Mandarin Orange Cake Recipe (Pig Pickin'Cake) - Simple Joy (2024)

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Why is it called pig pickin cake? ›

The Southern specialty got its name because it was very common at pig roasts and barbecues. Guests "picked" the tender meat off the cooked pig, which is how a Southern barbecue became known as a "pig pickin'."

Orange cake is made with whipped egg whites which keeps the cake fluffy and light, orange zest, and fresh orange juice that gives this cake a delicious fresh flavor. The rest of the ingredients are super simple. Flour, baking powder, vanilla extract, kosher salt, vegetable oil, and sugar!

directions. Wash and remove stems from clementines, cut into quarters, process clementines with sugar in food processor until smooth. Add butter, then eggs; process until smooth Add flour,baking powder, process until combined. Spoon into greased 8-cup bundt pan.

A two-tier Godfather themed cake featuring all hand-modeled and edible elements from the classic movie. The cake is lemon chiffon with a delicious raspberry butter-cream filling, covered in dark chocolate ganache and LMM fondant.

A pig pickin' must have barbecue; that's a given. But what's a cookout without a spectacular spread? Classic sides — from baked mac 'n' cheese and corn pudding to pig pickin' cake — take 'cue to the next level.

An Elvis Presley cake is a single-layer classic yellow cake that's topped with a pineapple glaze. Much like a poke cake, the syrup and juices of the pineapple will seep into the cake through fork holes, resulting in a decadent, ultra-moist cake.

If you have too much flour in a recipe and not enough fat, like butter or oil, your cake is going to be dry and hard. For best results, I would encourage you to use a scale when baking, but if you don't have a scale, then just make sure you're using measuring cups correctly.

Technically, funeral cake is a chocolate sheet cake with fudge icing and topped with crunchy pecans and big enough to feed a crowd—which you may recognize as Texas Sheet Cake.

A sweetened yeast dough enriched with butter and milk is cut into small pieces, rolled into balls, dipped in melted butter, rolled in a cinnamon-sugar mixture, and layered into a Bundt pan.

What is the meaning of pig pickin? ›

A pig pickin' (also known as rolling a pig, pig pull, hog roast, pig roast or, among the Cajun, "cochon de lait") is a type of party or gathering held primarily in the American South which involves the barbecuing of a whole hog (the castrated male pig or barrow, bred for consumption at about 12 weeks old).

Wacky cake is considered wacky not only because the recipe lacks any dairy or eggs but also because all the ingredients for this cake are mixed directly in the pan it is baked in. This recipe goes against the most popular methods for mixing cake batters, especially since there is no bowl or whisk necessary.

Coonhunters Cake or Pineapple Dump Cake

I must say that this recipe is adapted from a dear woman who has since passed, Sandy Cox. She always made this when we had a carry-in dinner at our Southern Ohio Coon Hunters Club, hence the name.

A Pinata cake can be described as a shell-based cake that has been filled with some fun treats which are too edible. Remember the time when a pinata or a balloon was tied and suspended which when burst gave us some of our favourite candies and chocolates? This is the original idea behind the pinata cake.