This cake makes a wonderful diabetic dessert if you just use diabetic friendly substitutes starting with gluten-free cake mix, egg beaters for the eggs, sugar-free applesauce or as close as you can get, fat-free but preferably sugar-free cool whip, sugar-free pudding and sugar-free crushed pineapple or close to it. The mandarin oranges should already be sugar-free but I usually rinse any syrupy fruits with water before use if it is intended for a diabetic recipe. My hubby and our 3 teenage boys think sugar-free has to mean no taste. Well this cake only lasts a day in my house if we're lucky. They have no clue it's better for them than eating the sugar filled ingredients. This will be a holiday choice in my house. Happy eating and Merry Christmas.

This works well with Pillsbury sugarfree classic yellow cake mix. Helps us diabetics a bit more. Yum!

This cake was loved by everyone during our last family get together. Very moist and refreshing. Absolutely love it!!