Orange-Pineapple Cake
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Recipe type: Dessert
 
Ingredients
For the Cake
  • 1 1/2 cups sugar
  • 1 cup white rice flour
  • 3/4 cup potato starch
  • 1/2 cup tapioca starch
  • 1 teaspoon xanthan gum
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 4 eggs
  • 1/2 cup vegetable oil
  • 12 ounces mandarin oranges with juice
For the Topping
  • 9 ounces Cool Whip, thawed
  • 1 package (3.5 ounces) instant vanilla pudding
  • 1 cup crushed pineapple, drained
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. Place all the cake ingredients in the bowl of your mixer and mix on low for 1 minute.
  3. Turn the mixer to medium-high and beat and additional 2 minutes.
  4. Pour batter into three greased and floured 9 inch cake pans.
  5. Bake at 350° for 18 minutes.
  6. Turn cakes onto a wire rack and cool.
  7. Combine all the topping ingredients (use the pudding mix dry). If it is too thick, you can add a small amount of pineapple juice.
  8. Spread it between the layers and on top of the cake.
  9. Store cake in the refrigerator.
Recipe by The Gluten-Free Homemaker at http://glutenfreehomemaker.com/orange-pineapple-cake/