Mango Cake With Lemon Icing

Submitted by breezermom

"What makes this cake so tastey is using pureed fresh mango. I don't advise using frozen or canned mango. This cake is incredibly moist!"

 

• Ready In: 1hr 15mins
• Ingredients: 17
• Yields: 1 cake
• Serves: 15

ingredients

• Cake

• 1 1⁄2 cups raisins
• water
• 1⁄2 cup shortening
• 1 1⁄2 cups brown sugar, firmly packed
• 2 large eggs
• 3 cups cake flour, sifted
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons baking soda
• 3⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 3⁄4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 3⁄4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 1⁄2 cups fresh mango, pureed

• Lemon Icing

• 1⁄3 cup butter, softened
• 3 cups powdered sugar, sifted
• 2 -3 tablespoons water
• 1 tablespoon lemon rind, grated
• 1 teaspoon lemon rind, grated

directions

1. For the cake:.
2. Place raisins in a small bowl; add boiling water to cover. Let stand 15 minutes. Drain well, and set aside.
3. Beat shortening at medium speed of an electric mixer until creamy; gradually add brown sugar, beating well.
4. Add eggs, one at at time, beating after each addition.
5. Combine flour and next 5 ingredients; add to the shortening mixture alternately with pureed mango, beginning and ending with the flour mixture. Stir in the reserved raisins.
6. Pour the batter into a greased and floured 13x9x2 inch pan. Bake at 325 degrees for 50 minutes or until a wooden toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool completely in the pan on a wire rack.
7. For the icing:.
8. Beat butter at medium speed of an electric mixer until creamy. Gradually add the sugar, beating until blended. Add the water and lemon rind, beating until it reaches spreading consistency.
9. Spread the lemon icing on top of the cooled cake.

Reviews

[katew]

Very nice cake with yummy icing. It did make a very big cake which is always good round here !! I had to add one pureed banana as I did not have enough mango but that just added to the tropical taste !!

 

[Rita1652]

I made this for my Mom`s Birthday. I did use dried mango that I diced in place of the raisins. I also used pureed mango and mango rum in the icing, skipping the water and rind. Thanks!