This cake, although good was not made completely from scratch, since it uses a boxed cake mix. I would have liked to find something a little more challenging; but still all in all a good tasting cake. I found this recipe online and switched it around some, but it still needs a few more alterations.
1 box orange cake mix
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 can (11 oz.) mandarin orange segments, undrained
4 eggs
1 can (20 oz.) crushed pineapple, undrained
1 box (4 serving size) vanilla instant pudding
1/2 teaspoon orange extract
1 cup whipped cream, thawed
Preheat oven to 350 F. Grease bottom only of a 13 x 9 inch pan.
In a large bowl beat cake mix, oil, orange segments and eggs for 30 seconds on low speed and then 2 minutes on medium speed. Pour into 13 x 9 inch pan. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool thoroughly.
For frosting, stir together the pineapple, dry pudding mix and orange extract. Gently stir in whipped cream; then spread onto cake. garnish with shredded coconut and mandarin orange segments if you desire. The coconut really helps if sprinkled over the whole cake; which I did after this photo; since it gives it a different texture, along with the textures already there.
This cake was a good tasting cake and was moist to boot. The frosting was a bit too runny in my opinion, but still had a good flavor to it. I wound up using the whole container of cool whip to try to stiffen it up some, but it just didn't work. I would suggest either using less of the juices from the can of crushed pineapple or a bigger box of vanilla pudding mix. As I stated in an earlier post, my presentation of the food I am making is not the best, but I will learn in time. :)
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