Tropical Sunshine Flatcakes With Orange Cream Recipes

TROPICAL SUNSHINE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F
• Grease 13 x 9-inch baking pan.
• Combine cake mix, evaporated milk and eggs in large mixer bowl.
• Beat on low speed for 2 minutes.
• Stir in 1 cup pineapple.
• Pour batter into prepared baking pan.
• BAKE for 30 to 35 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool in pan on wire rack for 15 minutes.
• COMBINE sugar and 2 tablespoons reserved pineapple juice in small bowl; mix until smooth.
• Spread over warm cake, sprinkle with coconut and remaining pineapple. Cool completely before serving.
• Top with whipped cream, if desired.

ORANGE SUNSHINE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Grease three 9 inch round cake pans and line bottom with wax paper cut to fit bottom of pan.
• In a medium bowl, mix flour, baking powder and salt.
• In the large bowl of an electric mixer, beat 1 cup butter and 2 cups sugar at medium speed until creamy.
• Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Beat in flour mixture alternately with 3/4 cups orange juice, beating well after each addition.
• Beat in orange peel.
• Pour batter evenly into prepared pans.
• Bake in a 350 degree oven 25 to 30 minutes or until cake tester inserted in center of cakes comes out clean.
• Remove pans from oven and loosen cakes around edges with a small metal spatula.
• Turn cakes out onto wire racks; peel off and discard wax paper.
• Turn cakes, right-side up, and prick all over with a wooden pick.
• In a small saucepan, melt remaining 2 tablespoons butter, 1/3 cup sugar and 1/4 cup orange juice.
• Cook, stirring until sugar dissolves.
• Spoon slowly over warm cakes, letting syrup soak in.
• Let cakes cook completely.
• To make the filling, in a small saucepan, mix 1/3 cup sugar and gelatin.
• Add orange juice.
• Stir over low heat until gelatin dissolves.
• Add butter, stir until butter melts.
• In a small bowl, beat egg yolks; stir in orange mixture; then return mixture to saucepan.
• Cook over low heat 3 to 5 minutes, stirring until thickened.
• Cool to room temperature.
• Beat egg whites with remaining 2 tablespoons sugar until stiff; fold into cooled orange mixture.
• Refrigerate until very thick but still spreadable, about 10 minutes.
• Do not chill too long or mixture will set.
• Use to fill Orange Sunshine Cake.
• To make the frosting: in the top of a double boiler, mix egg whites, sugar, corn syrup, water and cream of tartar.
• Beat with an electric mixer or rotary beater over boiling water 7 minutes or until very stiff and glossy.
• Remove from heat; beat in vanilla.
• Use to frost Orange Sunshine Cake.
• To assemble the cake: place one cake layer on cake plate, spread with half the Orange Filling.
• Top with second cake layer, spread with Frosting.
• Top with remaining cake layer and spread with remaining Orange Filling.
• Frost sides of cake with remaining Frosting.
• Garnish with slivered orange peel, if desired.