Luxurious Angel Food Ambrosia Cake

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 1 cup pineapple juice
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 16 ounces vanilla frosting
• 8 ounces cream cheese frosting
• 2 teaspoons orange juice
• 1 teaspoon orange zest (half the orange)
• 1 angel food cake (pre-made storebought)
• 2 (15 ounce) cans mandarin oranges, drained
• 1 (20 ounce) can pineapple slices, drained and cut into quarters
• 2 cups sweetened flaked coconut

Recipe

• 1 pineapple curd: bring juice from canned pineapple to boil. whisk together eggs, yolk, and sugar in medium bowl. add to pineapple juice, whisking continuously over medium heat until it becomes thick (3-4 minutes). take off heat, stir in butter and salt. pour in small bowl, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour.
• 2 cake: slice cake horizontally into 3 even layers.
• 3 in a mixing bowl, add vanilla frosting, orange juice and orange zest; stir to combine. place bottom layer of cake on platter, spread 1/2 of orange frosting on bottom layer, top with mandarin oranges.
• 4 place another layer of cake on top, spread pineapple curd over this layer and top with 4 slices of pineapple rings cut in 1/2.
• 5 add third layer of cake, frost all around the sides with rest of orange frosting. frost top with cream cheese frosting.
• 6 layer 4 pineapple rings on top, cut into 1/4 and second can of mandarin oranges.press toasted coconut into sides and on top of cake.