MANDARINE ORANGE CREAM CAKE
This is my favorite cake!

---Cake---
1 box yellow cake mix
4 eggs
1/2 cup oil
1 can mandarin oranges, with juice (I coarsely chop, but they may be left whole)

---Frosting---
1 (12 ounce) container Cool Whip, thawed
1 package instant vanilla pudding
1 (20 ounce) can crushed pineapple, drained well

Spray 9x13-inch baking pan with cooking spray. Beat together all cake ingredients for 4 minutes. Pour into pan and bake cake according to time on box. Let cool completely.

Mix together all frosting ingredients. Spread on cooled cake and refrigerate until serving.

-- Karen (mountains_mama2@hotmail.com), April 19, 2002

Answers

I was just thinking about getting this recipe out and sharing it with everyone..it's one of my favorites too. In my recipe collection the cake is known as "Pig Lickin' Cake". It's such an easy recipe and it's really yummy.

-- claudia in NY (cooleyville@aol.com), April 19, 2002.

sound yummy, think I'd try it with readi whip or whipped cream instead of Cool Whip never cared for it.

-- Cindy (S.E.IN) (atilrthehony_1@yahoo.com), April 19, 2002.

It would work with homemade whipped cream but the Reddi Whip won't work. It loses it's shape too easily and you need some substance to bind with the pudding since you are also using pineapple. There is a type of acid in pineapple often effects other ingrediants and works "against" them.

-- Karen (mountains_mama@hotmail.com), April 19, 2002.