Mango Cake

APPLAUSE !!!! Super cake! I had 2 lonely mangoes that needed using & felt like baking today. They took on a new life in this cake! I had to cut the recipe in half since that's all the flour the pantry had to offer on short notice. I was feeling rather "tropical" so I substituted rum flavoring for the vanilla & added a sprinkling of flaked coconut. It baked beautifully in an 8" X 8" pan. Again, a shortage forced a change - the cream cheese in the icing was exchanged for 4 tablespoons of Philly Peaches & Cream cheese swirls. That creamed with 1 cup of powdered sugar was perfect(although the cake without icing is darned near perfect.) My compliments to your Granny!

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This was a yummy cake, and it didn't have any butter or oil in it!(except for the frosting) The older it got, the better it tasted too. I used my blender to mash up the mango, very easy. I made this for cinco de mayo. Thanks for the awesome recipe!

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I made half a recipe with one mango. Loved the moist delicious cake and the wonderful frosting.

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The is awesome!!! Pour a little rum on it for total decadence.
This is a very moist dense cake. I used very ripe mangos.

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This cake is AMAZING and super easy to make! I did make a couple of changes…I used an angle-food cake pan which did increase the baking time and used store-bought vanilla frosting which I doctored up with some coconut extract. Lastly, I sprinkled shredded coconut on top. It was even better the second day and would recommend making it a day in advance. I’m going to try it again tonight, only this time using pineapple instead of mango.

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This was beautiful & so easy to make. As mangoes are not in season right now, I used 2 cans of sliced mango. I left out the nuts & only used about 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar in the frosting, but otherwise followed the recipe. I also added 1tsp coconut essence to the frosting & covered the frosted cake with coconut flakes. Rave reviews from my work colleagues & DH. Thanks for sharing this keeper.

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This was nicely received by my family and I found the recipe very easy -- no pecans but I toasted some pine nuts which tasted great. I skipped the frosting and just used powdered sugar -- also, I used a 10" springform, so cooking time was 60 mins but I reduced heat to 325F after first 30 mins. Thanks RatherB -- going to play with this one with all the fruits of summer and work on reducing the sugar a bit!

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I liked this cake. It was not too sweet and I like the density of it however, I did not taste flavour of the mango as I had anticipated. Maybe next time I would add some extract to help enhance the flavour. But I would definatly make this again.

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I found the recipe very easy to prepare, but it's a VERY dense cake. I wish the family liked it, because it was such a breeze to make, but they didn't care for it. Great instructions though, thanks.

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I've made this twice now and love it. Really quick and easy, makes a large cake and tastes great. Thanks Nurse Di.

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Very tasty cake - not a noticeable mango flavor, but it has a nice fruity aroma and the puree makes it very moist. I made it for a friend who loves mango, nuts and cream, so I took SusieQusie and Makanani's suggestions and served it with mango whipped cream (cream, sugar and mango puree) instead of the icing. I suspect it was a little lighter, and enhanced the mango flavor. Thanks for sharing! (Update: I tried this cake again and used sweetened mango puree - the sort found in Indian groceries - instead of fresh mango, and reduced the sugar to 1/2 cup. I found that this dramatically increased the mango flavor in the cake, yay! And it gave the cake an appetizing orange color. I also swapped golden raisins for the nuts, and tried out the cream-cheese icing, and it was definitely a hit. With those changes, up to five stars for sure - I'll definitely make it again.)

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Moist & delicious....I think it would be just as good without nuts & icing!!!

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NurseDi, would you please adopt me??? Your family must be in heaven with all the great recipes that you have! This one is no exception. I made this cake last night and it's sinfully delicious. The only problem I had was mashing the mangos, but maybe they were not as ripe as they should have been. Thanks for such a great recipe!

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