisten on low 30 sec pkg Duncan Hines® Moist Deluxe® Caramel Cake Mix, tsp cardamom, cup (8 oz) sour cream, 1/2 cup water, 1/3 cup veg oil, 3 lge eggs. Now beat on med 2 min. Bake in sprayed bundt or parchmented/sprayed 11x17x1" pan 350 deg 20-25 min. Let cool.
ASSEMBLY cut cake into four equal sections along short side. Layer on server, cake layer, frosting; second layer, then frosing. Repeat w/ all four layers. Refrigerate til needed.
SERVE Just before serving, breakup brittle; garnish sides and top of cake.
BRITTLE BTB 2 c sugar, cup water; brush down sides; cook light amber do not stir or move pan. Offheat add 3/4 c chp pistachios all at once. Work fast, pour steady stream on 2 parchmented sheetpans. Do not touch--very hot. Cool.
ICING elec/mixer paddle smooth 2-16 oz tubs Lender's Regular Soft & Creamy Cream Cheese, softened. Gently fold in smooth and creamy tub ea DH® Creamy Home-Style Caramel, French Vanilla Frosting.
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Cardamom is one of the most wonderful scents! My husband replenishes our herbs/spices when he goes to the Bloomsburg Fair every year - there’s a vendor there who has the most wonderful things, for very good prices.
Last year he came back with a bag of Cardamom, and everything in the car, his luggage, his clothes, smelled like it.
I poured some into a bowl and left it on the kitchen counter; but the scent went away after a day or two, I guess it doesn’t like being exposed to air :-(