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Chocolate Orange Cake

Chocolate Orange Cake with Fluffy Cream Cheese Frosting

Deliciously orange scented easy dark chocolate cake with fluffy chocolate orange cream cheese frosting.
5 from 2 votes
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American

Ingredients
  

For the cake:

  • 1 cup plus 1 Tbsp flour
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 6 Tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 3/4 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp espresso powder
  • 1/2 cup buttermilk
  • 1/4 cup oil
  • 1 egg
  • 1 Tbsp orange zest
  • 1 Tbsp frozen orange juice concentrate thawed
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1/2 cup boiling water

For the frosting:

  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 2 1/2 - 3 cups icing sugar
  • 1/2 cup cocoa
  • Vanilla
  • 1 tbsp Orange juice concentrate
  • 2 tsp Orange zest
  • 1/2 block cream cheese
  • 2 Tbsp whipping cream

Instructions
 

  • Combine the flour, sugar, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, salt and espresso powder in a bowl and mix well.
  • In a separate bowl mix together the buttermilk, oil, egg, orange zest, orange juice concentrate and vanilla. Whisk well.
  • Add the buttermilk mixture to the flour mixture and mix until combined.
  • Stir in the boiling water.
  • Pour the batter into a greased and lined 9” round pan.
  • Bake at 350 for 30-35 minutes.
  • Cool before frosting.
  • To make the frosting add the butter to an electric mixer and beat until fluffy.
  • Add in the icing sugar, cocoa, vanilla, whipping cream, orange concentrate and zest whip again until fluffy.
  • Add in the cream cheese and mix until well combined.
  • Frost the cake.
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