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Halloween is just a few days away! My teens are making final plans for costumes, and have decided that they want to be Zombies this year, with lots of fake blood and gruesome wounds. I am making a few last minute recipes, because we have a few Halloween parties coming up and we can’t show up without goodies. I love the idea of making a cake using Fanta for Halloween, and in this recipe I made an Orange Fanta Trifle by layering Fanta cake with orange mousse for a tasty Halloween dessert.
People have been using Fanta in cakes for years, because the bubbles in the soda keep the cake fluffy and moist, and the bright orange soda is perfect for Halloween. So I headed to Walmart to buy some Fanta for this recipe, and as a treat for my teens. When I was ready to make the trifle rather than making mousse from scratch I made a quick “cheater” mousse using orange gelatin and whipped cream. It tastes very orange and creamy, and is ready quickly. Then I crumbled the Fanta cake up and layered it in jelly jars with the mousse, some mandarin orange slices and topped it all off with whipped cream.
Orange Fanta Trifle
Ingredients
Cake
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup oil
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 1/2 cup flour
- 3/4 cup Fanta
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
Mousse
- 1 box orange gelatin
- 1 cup whipping cream
Other Layers
- 1 can mandarin orange slices
- 1 cup whipping cream
- 2 Tablespoon sugar
Instructions
Cake
- Preheat the oven to 350 F.
- Combine the eggs, sugar, oil and vanilla in a mixer.2 eggs, 1 cup sugar, 1/2 cup oil, 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- Add the flour and Fanta and mix until well combined.1 1/2 cup flour, 3/4 cup Fanta
- Lastly add the baking soda. Immediately pour into an ungreased 8 x 8 pan and bake for about 30 minutes.1 teaspoon baking soda
- Cool completely, then crumble into pieces.
Mousse
- While the cake is cooling make the mousse filling. Take a box of orange gelatin and make it using the instructions on the box for a quick set.1 box orange gelatin
- Whip the cream in the mixer until soft peaks form.1 cup whipping cream
- Fold the whipped cream into the gelatin and refrigerate for a few hours.
Trifle
- To make the trifle first drain a can of mandarin oranges.1 can mandarin orange slices
- Then whip the cream until stiff peaks form, adding in 2 T. of sugar as it whips.1 cup whipping cream, 2 Tablespoon sugar
- Make a layer of cake in a jelly jar, and top with mandarin orange slices.
- Add a layer of pudding, then repeat the 3 layers again.
- Top with whipped cream.
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Nutrition Information
Nutrition facts are estimates.
Now that I am done baking for Halloween we just have to finish up the decorating! Today my teenage son and I are painting pumpkins, and we will carve some on Friday.
What a great idea.. I love using Fanta in my recipes and I will have to try this with the kids..LOVE the idea of the Orange Cream.. soo cool..thanks for sharing sounds and looks delicious…
LOVE trifles for dessert, they look pretty and are easy to make. Thanks for sharing this, sounds really good!
Yum! I like the addition of the mandarin oranges! It’s such a simple recipe that my boys would enjoy helping me with in the kitchen and I love the idea of individual ones. Individual ones always kick up the cute factor!
I love using soda in my cakes but never thought of using Fanta Orange soda. That would be a neat taste.
What a fun snack idea. Yum!
I can’t wait to try this recipe. It looks amazing! Orange is one of my favorite flavors, so this is perfect for me.
What a cute orange treat! Love that you added Fanta into the cake! #client
These look so cute in the jars. I bet that they taste FANTAstic! 🙂
I’m curious, since you have mandarin oranges in it, I assume there is no shelf life? This is a make-and-eat thing?
Awesome recipe! Thanks for sharing 🙂
This looks so,yummy!! I love a good trifle too!
I love trifles and have been baking cakes with soda for a long time but this one is great. Thanks linked from “Keeping it Simple”
This would be a treat enjoyed by all the ages. Hope you are having a great day and thanks so much for sharing your awesome post with Full Plate Thursday.
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Hope your zombies had a good time. I’ve used lemon/lime soda in cakes before, but not a soda with color. Great idea to use orange Fanta for Halloween. Thanks for sharing this fun trifle!