Cotton Pickin' Cake

Submitted by True Texas

"This cake has many names according to the newspaper, Pig Pickin' Cake, Turkey Cake, Sunshine Cake or Nancy Ware Cake. This cake must be kept refrigerated."

 

• Ready In: 40mins
• Ingredients: 7
• Serves: 12-14

ingredients

• 1 (18 1/2 ounce) yellow cake mix
• 1 (11 ounce) can mandarin oranges, with juice
• 4 eggs
• 1⁄2 cup vegetable oil

• Icing recipe follows

• 1 (20 ounce) can crushed pineapple in juice
• 1 (8 -9 ounce) container dessert whipped topping
• 1 (3 ounce) vanilla instant pudding mix, uncooked

directions

1. Mix cake mix, oranges and juice, eggs and oil in electric mixer until orange slices are broken up and batter is fluffy - about 3 minutes.
2. Divide among three greased and floured 9-inch layer cake pans and bake at 350°F, about 20 minutes or until cake tests done.
3. Cool on rack. When layers are cool, ice between layers, sides and top.

4. Icing directions:

5. Blend pineapple and juice, dessert topping and dry pudding mix until well mixed. Keep under refrigeration until used.

Reviews

[Moonchild64]

Now this is the recipe I grew up with. I am a Georgia girl and we called it a Pea Pickin' Cake. We called it that because it was the perfect, light cake to have after a hot day in the sun pickin peas. :) Unlike most cakes, this one doesnt sink to the bottom of your gut with a huge thump. :) I am not a big cake eater though the rest of the family adores them. However, this is the cake I am making today for my birthday because it is one cake I absolutely love!

 

[dogsandwoods]

I substituted the 11 ounce can of mandarin oranges for the 1 cup of water in a carrot cake mix. It turned out delicious and moist. (The box called for three eggs, so that is what I used.). Thank you for giving me the courage to try this! NOTE: I did not make the frosting.

 

[Eunjung]

verrry nice. light, refreshing, not too sweet. perfect for summer. also very easy to make. i love the name. :) thanks for the recipe!

 

[JohnsCutie]

This cake was exactly what I thought it would be, not extremely rich, but very light, cool and refreshing. I just iced the top of each layer, it looked so pretty.

 

[mandabears]

i always knew this cake as mandarin orange cake, no fancy name, no fancy preparation, but the end result is incredible!!! i use coconut cream instant pudding in the icing, instead of vanilla(when i can find it here), haven't even thought of the cake in years, but now will be making it for July 4th BBQ. thanks for posting Luvin'Texas from mandabears, aka hating central Florida.