Dreamsicle Cake

Cake:

1 orange cake mix

2 eggs

1/2 cup oil

1 1/2 cup water

1 small box orange gelatin

Mix all together and pour into a 9x13 pan. Bake at 350 for 30 minutes or until done.

Topping:

8 oz. cream cheese

1 large box vanilla instant pudding

1/2 cup orange juice

1/2 cup sugar

1 11oz can mandarin oranges, thoroughly drained

8 oz cool whip or whipped cream

Blend together cream cheese, pudding, and sugar. Add orange juice. When blended, fold in whipped topping and mandarin oranges. Spread on top of thoroughly cooled cake. Refrigerate until ready to serve.

Personal note: The next time I try this, I'm going to change the topping by eliminating the pudding, using real whipped cream instead of cool whip, and add a tsp. of vanilla flavoring to the cream cheese.