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Orange Cocoa Cake




Source of Recipe


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List of Ingredients




1/2 cup Hershey's cocoa
1/2 cup boiling water
1/4 cup butter or margarine, softened
1/4 cup shortening
2 cups sugar
1/8 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla
2 eggs
1-1/2 tsp baking soda
1 cup buttermilk or sour milk**
1-3/4 cups unsifted flour
3 Tbsp buttermilk or sour milk
1/8 tsp baking soda
3/4 tsp grated orange peel
1/4 tsp orange extract
Orange Buttercream Frosting (below)



Recipe



Grease 3 8" or 9" layer pans and line with wax paper; set aside
Stir together cocoa and boiling water in small bowl until smooth; set aside
Cream butter, shortening, sugar, salt and vanilla in large mixer bowl until light and fluffy
Add eggs; beat well
Stir 1-1/2 tsp baking soda into 1 cup buttermilk; add alternately with flour to creamed mixture
Measure 1-2/3 cup batter into small bowl
Stir in 3 Tbsp buttermilk, 1/8 tsp baking soda, the orange peel and orange extract; pour into one prepared pan
Blend cocoa mixture into remaining batter; divide evenly amoung remaining 2 prepared pans
Bake at 350º for 25 to 30 minutes or until cake tester comes out clean
Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans
Cool completely
Place one chocolate layer on serving plate; spread with some of the orange buttercream frosting
Top with orange layer and spread with frosting
Top with remaining chocolate layer and frost entire cake

** To sour milk: use 1 tablespoon vinegar plus milk to equal 1 cup; use 1/2 tsp vinegar plus milk to equal 3 Tbsp

ORANGE BUTTERCREAM FROSTING
2/3 cup butter or margarine, softened
6 cups confectioners sugar
2 tsp grated orange peel
1-1/2 tsp vanilla
4 to 6 tbsp milk

Cream butter, 1 cup confectioners sugar, the orange peel and vanilla in large mixer bowl
Add remaining confectioners sugar alternately with milk, beating to spreading consistency.