Recipe for cooking watergate cake with cover-up frosting

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Watergate Cake with Cover-Up Frosting

This is a 1970s cake popular when the Watergate scandal was taking place.

1 (18 1/4 ounce) box plain white cake mix
1 (3.4 ounce) box instant pistachio pudding mix
1 c. vegetable oil
1 c. ginger ale
3 lrg. eggs

Place a rack in the center of the oven and preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly mist a 13 x 9-in. pan with vegetable oil, then dust with flour. Shake out the excess flour. Set the pan aside.

Place cake mix, pudding mix, oil, ginger ale and eggs into a lrg. mixing bowl. Blend with an electric mixer on low speed for 1 min.. Stop the machine and scrape down the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula. Increase the mixer speed to med. and beat 2 mins. more, scraping down the sides again if needed. The batter should look well blended. Pour the batter into the greased pan, smoothing the top with the rubber spatula. Place the pan in the oven. Bake the cake until it springs back when lightly pressed with your finger, 35 to 40 mins.. Remove the pan from the oven and place it on a wire rack to cool completely, 30 mins. more.

Meanwhile, prepare Cover-Up Frosting.

Cover-Up Frosting
1 (3.4 ounce) box instant pistachio pudding mix
1 1/2 c. milk
1 (8 ounce) container frozen whipped topping, defrosted

Whisk pudding mix and milk together in a lrg. mixing bowl. It should thicken up but not set, from 2 to 3 mins.. Gently fold in whipped topping. Spread the top with frosting. You can sprinkle toasted nuts over the top, if desired. Store, covered, in the refrigerator.