Luscious Mandarin Orange Cake Recipe With a Pineapple Frosting
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Mandarin Orange Cake Recipe With Pineapple Frosting
Mandarin orange cake is also called a Pig Pickin' or Pig Lickin' cake! I guess it was named that because you make a pig of yourself eating it!
This cake is so moist, creamy, and filled with distinct flavors of mandarin oranges and pineapple. The recipe is made easy with a cake mix and mandarin oranges. It's deliciously topped with a lightly sweeten frosting made with cool whip, pineapple, and instant pudding.
This scrumptious dessert will be enjoyed for any occasion, a superb choice for a birthday cake!
Ingredients
- 1 box yellow or butter cake mix
- ½ cup canola oil
- 4 eggs
- 1 small can mandarin oranges and juice
- 1 stick margarine
Instructions
- Heat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit (325 degrees Fahrenheit for dark pans).
- Beat with an electric mixer in a large bowl, the cake mix, canola oil, eggs, mandarin oranges, and the margarine.
- Beat on low speed for 30 seconds to mix, then beat on medium speed for 2 minutes.
- Pour into the greased or sprayed a 13-inch x 9-inch pan.
- Place the cake in the preheated oven, bake for 35 minutes or when a toothpick inserted in the middle of the cake come out clean.
- Set the cake aside to cool, about an hour.
- Or you can make a layered cake by pouring into two greased and floured 9-inch round cake pans. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit and bake for 30 minutes.
Pineapple Frosting
I love the cool whip frosting because it had a lighter taste and is not so sugary sweet! This frosting is like the cakes you buy at the supermarket bakery.
Ingredients
- 6-ounce box vanilla instant pudding
- 8 ounce Cool Whip
- 16 ounces can crushed pineapple and juice
Instructions
- In a medium bowl stir together the crushed pineapple and instant pudding.
- Gently fold in the cool whip, spread on the cooled cake.
- Keep the cake refrigerated.
How to Make Cool Whip Frosting
Pig Pickin' Cake Recipe Video
Questions & Answers
Question: Can I add the pineapple to the mandarin orange cake mix instead of the frosting?
Answer: No, I would not do that. There are recipes for pineapple cake. You do not want too much moisture in the cake batter or it will not turn out correctly.
© 2018 Margie's Southern Kitchen
Join in about this Mandarin Orange Cake!
Liza from USA on January 19, 2020:
Gosh your cake looks scrumptious! My family love anything that citrus-y in the ingredients. I recently made a lime cake and lime cupcakes. Your recipe might be one of the cakes that I want to bake this year. I love orange and pineapple. Both are my favorite fruits. Thank you for sharing the recipe.
Margie's Southern Kitchen (author) from the USA on April 11, 2018:
Hi Larry! I know you will love this yummy cake. It is hard to just have one piece. A lot of these recipe I have had in my recipe box for many years.Thanks for stopping by!
Larry W Fish from Raleigh on April 11, 2018:
That cake looks delicious. I can't wait to try it myself. Margie, you have a lot of tasty looking recipes.
Margie's Southern Kitchen (author) from the USA on March 21, 2018:
You are very welcome Janisa!
Janisa from Earth on March 20, 2018:
@MargieLynn, thanks for the suggestion. I plan to try to make it soon!
Margie's Southern Kitchen (author) from the USA on March 20, 2018:
Linda it is yummy according to me! I love sweets and this one is a very good dessert! Thanks for stopping by!
Linda Crampton from British Columbia, Canada on March 20, 2018:
The cake definitely sounds yummy! I love the look of the creamy frosting and the thought of the orange and pineapple flavor.
Margie's Southern Kitchen (author) from the USA on March 20, 2018:
Hi Dora, it is a very yummy cake! Hope you will try sometime!
Dora Weithers from The Caribbean on March 20, 2018:
Thanks for the recipe. The mandarin orange should make it special. It looks that way.
Margie's Southern Kitchen (author) from the USA on March 20, 2018:
Mary it is a favorite at our house! Hope you enjoy it!
Mary Wickison from Brazil on March 20, 2018:
This looks very good, I love citrus cakes, cookies, and muffins.
I will have to make a few adjustments because of my location and availability of products but I can see this becoming a favorite in my household.
Margie's Southern Kitchen (author) from the USA on March 19, 2018:
I just love having fun! I thought they were cute names! I am sure the name was chosen by people who ate more than one piece! Hee, hee!
FlourishAnyway from USA on March 19, 2018:
I love the name Pig Lickin. This looks delicious.
Margie's Southern Kitchen (author) from the USA on March 19, 2018:
Hi Janisa, I have even recipes to make this from scratch! Just google it! It is so yummy!
Janisa from Earth on March 19, 2018:
Interesting cake! I never thought of mixing pineapple and mandarins for a cake, seems like a delicious combination. I want to try making this completely from scratch, if I do make it.