Almost Heaven Cake

Almost Heaven Cake

  Ready in : 45 mins

Almost Heaven Cake requires around 45 minutes from start to finish. One portion of this dish contains about 4g of protein, 4g of fat, and a total of 242 calories. This recipe serves 15. For 76 cents per serving, this recipe covers 6% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. 8 people were glad they tried this recipe. It works well as a very budget friendly dessert. If you have cake mix, mandarin oranges, cream cheese, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. It is brought to you by Foodista. All things considered, we decided this recipe deserves a spoonacular score of 25%. This score is not so amazing. Similar recipes include Almost Heaven Cake, Heaven on Earth Cake, and EatingWell's Died-and-Went-to-Heaven Chocolate Cake.

Ingredients

cake mix

cake mix

1 box

mandarin oranges

mandarin oranges

15 oz

pineapple

pineapple

20 oz

vanilla pudding- 4 serving size

vanilla pudding- 4 serving size

1 box

milk

milk

0.5 cup

cream cheese

cream cheese

8 ounces

cool whip

cool whip

8 oz

Cooking in Steps

  1. 1
    Prepare the cake mix as directed on the package

  2. 2
    Add in one drained can of mandarin oranges as you mix the cake

    mandarin oranges

    mandarin oranges

  3. 3
    The oranges will be blended into small pieces

    orange

    orange

  4. 4
    Bake in a 9x13 inch prepared oblong cake pan

    oven
    oven
    cake form
    cake form
  5. 5
    After baking, while the cake is still warm, poke holes in the cake over the entire surface using a fork

  6. 6
    Pour the undrained crushed pineapple over the hot cake

    crushed pineapple

    crushed pineapple

  7. 7
    Spread the pineapple evenly over the surface of the cake

    pineapple

    pineapple

  8. 8
    Allow the cake to cool

  9. 9
    Mix cream cheese with the pudding mix and 1/2 cup warm milk

    cream cheese

    cream cheese

    milk

    milk

  10. 10
    After mixing together well, add gradually the cold milk while continuing to mix until well blended (easiest with an electric mixer)

    milk

    milk

    hand mixer
    hand mixer
  11. 11
    If you add the cold milk too quickly to the cream cheese, it will be lumpy

    cream cheese

    cream cheese

    milk

    milk

  12. 12
    Place in the refrigerator for about 1 hour or more until it is more firm

  13. 13
    Then remove and spread over top of the cake

  14. 14
    Then spread the cool whip over the cake

  15. 15
    Drain the second can of mandarin oranges

    mandarin oranges

    mandarin oranges

  16. 16
    Arrange the pieces over top of the cool whip in rows or another type of pretty design

  17. 17
    Cover and refrigerate for at least another 1-2 hours before serving.

  18. 18
    Store covered in the refrigerator.