Reviewed: Oct. 25, 2009

This recipe is awesome. It was very easy to follow and the cake was delicious. This cake has been a holiday favorite in my family for years. However, no one in my family knew how to make the cake, so we would usually buy it. Well I guess we know who will be making the Watergate cake this year.

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Reviewed: Aug. 13, 2009

Made this for an outdoor event so just sprinkled the top with powdered sugar.

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Reviewed: Aug. 3, 2009

Wonderful Cake!! just happened across this recipe looking for something to do with a white cake mix. I did decrease oil to 1/2 cup and used only 2 eggs I also added a can of light fruit coctail drained to the mix and some flaked coconut. I added pineapple and crushed walnuts to topping. I also used sugar free pudding and cool whip and diet soda still turned out great!! Will be keeping this recipe!!

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jennyw

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Reviewed: May 10, 2009

I love this cake it was soooo good.<<
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shae24

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Living In: New York, New York, USA

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Reviewed: May 4, 2009

I made this cake for my mother-in-law's birthday, and it was a huge success! I made a couple changes: I used carbonated water instead of the lemon/lime soda, and I used whipped heavy cream instead of cool whip for the frosting. Delicious!!

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Reviewed: Mar. 23, 2009

this was so good! I double the icing and had a little left over, I also took 1/2 big can of crushed pineapple, added some sugar and boiled it down. Then poked holes in my layers and put the pineapple on top of each layer, then covered it with icing! YUM!

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Shannon

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Reviewed: Jun. 25, 2008

I don't know what I was thinking about when I made this cake. I thought maybe the pudding and the soda would make a difference.... There is no hiding the fact that this is a BOX cake. You will have a hard time convincing most people that this is made from scratch. The topping, I used 2 cups of whipped heavy whipping cream instead of the dream whip. Added coconut and the pudding then sweetened to taste. Now this topping may be a keeper with a homemade cake. Otherwise, won't make the box cake portion again.

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EASYLYVIN

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Reviewed: Jun. 25, 2008

First, I agree with another reviewer that 3 eggs and 1 cup oil is just to much; I cut back to 2 eggs and 1/2 c oil. That being said does not change the fact that this cake is in need of help. I notice that many if the recipes that are giving it 4-5 stars talk about adding ingredients. I would say adding some crushed pineapple and maybe walnuts to the batter and/or the topping are required to make this worth your time. Also its a must to double the topping, there is just simply not enough to frost the cake.

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Renee

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Reviewed: Jan. 13, 2008

Great easy recipe. I added a cup of chopped walnuts to the recipe. Other then that...SIMPLE AND EASY!

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Reviewed: Oct. 24, 2007

Excellent cake for a crowd! I added pineapple to the whipped topping. Easy to make, delicious to eat!

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Gwen

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Reviewed: Apr. 15, 2007

I lightened up the recipe by cutting oil back to 1/2 cup and substituting it with 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce and I cut back to 2 eggs. Was still moist and delicious.

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Julie P.

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Reviewed: Nov. 23, 2006

My grandma has made this cake for just about every family birthday since I can remember. It is delicious. Keep it in the fridge if you can stop eating long enough to save some.

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MrsT

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Reviewed: Jul. 26, 2006

This is a great cake. First had it years ago and loved it. It is so moist! Most people I make it for think they are going to hate it, because of the pistachio, but they end up loving it! ALWAYS a hit at cookouts!

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Reviewed: May 29, 2006

I love this cake!! Its so easy to make and the kids love it! Highly recommend!

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Reviewed: Mar. 5, 2006

SO Good it will make you CRY! I mixed up some crushed pineapple into the frosting. I also mixed white frosting and pineapple and used that to frost between the layers, ohhh sumptuous! If you love watergate salad you will REALLY love this cake. GREAT job on the recipe!!!-Anna

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Unspoiled Chef

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Reviewed: Sep. 23, 2005

Not impressed at all. This cake has no pistachio flavor!!

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Reviewed: Mar. 14, 2004

I love this cake! This was great, very light and very moist cake. Everyone loved it. Will definitely make this again. Easy directions, easy recipe. Great summer recipe not heavy at all and it really does get better the longer it can stay in the fridge but good luck this goes quick. Thank you Janice great recipe =)

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Reviewed: Feb. 19, 2004

My husband wants this for his birthday cake every year because it is SO good!

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Reviewed: May 21, 2001

There were several Watergate Cake recipe's to choose from. I chose this one because it looked the easiest. The cake was very good, I took it to a BBQ. I would highly recommend DOUBLING the icing recipe. The icing is so good that "more" is better than "less"! I decorated the bottom of the cake with little alternating pastel mini marshmallows. Everyone thought it was so pretty! The next time I make it, I am going to put crushed pinneapple between the two layers of cake. Note: The cakes gets even better with time...refridgerate and you will enjoy this all week long!

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Reviewed: Feb. 14, 2000

This cake was wonderful, really easy to make, and got better with age! My little boy loved it because it was "green!"

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