Pig Pickin' Cake (Mandarin Orange Cake with Pineapple Whipped Cream Frosting)

Name: Pig Pickin' Cake (Mandarin Orange Cake with Pineapple Whipped Cream Frosting)
Prep time: 1 h 30 min
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 532 milliliters 11 1/2 ounces (about all purpose flour, plus more for flouring pans; 1 Tbsp baking powder; 312 grams mandarin oranges, drained; 4 eggs, room temperature; 473 milliliters heavy cream; 96 grams box of instant vanilla pudding; 2 Tbsps zest from one orange; 158 milliliters crushed pineapple, drained of all its liquid; 1 Tbsps salt; 1 Tbsp sugar; 16 Tbsps sticks unsalted butter, softened and cut into 1 inch pieces, plus more for greasing pans; 1 Tbsp vanilla extract; 296 milliliters whole milk, room temperature; 2 yolks, room temperature

Pig Pickin' Cake (Mandarin Orange Cake with Pineapple Whipped Cream Frosting) might be just the dessert you are searching for. One serving contains 460 calories, 7g of protein, and 33g of fat. This recipe covers 10% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 12. Head to the store and pick up all purpose flour, yolks, butter, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 1 hour and 30 minutes. It is a good option if you're following a vegetarian diet.

Instructions

Set oven rack to middle position and preheat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour three cake pans and set aside. In a medium bowl whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt, and set aside.

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Baking Powder

All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Whisk

Bowl

Oven

In bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, cream butter and sugar together on high speed until light and fluffy (about 5 minutes). Reduce mixer speed to medium and add eggs and yolks, one at a time, mixing well between each addition until incorporated and scraping down sides with a rubber spatula as needed. Once eggs have been added, mix in vanilla. Alternate adding dry ingredients and milk a third at a time on low speed, mixing until just incorporated.

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Vanilla

Butter

Cream

Sugar

Egg Yolk

Egg

Milk

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Spatula

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Add mandarin oranges and zest. Beat on high speed until oranges are crushed and well incorporated, 1 to 2 minutes.

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Mandarin Oranges

Orange

Divide batter equally among 3 cake pans and bake until golden brown and springy to the touch and cake tester inserted into center comes out clean, 25-27 minutes, rotating the pans halfway through. Cool cakes in the pan for 15 minutes then carefully release from the pan onto cooling racks to cool completely. Do not assemble cake until it has completely cooled.

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Oven

Frying Pan

Pour cream into the bowl of a stand mixer. Turn mixer to high and begin beating.

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Cream

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Stand Mixer

Bowl

Add sugar while mixer is running. Once soft peaks form, turn mixer to low and add vanilla pudding mix.

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Instant Vanilla Pudding Mix

Sugar

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Blender

Mix pudding for 1-2 minutes then stop mixer, scrape down the sides and gently stir to incorporate any remaining pudding powder.

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Blender

Fold in pineapple and frost cake adding a thin layer of frosting between the layers to leave enough to cover the top and sides of the cake completely. Store covered in the refrigerator.

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Pineapple