Million Dollar Cake
photo by Lynn in MA
- Ready In:
- 55mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Yields:
-
1 cake
- Serves:
- 12
ingredients
- 517.37 g package yellow cake mix
- 3 eggs (or as called for by your cake mix)
- 78.78 ml oil (or as called for by your cake mix)
- 315.37 ml water (or as called for by your cake mix)
- 226.79 g cream cheese
- 354.88 ml confectioners' sugar
- 566.99 g can crushed pineapple in juice
- 2 (453.59 g) can mandarin oranges, drained
- 99.22 g package vanilla instant pudding mix
- 226.79 g container frozen whipped topping, thawed
directions
- Mix and bake cake mix as per package instruction for two 8 or 9 inch round layers.
- Let layers cool, and then split each layer in half so as to have 4 layers.
- In a large bowl, whip cream cheese until soft, and then gradually mix in confectioners' sugar.
- Stir in the pineapple with juice and the drained mandarin oranges, reserving about 5 mandarin orange slices to decorate the top of cake.
- Mix in the dry pudding mix.
- Fold in the whipped topping.
- Place one cake layer on a cake plate cut side up; spread with frosting.
- Place another layer cut side down on the first one, and top with more frosting.
- Repeat until all layers are used, spreading last bit of frosting on top and sides of cake.
- Decorate with reserved mandarin orange slices.
- Refrigerate overnight before serving.
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