Tropical Delight Cake Food

TROPICAL DELIGHT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Generously grease 12-cup bundt cake pan.
• Mix coconut, nuts, and butter; sprinkle in pan.
• Drain pineapple thoroughly; reserve syrup.
• Add enough water to syrup to measure 1 1/4 cups.
• Blend cake mix (dry), eggs, pineapple liquid, and oil in large mixer bowl on low speed, scraping bowl constantly, until moistened, about 1/2 minute.
• Beat on medium speed, scraping bowl frequently, 3 minutes.
• Do Not Overbeat!
• Pour batter into prepared pan, and then spoon pineapple evenly over the batter.
• Bake 45 to 50 minutes or until wooden toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean.
• Cool 10 minutes; invert on wire rack.
• Remove pan; cool completely.

MANGO TROPICAL DELIGHT CAKE

Steps:

• Grease a square cake pan (23cm) and line with baking paper.
• Combine the mango, banana and pineapple in a large bowl and mix well.
• Add the eggs, coconut, butter, sugar and flour.
• Mix until combined.
• Pour into prepared pan and bake at 180 degrees C for 40 minutes, or until cooked.
• Stand cake in the pan for 5 minutes, before turning out onto a rack to cool.
• Serve decorated with extra mango and wedges of lime.

TROPICAL DELIGHT

Steps:

• Place Twinkie halves in a 13" x 9" dish. Layer with vanilla pudding, banana slices, crushed pineapple, coconut, and whipped topping. Garnish as desired (toasted coconut and cherries works well). Serve chilled.

TROPICAL DELIGHT HUMMINGBIRD CAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, beat the bananas, crushed & drained pineapple, applesauce, oil, eggs and vanilla until well blended.
• In another bowl, combine the flour, sugar, salt, baking soda and cinnamon.
• Gradually beat the flour mixture into the creamed mixture until blended.
• Hand stir in the walnuts.
• Pour into a 15x10x1-inch baking pan coated with cooking spray.
• Bake at 350F for 25-30 minutes or until toothpick test comes out clean.
• Cool completely on a wire rack.
• Before serving I dust each piece with a bit of sieved confectioner's sugar (powdered sugar). The original recipe called for a Cream Cheese Frosting. To make this: in a large bowl, beat 1 package (8 oz) of reduced fat cream cheese with 1/3 cup reduced fat butter until fluffy. Add 3 cups confectioner's sugar and 1 tsp vanilla and beat more until smooth. Spread this over the cake and sprinkle with an extra 1/2 cup chopped walnuts. If you use the frosting you will need to refrigerate this cake!

TROPICAL FRUIT DELIGHT

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350*.Grease and flour 10" bundt pan.set aside.
• FOR CAKE:.
• empty cake mix into large bowl, add water to orange juice to equal 1 /3 cups liguid.
• Add liguid, eggs, orange peel to mix.
• Beat at medium speed with electric mixer for 2 minutes.
• Bake and cool cake following package directions.
• Sift powdered sugar over cooled cake.
• FOR TOPPING:.
• drain mandarin oranges, reserving juice. Drain pineapple, reserving juice.
• Combine juices in 1 cup measure.Add water or orange juice to fruit juices to equal 1 cup.
• Pour into small saucepan.
• Combine granulated sugar and cornstarch.
• Stir into liquid.
• Cook on medium heat, stirring constantly, until thickened.
• Add butter, if desired. Stir until melted.Cool.
• Stir mandarin orange, pineapple and banana into cooled sauce.
• Cut cake into 16 servings.
• Spoon sauce over each serving --
• Sprinkle with coconut, if desired.