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Almost Heaven Cake

 
One serving costs about $0.76

$0.76 per serving

8 people like this recipe

8 likes

This recipe is ready in 45 minutes

Ready in 45 minutes

15 dessert
spoonacular Score:30%

Spoonacular Score: 30%

 

Almost Heaven Cake requires around 45 minutes from start to finish. One portion of this dish contains about 4g of protein, 4g of fat, and a total of 242 calories. This recipe serves 15. For 76 cents per serving, this recipe covers 6% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. 8 people were glad they tried this recipe. It works well as a very budget friendly dessert. If you have cake mix, mandarin oranges, cream cheese, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. It is brought to you by Foodista. All things considered, we decided this recipe deserves a spoonacular score of 25%. This score is not so amazing. Similar recipes include Almost Heaven Cake, Heaven on Earth Cake, and EatingWell's Died-and-Went-to-Heaven Chocolate Cake.

Dessert can be paired with Cream Sherry, Port Wine, and Moscato d'Asti. A common wine pairing rule is to make sure your wine is sweeter than your food. Delicate desserts go well with Moscato d'Asti, nutty desserts with cream sherry, and caramel or chocolate desserts pair well with port. You could try NV Johnson Estate Cream Sherry. Reviewers quite like it with a 5 out of 5 star rating and a price of about 19 dollars per bottle.

NV Johnson Estate Cream Sherry

Very aromatic with notes of hazelnut, vanilla, and a touch of oak followed by sweet raisins and a touch of yeast. Clean lasting finish. Good now but will reward those allow it to age"". A favorite pre-prandial beverage. Consider it with nuts before dinner as an aperitif, or after dinner with dessert, especially chocolates and fruit-based desserts. Also wonderful on cold afternoons, served with biscotti to dip in ""Italian-style"". "

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Ingredients

Servings:
1 box
1 box yellow cake mix
yellow cake mix
15 oz
15 oz canned mandarin oranges
canned mandarin oranges
20 oz
20 oz canned pineapple
canned pineapple
1 box
1 box vanilla pudding- 4 serving size
vanilla pudding- 4 serving size
0.5 cup
0.5 cup milk
milk
8 ounces
8 ounces low fat cream cheese
low fat cream cheese
8 oz
8 oz low fat cool whip
low fat cool whip
1 box yellow cake mix
1 box
yellow cake mix
15 oz canned mandarin oranges
15 oz
canned mandarin oranges
20 oz canned pineapple
20 oz
canned pineapple
1 box vanilla pudding- 4 serving size
1 box
vanilla pudding- 4 serving size
0.5 cup milk
0.5 cup
milk
8 ounces low fat cream cheese
8 ounces
low fat cream cheese
8 oz low fat cool whip
8 oz
low fat cool whip

Equipment

hand mixer
hand mixer
oven
oven
cake form
cake form
hand mixer
hand mixer
oven
oven
cake form
cake form


Instructions

Prepare the cake mix as directed on the package Add in one drained can of mandarin oranges as you mix the cake The oranges will be blended into small pieces Bake in a 9x13 inch prepared oblong cake pan After baking, while the cake is still warm, poke holes in the cake over the entire surface using a fork Pour the undrained crushed pineapple over the hot cake Spread the pineapple evenly over the surface of the cake Allow the cake to cool Mix cream cheese with the pudding mix and 1/2 cup warm milk After mixing together well, add gradually the cold milk while continuing to mix until well blended (easiest with an electric mixer) If you add the cold milk too quickly to the cream cheese, it will be lumpy Place in the refrigerator for about 1 hour or more until it is more firm Then remove and spread over top of the cake Then spread the cool whip over the cake Drain the second can of mandarin oranges Arrange the pieces over top of the cool whip in rows or another type of pretty design Cover and refrigerate for at least another 1-2 hours before serving. Store covered in the refrigerator.

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Price Breakdown

Cost per Serving: $0.76
Ingredient
1 box yellow cake mix
15 ounces canned mandarin oranges
20 ounces canned pineapple
1 box vanilla pudding- 4 serving size
½ cups milk
8 ounces low fat cream cheese
8 ounces low fat cool whip
Price
$2.03
$1.67
$1.62
$1.27
$0.17
$2.59
$2.02
$11.37

Nutritional Information

Quickview
242 Calories
3g Protein
4g Total Fat
48g Carbs
1% Health Score
Limit These
Calories
242k
12%

Fat
4g
7%

  Saturated Fat
2g
16%

Carbohydrates
48g
16%

  Sugar
31g
35%

Cholesterol
11mg
4%

Sodium
361mg
16%

Get Enough Of These
Protein
3g
7%

Vitamin C
13mg
16%

Phosphorus
154mg
15%

Vitamin B2
0.23mg
14%

Calcium
131mg
13%

Vitamin B1
0.18mg
12%

Vitamin A
513IU
10%

Folate
32µg
8%

Vitamin B12
0.44µg
7%

Vitamin B3
1mg
6%

Fiber
1g
5%

Iron
0.93mg
5%

Vitamin B6
0.1mg
5%

Potassium
168mg
5%

Copper
0.09mg
4%

Magnesium
15mg
4%

Selenium
2µg
4%

Manganese
0.07mg
3%

Zinc
0.45mg
3%

Vitamin B5
0.28mg
3%

Vitamin E
0.43mg
3%

Vitamin K
1µg
1%

covered percent of daily need

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