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How to Make Easy Mango Cake - A Step-by-Step Guide

When it comes to easy and delicious dessert recipes, it's hard to beat a refreshing mango cake. The bright, sweet flavor of fresh mangoes makes for a deliciously moist and flavorful cake that is perfect for any occasion. Whether you're looking for a light and fruity treat to enjoy on a warm summer day, or a simple yet impressive dessert to serve at a dinner party, this easy mango cake is sure to become a new favorite in your recipe collection.

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Ingredients

  • 1 ripe mango
  • 1 (15.25 ounce) box yellow cake mix
  • 3 large eggs
  • ½ cup water
  • ¼ cup vegetable oil
  • 2 tablespoons lime zest
  • 1 tablespoon butter, melted
  • ½ lime, juiced
  • 1 tablespoon golden rum (Optional)
  • 2 cups confectioners' sugar

Information

  • Prep Time: 15 mins
  • Cook Time: 40 mins
  • Additional Time: 30 mins
  • Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins
  • Servings: 12
  • Yield: 1 Bundt cake

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a fluted tube pan (such as Bundt).
  • Peel mango with a vegetable peeler or paring knife. Cut flesh into small pieces and squeeze pit for juice. Collect all juice from chopping and squeezing pit and reserve for glaze. Smash mango in a bowl using a potato masher or fork. Measure 1 cup smashed mango, reserving the rest for the glaze.
  • Beat 1 cup smashed mango, cake mix, eggs, water, vegetable oil, and lime zest together in a bowl using an electric mixer for 2 minutes; pour into the prepared pan.
  • Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 40 to 50 minutes. Cool cake in pan for 5 minutes. Invert cake onto a wire rack to cool completely.
  • For the glaze: Combine melted butter, lime juice, rum, and about 1 tablespoon reserved juice from mango in a bowl. Stir confectioners' sugar into butter mixture until desired consistency is reached; fold smashed mango into glaze. Spoon glaze over cooled cake.

    • Nutrition

    346 cal.

    • Total Fat: 12g
    • Saturated Fat: 3g
    • Cholesterol: 50mg
    • Sodium: 308mg
    • Total Carbohydrate: 57g
    • Dietary Fiber: 1g
    • Total Sugars: 41g
    • Protein: 4g
    • Vitamin C: 5mg
    • Calcium: 68mg
    • Iron: 1mg
    • Potassium: 76mg

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