Cotton Pickin' Cake

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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.

by True Texas·published 2007-07-02

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Dessert

Servings

(12–14)

Total time

40 min

prep 20 min

Calories / serving

414 kcal

Ingredients (7)

serves

1 (18 1/2 ounce) yellow cake mixyellow-cake-mix
1 (11 ounce) can mandarin oranges, with juiceorange
4 eggsegg
1/2 cup vegetable oilvegetable-oil
1 (20 ounce) can crushed pineapple in juicepineapple
1 (8 -9 ounce) container dessert whipped topping
1 (3 ounce) vanilla instant pudding mix, uncookedvanilla

Instructions (5 steps)

01Mix cake mix, oranges and juice, eggs and oil in electric mixer until orange slices are broken up and batter is fluffy - about 3 minutes.
02Divide among three greased and floured 9-inch layer cake pans and bake at 350°F, about 20 minutes or until cake tests done.
03Cool on rack. When layers are cool, ice between layers, sides and top.
04Icing directions:.
05Blend pineapple and juice, dessert topping and dry pudding mix until well mixed. Keep under refrigeration until used.

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