My Aunt Jackie gave me this recipe; she got it from my Cousin Lisa. The recipe is written using low or no fat ingredients. You can use full fat or full calorie ingredients but it would a waste, this cake is full of flavor as written. If you like chocolate orange flavor, you could substitute the yellow cake out for a chocolate one!
Ingredients:
1 box yellow or white cake mix
2 boxes of sugar-free vanilla pudding (instant)
2 cans of mandarin oranges can size 11 oz., drained
Sunkist diet orange drink
2 tubs of frozen Cool-whip topping, light
Orange flavoring/ extract
Directions:
Heat oven to 350°F
Prepare a 13x9 cake pan per the box cake directions
In a large bowl add cake mix, one box of pudding and one can of oranges (mixer will break up oranges) one tablespoon of orange flavoring/extract and one cup of orange drink.
Bake for about 35 to 40 minutes, check center with toothpick
Completely cool cake.
Mix partial thawed topping with 1 box of pudding and one tablespoon of orange flavor/extract. Spread on cake and place drained oranges on top.
This would be great to make the day before an event; it gets better the longer it sits.
Keep refrigerated
