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Mandarin Orange Cake Sunshine Cake

Mandarin Orange Cake Recipe (Sunshine Cake)

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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Servings: 12 -14
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

Dry:
  • 2 1/2 Cups Flour
  • 2 1/2 TSP Baking Powder
  • 1 Pinch Salt
  • 1 1/3 Cup Sugar
Wet:
  • 1 1/2 TSP Vanilla
  • 1/2 Cup Vegetable Oil
  • 4 Eggs
  • 11 OZ Mandarin Oranges
  • 1/3 Cup Mandarin Oranges Juice from can
Frosting:
  • 3 1/2 OZ Boxed Vanilla Pudding Mix
  • 20 OZ Canned Crushed Pineapple
  • 8 OZ Cool Whip

Method
 

  1. Preheat oven to 350
  2. Butter 2 x 9 inch round pans
  3. In mixing bowl combine dry ingredients and whisk
  4. Add wet ingredients and mix until smooth
  5. Pour 1/2 batter into each of the cake pans
  6. Bake for 20 Minutes
  7. Rest in pans for 10 minutes
  8. Cut top off one of the two cakes
  9. Cover top with frosting
  10. Add second cake and frost entire cake
  11. Take a couple of Mandarin oranges and top cake in a decorative fashion
  12. Serve and enjoy