Mandarin Orange Cake
(inspired by this recipe)
INGREDIENTS
Cake
1 box white or vanilla cake mix (15.25 ounces)
3 eggs
1/2 cup oil
1 can (11 ounces) of mandarin orange segments, drained – reserve
the liquid
1/3 cup reserved liquid from oranges
Decoration
1 jar prepared white vanilla icing
1 navel orange, cut into very thin slices
DIRECTIONS
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Butter or spray a 9-inch round baking pan
with baking spray, and set aside.
In a medium-large bowl, mix all of the cake ingredients with
an electric mixer for 1 minute, and then for an additional two on medium
speed. If mixed by hand, make sure that
everything is blended well and oranges fall apart in the batter. Pour mix into the baking pan and place on
center rack in the oven. Bake for 35-45
minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out
clean. Let cool on countertop for at
least one hour.
To decorate, upend pan on cake plate or platter, and gently
pull pan away until the cake sits by itself, upside down. Top with icing, and adorn edges with navel
orange slices. Serve immediately or
cover and store in a cool place for up to three days.
As you can see this is only a modified boxed mix recipe, but
it drew rave reviews from my girlfriends, and they couldn’t quite believe I
hadn’t made it all from scratch. The
oranges added just the right amount of texture and flavor to make the cake
moist and delicious. I will definitely
be making this again!
Recommended for: something subtle and special when you don’t
have time to spare, dessert for a group when you’re not sure chocolate or
peanut butter will be welcome, and a light, delicious and summery sweet for any
time.
Interested in other food-related posts? Check out Beth Fish Reads’ Weekend Cooking.
17 comments:
Your mandarin orange cake looks divine! My bf baked an orange-almond cake for his birthday, but I found the ground almond too heavy. This sounds a little lighter :) Thanks for sharing!
that cake does look pretty and I bet in the hot weather the citrus flavour is refreshing.
Look how lovely the finished cake is! Nice job. And the most important thing is no stress and everyone loved it. I prefer citrus flavors to chocolate (I know, I'm weird), so this is appealing.
That sounds like a nice,easy summer dessert. Yum!
Hmmmm--we need to live closer or I need to be your roommate. You are a very generous baker! ;)
Like BFR I really love citrus over chocolate but I can't help but wonder how divine this would be with just a little tiny bit of chocolate frosting!
My grandmother makes a mandarin orange cake! But I've always found hers to be a little wet.
Oh wow. How good would this be for a tea party? I need to start having tea parties.
Pretty! I can just smell that fresh citrus-y smell! Great idea. :)
Lovely flavours. Have a great week.
I may actually be able to pull this one off, and it sounds so frickin good.
i love your food posts. i think everyone else does too, judging from the above comments. so my request is: keep being awesome! :D
love it. and you know what, that 325 trick and some help from a can of oranges/ frosting will handily make you a favorite friend forever :D
I'm always racking my brain for a good summer dessert, and this one looks like a winner.
I do like citrussy flavoured cakes! Thanks for sharing yours.
Yum. Looks delicious.
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Candace
Well, this sound delish!!!!
This looks amazing! So the whole cake mix baked in one 9" round? Would you recommend 2 boxes of mix for a 13x9, then?
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