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Orange Cream Gelatin Dessert

Orange Cream Gelatin Dessert is an easy dessert that you can make from a few items in the pantry and freezer at any time of the year. It works well for Thanksgiving, Christmas, Mother's Day, bridal or baby showers, etc. It is sweet and rich, yet somehow also seems light and refreshing. It is a rather nostalgic dessert as it reminds me a little of an orange push-up ice cream treat from my childhood. Plus, it is a molded gelatin dessert, which always reminds me of the past. As with other gelatin and fruit dishes, someone might call this a "Jello salad" in the United States. However, this recipe uses an entire quart of orange sherbert in addition to gelatin, so I can not bring myself … Continue Reading about Orange Cream Gelatin Dessert

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Pineapple Sheet Cake

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I find myself making a lot of sheet cakes whenever I cook/bake for a large crowd (70+ people). Thus, I am always on the lookout for new sheet cake recipes. I found one for a pineapple sheet cake in the Lehman’s Anniversary Cookbook and immediately changed it 🙂 Yep, that is how I roll anymore.

Anyway, the result was my daughter’s favorite of the four cakes I made for a big dinner.

pineapple sheet cake

The cake is very moist and not overly sweet, but it’s still rich. I added coconut flavor by using coconut milk in the icing, thus I turned it into sort of a pina colada cake.


 

Recipe: Pineapple Sheet Cake

Ingredients:

  1. Cake:
  2. 2 large eggs
  3. 1-20 oz. can crushed pineapple in its natural juice, undrained
  4. 2 c. flour
  5. 2 c. sugar
  6. 2 tsp. baking powder
  7. 1/4 tsp. salt
  8. 1 tsp. vanilla
  9. Icing:
  10. 1 c. butter
  11. 1 1/2 c. sugar
  12. 2/3 c. coconut milk or evaporated milk
  13. 1/2 tsp. vanilla

Instructions:

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  2. In a large bowl, beat together eggs, pineapple and vanilla.
  3. Mix dry ingredients together in a separate bowl.
  4. Add dry ingredients to pineapple mixture slowly.
  5. Stir well.
  6. Bake in a 13 X 18 X 1 (or 13 X 9 X 2) greased and floured pan for 25 to 30 minutes or until done.
  7. For Icing:
  8. Combine butter, sugar, and coconut milk together in a saucepan.
  9. Bring to a boil for 2 minutes, stirring constantly.
  10. Remove from heat and add vanilla.
  11. Pour icing over hot cake. (If using, a 13 X 9 pan…poke some 1/4″ deep hole in cake before topping with icing).

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Recipe by Paula, A Simple Home Cook.