This pig pickin cake recipe is a mandarin orange cake with a pineapple cream-cheese topping. It is not a pineapple upside-down cake.
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Pig Pickin Cake
- Total Time: 1 hour
- Yield: 15 squares 1x
Description
Pig Pickin Cake. From Alissa.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 box yellow cake mix
- 4 eggs
- 1/2 cup oil
- 1 can (11 oz) mandarin oranges with juice
- 8 ounces whipped topping
- 1 box instant vanilla pudding
- 1 can (20 oz) crushed pineapple, drained
Instructions
- Heat the oven to 350°F (175°C). Beat cake mix, eggs, oil, and oranges with their juice. Bake in a 9×13 pan 28 to 32 minutes.
- Cool completely.
- Fold topping, dry pudding mix, and pineapple. Spread and chill.
Notes
Drain the pineapple well or the topping slides off.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Oranges
Crushed into the batter, juice included.
Topping
No extra milk. The pudding powder sets the cream.
Chill
At least an hour.
Name
A potluck cake. The oranges are the point.
Nutrition (estimated)
About 320 calories per serving. Estimate only, not a lab test.
FAQ
Fresh mandarins?
Use the can. Fresh segments do not have the syrup the batter expects.
Frosting
This topping, not buttercream.
Fridge
Because of the topping, keep it cold.
Day two
It is better cold the next day.