Feed a small army with this cake recipe
This fruit flavored cake made by Melissa Ellis serves a small army, and that seems to be
needed for all of the men in Melissa’s life. Melissa and Thomas
Ellis, owners of Priester’s Pecan Company, have three very active,
growing young men, hungry for one of Mama’s homemade cakes. Then again,
Thomas can hold his own with the guys when it comes to sweets!
Try this delicious recipe today!
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Cake Ingredients:
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1 (18.25) package orange or pineapple flavor cake mix
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½ cup vegetable oil
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4 eggs
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1 (11 oz.) can mandarin oranges with juice
Frosting Ingredients:
Cake Baking Instructions:
Do NOT follow cake package instructions, except for preheating oven
temperature.
In an electric mixer, beat the cake mix, oil, eggs, and
un-drained mandarin oranges for 4 minutes.
Prepare 3 layer cake pans
with Baker’s Joy.
Pour the batter evenly in the 3 pans, and bake
in the preheated oven for the time listed on the cake package directions.
Allow
cake to cool 15 minutes before turning out of pans; then cool cake
completely.
While cake is cooling, drain the pineapple for the frosting
using a colander.
Frosting Instructions:
In a large bowl, mix all frosting ingredients with the drained pineapple.
Refrigerate
the frosting until cake is cooled.
Frost tops of each cake, and stack
the layers; then frost the entire cake.
Decorate the entire cake with
pecan halves, and extra mandarin orange slices, if desired.
Refrigerate
the cake for several hours before cutting. Keep cake refrigerated.
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