Ambrosia Cake

Name: Ambrosia Cake
Ingredients: 1/4 cup, pineapple juice; 2 , large eggs plus 1 egg yolk; 1/2 cup (3½ ounces/99 grams), sugar; 2 tablespoons, unsalted butter; Pinch, table salt; 3 cups, vanilla buttercream frosting; 1 teaspoon, grated orange zest plus 2 teaspooons juice from 1 orange; 1 (9-inch), angel food cake; 2 , (15-ounce) cans mandarin orange segments, drained and cut in half lengthwise; 2 cups (6 ounces/170 grams), sweetened shredded coconut, toasted; 1 , (20-ounce) can pineapple slices, drained and cut into half moons

Desserts or Baked Goods
Fruit
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Great American Cakes

Appears in Cook's Country April/May 2006

Ambrosia, food of the gods in Greek and Roman mythology, is something a bit more humble in most American households. But the tall and tropical ambrosia cake has more heavenly aspirations.

SERVES Makes one 9-inch cake

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