cookin' at work... (yummy cake reipe)

...earlier this week I had a full day of cooking in the food-give-away demo. and got lots of good feedback from the dessert recipe. It is actually one of three that was on the recipe card, with the other two being 'every day sides'. The main dish/protein for the day was one of the RTU packets of fresh seafood they make up in the meat department. We've done them a couple of times before: once was scallops with Alfredo sauce and pasta and another was fresh Tilapia with a Mediterranean sauce that has black olives and orzo.
This recipe was actually one of three that is on the same laminated card for customers to pick up and take home to try. The other two on this same card are for 'everyday sides', things that would accompany a main dish. And the meat/protein for the meals we were preparing were all the little packets of fresh seafood from the meat department. A pretty cleaver idea, so kudos to the marketing genius who came up with this idea for easy implementation in the  home kitchen. Which is  basically the tag line for the Aprons Easy Meals kiosk: How to get your family back to the dinner table.

You can go (or call ahead or order online!) to Seafood and request your choice: any type fish or shell fish, four different sauces and a carb. to go along, like orzo, couscous or pasta. They put it together in a bag, seal it up, and you take it home to cook about fifteen minutes in a preheated oven. Right in the bag - so no clean up (provided the bag does not leak all over the oven).

The cake recipe:(I would have come up with a more appealing title, but they did not ask for my opinion.)
Angel Lush
1 cup frozen nondairy whipped topping
1 4 oz size box instant vanilla pudding mix
1 20  oz can crushed pineapple in juice undrained
1 15 oz angel food cake , round
1 cup mixed fresh berries or your choice (strawberries are yum)

Measure one cup of whipped topping and set aside to thaw.
Combine pudding and pineapple in medium bowl, stir well. Gently fold in whipped topping.
Slice cake horizontally into 3 layers. Place bottom layer on serving plate, top with 1/3 of pudding mixture, repeat two times. Chill at least one hour. Top with berries. Store leftovers in fridge.

Or ~ you could tear the cake apart and spread in a large casserole dish, spread the topping over it all, and cover  with plastic wrap and refrigerate, top with berries before serving. It is oh-so-good, I am thinking it might be on the menu for Easter instead of carrot cake.