Easy Southern Ambrosia Cake Recipe
Angel Food Cake Base with Ambrosia Inspired Frosting
Nov 16, 2009
Although Southerners are known for home baking, there are many shortcut recipes that either are built around a boxed cake mix or a purchased cake and made special by the way the cake is frosted or “fancied up” as they say in the South.
Ambrosia Cake is a typical fancy cake made most often with a store bought angel food cake, although some cooks also make the base angel food cake from scratch as well. That then makes this a more time consuming and a more difficult recipe. With a purchased cake, this is a super easy cake recipe that tastes great and looks pretty as well.
Easy Southern Ambrosia Cake Recipe
Ingredients:
- 1 store bought 10 inch angel food cake (or bake one from scratch if desired)
- 2 cups sour cream
- 1 can crushed pineapple, drained (8 ounce size)
- 1 can of flaked coconut (3 ½ oz size can or 1 ¾ cups if using fresh or bagged coconut)
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- 1 can mandarin orange sections, drained (11 ounce size)
Directions:
- Cut angel food cake crossways into three layers like a typical layer cake. A sharp serrated knife works well for cutting cakes or breads.
- Mix together the sour cream, drained pineapple, coconut, and the brown sugar. This can be done easily with a big spoon.
- Take the bottom piece of the angel food cake which was split previously and place that on a cake server or plate - whatever you plan to use to serve and store the dessert.
- Spread 1/3 of the sour cream/pineapple mixture on top of the bottom cake layer.
- Add the next cake layer and frost.
- Top with last 1/3 of the cake and frost the top with the remaining ambrosia frosting.
- Drain the mandarin orange slices well and then place them artfully around the top of the cake.
- Chill Southern Ambrosia Cake before serving. A couple of hours or overnight works well. That gives the flavors time to gel.
More Easy Southern Dessert Recipes That Save Time and Stress:
Southern Ambrosia Salad - Want the real thing? Here is the Southern salad recipe that inspires the yummy cake with mandarin oranges on top. Ambrosia Salad can be served as a side dish or dessert.
Southern Fresh Strawberry Punch Bowl Cake - Here is another Southern cake recipe that builds on an Angel Food Cake. This easy cake recipe takes very little time to prepare and is always a hit.
Super Easy Key Lime Pie - This citrus pie can be whipped up in a hurry, but it tastes devine. The lime flavor contrasts well with both heavy and light meals.
Homemade Brownies from Scratch - Yes. It is easier to buy a brownie mix, but these favorite family brownies are not hard to make and are much better than box brownies.
Chocolate No Bake Cookies - This is a first recipe for many Southern girls. These stove top cookies are boiled and then dropped on aluminum foil to "set." They feature oatmeal and cocoa.
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