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carrot-orange cake

(1 rating)
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Recipe by
Rose Dailey
@daileysbaby
East Texas, TX

Add a little extra to your carrot cake. It's quick and easy using a box mix, but taste like it was made from scratch.

(1 rating)
yield 15 -18
method Bake

Ingredients For carrot-orange cake

  • FOR THE CAKE:
  • 1 box
    carrot cake mix
  • 1 can
    (15 ounces) mandarin oranges with juice
  • 2/3 c
    cooking oil
  • 4 lg
    eggs, beaten
  • 1/2 c
    sour cream
  • FOR THE TOPPING:
  • 1 stick
    butter, softened
  • 1 c
    granulated sugar
  • 3/4 c
    evaporated milk
  • 1 tsp
    vanilla extract
  • 1 c
    sweetened coconut flakes
  • 1 c
    pecans, chopped

How To Make carrot-orange cake

  • 1
    for the cake: Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9x13 pan.
  • 2
    Mix the sour cream, oil, and eggs until creamy. Add the cake mix and oranges with the juice; blend until everything is mixed well.
  • 3
    Pour into cake pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 to 35 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
  • 4
    While it is baking, prepare your topping. As soon as you take the cake out of the oven, spread the topping over it.
  • 5
    for the topping: In a medium saucepan, heat the butter, sugar and milk to a low boil. Let it cook for 10 minutes, stirring constantly.
  • 6
    Take off the burner and add the vanilla, coconut and chopped nuts. Spread over cake as soon as you take it out of the oven.
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