Luxurious Angel Food Ambrosia Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    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
Preparation
    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.
    CAKE: Slice cake horizontally into 3 even layers.
    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.
    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.
    Add third layer of cake, frost all around the sides with rest of orange frosting. Frost top with cream cheese frosting.
    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.

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