Afternoon delight Mango island cake

Mango Island Dump Cake

Gonna find my fork, gonna hold it tight, gonna grab some afternoon delight, My motto’s always been; when it’s right, it’s right, Why wait until the middle of a cold dark night to eat .. Mango island dessert cake?! There’s no waiting.

Not sure why that song popped in my head while making this yummy dessert.

This is what I call a throwback retro recipe. Although, dump cakes were first noted in the ’80s. That was my teen era and a good one at that. It was dear Duncan Hines who first created the dump cakes.

Here’s another quick dump cake recipe for you.  I made this to take along to a friend’s house for our  Easter dinner gathering.  It’s so nice to have such great friends to share the holidays with.   It was such a lovely day and a food fest like no other.  I literally came home, put my sweats on, and went to bed.  I think it was 8:30 when I hit the sack.  I was in a food coma.

Just one of the things on our Easter menu was this Dr. Pepper demi glazed ham.

Oh my!

Everything was delicious.

I used fresh mangoes for my Island delight dump cake.  I assume frozen mangoes would be fine as well. You can use orange soda in this dessert or 7 Up/lemon-lime.  Truthfully, next time I will try the lemon-lime.  The orange soda was good, but definitely on the sweeter side.

 Mangoes are getting to be in season here and they sure were delicious.

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Mango Island delight dump cake

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Ingredients

  

• 1 Pineapple cake mix
• 1 can of Orange or lemon lime soda
• ½ cup Macadamia nuts
• 3 ripe mangoes or frozen equivalent to 4 ½ cups

Instructions

 

• In a 13x9 pan spray the bottom with non-stick cooking spray.
• Layer the bottom with your cubed mangoes
• Sprinkle pineapple cake mix on top of mango
• Pour a can of soda over the combination
• top with macadamia nuts
• Bake at 350 degrees for 35-40 minutes or until cooked and toothpick inserted comes out clean.