Pistachio Bread
The perfect combination of green & red colors makes a festive sweet bread that's topped with an irresistable almond glaze.
Servings: 2 small loaves
Ingredients
- 1 pkg. yellow cake mix
- 1 3.4 oz. box instant pistachio pudding
- 4 eggs
- ¼ cup vegetable oil
- 2 tbsp. water
- 1 cup sour cream
- ¾ cup maraschino cherries halved
- green food coloring optional
Almond Glaze
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 2-2 ½ tbsp. milk
- 1 tsp. almond extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Thoroughly grease bottom and sides of 2 small loaf pans.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine cake and pudding mix. Add eggs, oil, water and sour cream. Beat until smooth.
- Drain cherries and pat dry with paper towel. Cut in half & gently fold in cherry pieces. Pour batter equally into 2 loaf pans.
- Bake 35-40 minutes until toothpick comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack before removing from loaf pans.
- When the bread loaves are cool, whisk together icing ingredients. Drizzle icing over the top of each bread loaf and allow to drip down the sides. Let the icing dry before covering.
Notes
- Add a few drops of green food coloring to make the bread a brighter green color.
- You want the icing to be thin enough to pour over the bread, but thick enough to give a nice frosting layer to the bread. Add 2 tablespoons of milk at first, and slowly add any to reach the desired consistency.
- Leave loaves on wire rack and place a sheet pan underneath to catch any icing that drips down. Saves on clean up!