This Mandarin Orange Cake Recipe for Easter Dessert is a really fun recipe that you can make ahead, to leave you more time for fun on Easter morning!
My food writer gave this Mandarin Orange Cake Recipe to her neighbor and she said it was AMAZING! Now, I personally LOVE orange flavor - I've shared an Orange Cream Cookie Recipe with you guys before, a few years ago!
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I have always really loved Easter because our family is so big and there are so many children. We still do Easter egg hunts and make the kids Easter baskets. It is just so much fun!
This cake is really fun and incredibly easy to make, making it the perfect easy dessert for your family's Easter dinner celebration.
You can even have the kids make it while you are getting Easter dinner ready, because it is so easy to make.
While this delicious cake does have a slight taste of orange from the oranges that you've mixed into the batter, there is a secret weapon for giving it a bigger orange flavor! The orange flavoring I use is a teeny dram of LorAnn Oils, which you can purchase on Amazon: LorAnn Super Strength Orange Oil, Natural Flavor, 1 ounce bottle.
Check out these really fun dessert recipes on The Rebel Chick, like our Carrot Cake Trifle Recipe. I am always adding new recipes, especially during the holiday months!
Take a look and see if there is anything that sounds tasty to you! You can also type "Easter recipe" in the search bar and find a list of recipes like this Easter Funfetti Dip Recipe.
This Mandarin Orange Cake recipe is so simple to make and it is packed full of a delicate orange flavor. It's so easy to make and leaves a big impression, though I am pretty sure that your family and friends already think that you're an awesome baker!
Ingredients:
Preheat oven to 350 and grease a 9 x 13 baking pan with nonstick cooking spray. Set this aside while you mix your cake mix up. In a large bowl, add cake mix, eggs, oil and juice of oranges. Beat this all together really well at medium speed for 2 minutes.
Fold the oranges into your batter and stir, but do not MIX it - make sure not to break up the oranges too much. It is best if you do not break them up at all. They are so juicy and tasty when bitten into whole! Then pour your prepared batter into prepared pan.
Bake for 20-25 minutes or until center is set when a toothpick is inserted into it. Let cool completely.
Add whipped topping and pudding mix together in a bowl (do not add milk to the pudding mix, just keep it dry).
Mix well. Add flavoring and mix well.
Refrigerate for 1 hour.
Once cake is completely cooled, frost with icing and serve.
Store any leftover cake covered and refrigerated. Now, it will stay good for a few days, but after a while the frosting will definitely sink down into the cake and make it soggier.
This Mandarin Orange Cake recipe first appeared on TheRebelChick.com.