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    Home » Weight Watcher Recipes

    Weight Watcher's Sunshine Cake

    Published: Feb 22, 2014 · Modified: Oct 10, 2022 by Jenna · This post may contain affiliate links ·

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    Weight Watcher's Sunshine Cake

    This sunshine cake will brighten anyone's day and it is so easy to make! All you need are 5 simple ingredients. (see picture below).

    How to make Sunshine Cake

    Do not add anything that the box of cake mix calls for on the back of the box. All you do is add the can of crushed pineapple to the box of cake mix and stir. That is IT. 

    Bake the cake for 35 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. While the cake is baking in the oven prepare the frosting. Combine the dry pudding mix with the cool whip and gently fold in your drained can of mandarin oranges. Sometimes I just make the frosting for this recipe and eat it out of the bowl, it is so good.

    Cake Mix

    Can I use sugar-free cake mix? Yes, you can. My stomach cannot tolerate sugar-free products and that is why I used the regular cake mix in this recipe. Please use your WW recipe builder to figure out points for sugar-free cake mix.

    Instant Pudding

    Some people are confused about what size instant pudding box to use. Here's the difference between the two.

    The sugar-free instant pudding boxes are either 1 oz or 1.4 oz.

    The regular boxes of instant pudding are 3.4 oz boxes. Each of these use the same amount of milk but milk is NOT needed for this recipe. J The sugar-free has less powder in the box since it is smaller in size.

    If you want to use sugar-free use the 1oz size. If you want to use regular pudding use 3.4 oz. Both sizes will work for this. 🙂 The recipe below the points listed are for regular pudding. The points don't change at all if using sugar-free pudding.

    Weight Watcher's Sunshine Cake
    Weight Watcher's Sunshine Cake
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    Sunshine Cake


    ★★★★★

    4.8 from 5 reviews

    • Author: Jenna
    • Yield: 24 1x
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    Ingredients

    • 1 (15.25 oz) box yellow cake mix 
    • 1 (20 oz) can crushed pineapple (do not drain)
    • 1 (8 oz) container cool whip lite (12 oz is ok)
    • 1 3.4 oz package instant vanilla pudding mix (see notes above) 
    • 1 (11oz) can of  mandarin oranges, drained

    Instructions

    1. Preheat oven to 350.
    2. In a bowl, mix yellow cake mix and pineapple. Do not drain the pineapple.
    3. Spray a 9x13 cake pan with non-stick cooking spray.
    4. Pour cake mix you mixed together in step 2 into a pan and bake for approx 35 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean when inserted.
    5. While cake is baking, prepare the frosting by mixing together the whipped dessert topping, the package of instant pudding (dry mix only), and the mandarin oranges(drained). Set frosting in a refrigerator to set. Frost when cake has thoroughly cooled.
    6. Slice the cake into 24 equal servings. Serving size: 1 slice.

    Notes

    My WW Personal Points: 7 Click here to see in recipe builder (will have to log in) 

    Nutrition

    • Serving Size: 1 slice
    • Calories: 166.6
    • Sugar: 19.8g
    • Sodium: 228.7
    • Fat: 5
    • Saturated Fat: 2.9g
    • Carbohydrates: 29.9g
    • Fiber: .6g
    • Protein: 1.6g

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    Disclaimer:  I am not affiliated with WW in any way. I am just a member who creates recipes based on their points system. This recipe is based on WW Freestyle program, and SmartPoints are the value system the company bases their foods on. Some recipes will have older points system values listed in them.

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    Comments

    1. Jenna says

      February 04, 2020 at 6:33 pm

      The # of servings is listed at the top of the recipe as yields.

    2. Mickey McCanne says

      February 04, 2020 at 6:08 pm

      How many servings is this cake?

    3. Jenna says

      October 31, 2019 at 8:50 am

      I mention in the post if you can use a sugar-free cake mix. 🙂

    4. Irma says

      October 30, 2019 at 5:12 pm

      Hi there. Would you happen to know if this recipe will work as well with a sugar free cake mix? Thank.

    5. Jenna says

      August 24, 2019 at 12:35 pm

      Yes, that is what the recipe calls for. I've used both crushed pineapple and mandarin oranges before and both are good.

    6. Shelley says

      August 24, 2019 at 11:26 am

      It sure looks like from the photo that mandarin oranges are in the icing.

    7. Jenna says

      June 14, 2019 at 6:53 pm

      If you found the recipe via Pinterest you can share the image on the pin. Or if you have Instagram you can tag me in the pic. Thanks Patricia!

    8. Patricia says

      June 14, 2019 at 4:03 pm

      This was delicious. I followed the recipe exactly, but I added two more scoops of cool whip because I love icing. I also put some mandarin orange slices on top. I'm sure I will make this again and will double the icing...so good. Even my picky husband loved it! I wanted to send a picture but I can't figure out how to do it! Thanks Jenna

      ★★★★★

    9. Grace Margaritakis says

      March 19, 2019 at 9:03 am

      I made this cake and it is easy and delicious. My husband even loved it and he never eats cake.

      ★★★★★

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