Mandarin Orange Cake

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!

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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Mandarin Orange Cake Recipe for Easter Dessert

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.

How Does This Mandarin Orange Cake Get its Flavoring?

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.

Why Make This Mandarin Orange Cake Recipe for Easter Dessert?

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! 

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HOW WILL YOU SPEND THE EASTER HOLIDAY DURING THE CORONA VIRUS OUTBREAK?

We will likely all spend Easter alone in our own homes, except maybe for me and one of my sisters who doesn’t have any children – I MAY go to my parents. I don’t even know if that is safe, as my parents are older…

Everything is just so uncertain right now, with the main priority of course being that everyone to avoid each another and remaining healthy. What better time than now for us all to hunker down in our kitchens and try something new to make the holiday a little more exciting?

Especially for single folks who will be celebrating - or not - alone. If you celebrate Easter, it is still just as special as it is with your friends and family...just a bit lonelier.

I spent Easter alone last year because I was so depressed over the guy I was seeing ghosting me on my birthday (the day before) that I didn't even have an appetite. Screw that dude. Jesus, what was I thinking?! I didn't even have a bad birthday, though I was home in bed by 9 PM because I anticipated spending that evening with that jackass. 

Anyway, this cake is awesome. Much more satisfying then men who don't text you on your birthday. 

How to Make This Mandarin Orange Cake Recipe

Ingredients:

• 1 box, 15.25 oz, white cake mix
• 4 eggs
• ¾ cup vegetable oil
• 1 can, 15 oz, mandarin oranges
• 1 tub, 8 oz, whipped topping, thawed
• 1 small box, 3.4 oz, instant vanilla pudding
• ¼ teaspoon orange flavoring

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How to make this Mandarin Orange Cake Recipe 

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 makes 24 slices.

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