Mandarin Orange Poke Cake
Moist, tasty and light. A perfectly delicious cake to finish up the meal without feeling guilty.
Yield
12 servingsPrep
20 minCook
30 minReady
70 minTrans-fat Free
Ingredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cup |
all-purpose flour
|
|
| 1 | cup |
sugar
|
|
| ½ | teaspoon |
salt
|
|
| 1 | teaspoon |
baking soda
|
|
| 1 | each |
eggs
|
|
| 1 | teaspoon |
vanilla extract
|
|
| 11 | ounces |
mandarin oranges
in light syrup |
|
| ½ | cup |
pecans
chopped |
|
| Topping | |||
| ¾ | cup |
brown sugar
packed |
*
|
| 3 | tablespoons |
butter
|
|
| 3 | tablespoons |
milk
|
|
Ingredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| 237 | ml |
all-purpose flour
|
|
| 237 | ml |
sugar
|
|
| 2.5 | ml |
salt
|
|
| 5 | ml |
baking soda
|
|
| 1 | each |
eggs
|
|
| 5 | ml |
vanilla extract
|
|
| 317.9 | ml/g |
mandarin oranges
in light syrup |
|
| 118 | ml |
pecans
chopped |
|
| Topping | |||
| 177 | ml |
brown sugar
packed |
*
|
| 45 | ml |
butter
|
|
| 45 | ml |
milk
|
|
Directions
Preheat oven to 350℉ (180℃).
Grease 8-inch square cake pan.
In medium bowl, place flour, sugar, salt, baking soda, egg, vanilla, oranges with their juice/syrup and nuts.
Beat until smooth.
Pour batter into prepared pan; bake in preheated oven 30 to 40 minutes, or until done in the center.
When cake is nearly done, prepare topping as follows: Combine brown sugar, butter and milk in small saucepan, and bring to a boil.
Boil 30 seconds.
Remove cake from oven.
Carefully poke holes in cake with tines of fork.
Pour topping over cake.
