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Ambrosia Cake - Recipe

An angel food cake with lots of fresh flavor.
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Ambrosia Cake Recipe
Directions
Pineapple Curd:
  • Bring juice from canned pineapple to boil. Whisk together eggs, yolk, and sugar in medium bowl. Add to pineapple juice, whisking continuously over medium heat until it becomes thick (3-4 minutes). Take off heat, stir in butter and salt. Pour in small bowl, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour.
Cake:
  • Bake cake according to package directions. When cooled, slice horizontal into 3 even layers.
  • Take vanilla frosting, orange juice and orange zest; stir to combine.
  • Place bottom layer of cake on platter, spread 1/2 of orange frosting on bottom layer, top with mandarin oranges.
  • Place another layer of cake on top, spread pineapple curd over this layer and top with 4 slices of pineapple rings cut into 1/2.
  • Add third layer of cake, frost all around the sides with rest of orange frosting. Frost top with cream cheese frosting.
  • Layer 4 pineapple rings on top, cut into 1/4 and second can of mandarin oranges.
  • Press toasted coconut into sides and on top of cake.
 
 
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour
Container: small saucepan, small bowl, mixer for cake
Servings: 12
Serving Size: slice
Ingredients
-1 cup pineapple juice
- 2 eggs
-1/2 cup sugar
-2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- pinch of salt
-16 ounces vanilla frosting
-8 ounces cream cheese frosting
-2 teaspoons orange juice
- zest of half an orange
- 1 angel food cake, baked, cooled
- 2 cans (15 oz. ea) mandarin orange slices, drained
- 1 (20 oz.) can pineapple slices, drained and cut into quarters
-2 cups sweetened shredded coconut