Luscious Mandarin Orange Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 (18 ounce) box yellow cake mix
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup chopped walnuts, if desired
1 (11 ounce) can mandarin orange segments, undrained
4 eggs
1 (20 ounce) can crushed pineapple, undrained
1 (6 ounce) box vanilla flavor instant pudding and pie filling mix, mix
1/2 - 1 teaspoon grated orange peel, if desired
1 cup frozen whipped topping (thawed)

Preparation

Heat oven to 350\u00b0F (325\u00b0F for dark or nonstick pan). Grease bottom only of 13x9-inch pan, or lightly spray.
In large bowl, beat cake mix, oil, walnuts, orange segments, and eggs with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds; beat on medium speed 2 minutes. Pour into pan.
Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely, about 1 hour.
To make pineapple frosting, stir together pineapple, dry pudding mix and orange peel. Gently stir in whipped topping. Spread on cake. Store tightly covered in refrigerator.