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Sunshine Cake

4.8 from 5 reviews
  • Author: Jenna
  • Prep Time: 10 min
  • Cook Time: 35 min
  • Total Time: 45 min
  • Yield: 24 1x
  • Category: Easy
  • Method: Oven
  • Cuisine: American

Description

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).


Ingredients

Scale
  • 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