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Pig Pickin' Cake a.k.a. Mandarin Orange Cake

By Carroll Pellegrinelli, About.com

It's the perfect birthday cake.

This cake is such a light cake.

Photo © 2007 Carroll Pellegrinelli, licensed to About.com, Inc.
I think this cake got it's name (Pig Pickin') from the fact that people tend to act like pigs when they eat it. They want to snork it up or stick their face right into and chow-down.

Prep Time: 25 minutes

Cook Time: 25 minutes

Ingredients:

  • 1- 18 ounce yellow cake mix
  • 11-ounce can mandarin oranges with juice
  • 4 eggs
  • 1/2 cup vegetable oil
  • 9-ounce carton frozen whipped topping, thawed
  • 8-ounce can crushed pineapple, with juice
  • 3.4 ounce (4-servings) box instant vanilla pudding

Preparation:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour three 9-inch cake pans. In mixing bowl, combine cake mix, mandarin oranges, mandarin orange juice, eggs and oil. Beat for 2 minutes with electric mixer. Pour into pans and bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until cake tester comes out clean. Cool in pans for 5 minutes, turn out of pans and finish cooling on wire racks.

In a mixing bowl, combine whipped topping, pineapple, juice from can and vanilla pudding mix.

Frost between layers and on top of cake.

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