Mandarin Orange Spice Cake Recipes

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon and cloves. Combine the orange juice, molasses, oil and egg; add to dry ingredients and stir just until combined. Pour into a greased 9-in. square baking pan., Bake at 350° for 16-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Spoon marmalade over warm cake. Cool on a wire rack. Serve with whipped topping if desired.

Steps:

• 1. Equipment needed: a large bowl, wisk, plastic spatula, measuring cup. You can use the electric mixer for batter step or all if you wish depending on how much you want the mandarin oranges mixed throughout batter.
• 2. Open (2)canned mandarin oranges, drain juice in measuring cup. To large bowl add dry cake mix and juice of cans in place of water amount required for cake mix by box directions, pumpkin pie spice, ginger, vanilla extract and butter if desired. Gently mix with whisk until smooth. In a small seperate bowl beat eggs, depending on your cake mix (3)is usually called. slowly add in eggs to mixture til smooth. lastly add in mandarin oranges to mixture slowly, smoothly with spatula fold in oranges, if you like take a fork and break apart before you add into cake mixture.
• 3. Grease desired pan bake at box directions, adjust for your ovens temp if necessary checking 10 mins before end time for doness with toothpick. If the toothpick is clear of runny batter turn off stove and let stand in over the remanor of baking time watching so it isn't too browned.
• 4. Let cool to around room temperature, top with whipped topping mixed with a teaspoon of vanilla and 1/4 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice mixed well in topping. Top with chopped pecans if desired
• 5. slice, eat immediately, it is a perfect light dessert that's not too sweet, but has a wonderful taste. Hope you enjoy as much as we did. Cover and refridgerate leftovers if topped with whipped cream mixture. NOTE: if you aren't serving the whole cake, only top each individual piece with topping so cake doesnt become soggy over time.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13 inch pan.
• In a large bowl, combine cake mix, eggs, oil and mandarin oranges with juice. Beat until smooth. Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 35 to 40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Allow to cool.
• To make the topping: In a large bowl, beat together whipped topping, pineapple with juice and dry pudding mix until blended. Spread on cake.