Orange Pineapple Layer Cake

I don’t mean to make it sound like the whole week was bad. We actually took a short little trip up to New York City. My oldest has been learning about the Statue of Liberty in school and he’s been talking about wanting to go see it. So we packed up and headed off for a short trip. The last time I was in NYC I was 16 years old and it was the summer before my Senior year of high school. It was also just 1 month before 9/11 happened…. it was surreal and so sad seeing that skyline without those towers.

Ingredients

• cake
• 1 package yellow cake mix
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 1 can (11 oz) mandarin oranges, undrained
• 3 large eggs
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• frosting
• 1 can (8 oz) crushed pineapple, undrained
• 1 package (3.5 oz) instant vanilla pudding
• 2 cups heavy whipping cream
• 3 tablespoons powdered sugar

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour 3 (8 or 9 inch) round cake pans.
2. In a large bowl, beat the cake mix, oil, oranges, eggs and sour cream until well blended.
3. Evenly divide the batter among the 3 cake pans.
4. Bake for 16-20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
5. Let cool in the cake pans for 20 minutes and then turn the cake pan upside down onto a cooling rack (to release the cake) and let the cakes cool completely.
6. To make the frosting: Beat the heavy whipping cream and powdered sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer, or with a handheld blender, unil stiff peaks form.
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