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Chocolate Orange Cake

Ingredients

Cake

  • 4 squares unsweetened Baker's dark chocolate
  • 1/3 cup cocoa powder
  • 1 cup hot boiling water
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1 tbsp vanilla extract
  • 3 eggs
  • 2 1/4 cup all purpose flour
  • 2 tsps baking powder
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 cup margarine
  • 2 cups sugar

Buttercream

  • 5-6 egg whites
  • 1 block of unsalted butter softened but still a little firm
  • Orange essence as needed
  • Sugar as needed I used more than 3 cups sugar and the result was enough to cover 2 medium round cakes

Instructions

  • Chop unsweetened chocolate and place it in a heatproof bowl, mix in cocoa powder. Boil a sum of water, and pour water into the bowl, stir until chocolate melted. Set aside.
  • Preheat oven to 350 F
  • Combine flour, baking powder and baking soda, set aside.
  • Cream margarine and add in sugar bits by bits, until fluffy then add in eggs one at a time. Add in vanilla extract followed with melted and cooled chocolate mixture.
  • Add in a little flour, followed with a little milk, until all used up; begin with flour and end with flour.
  • Pour batter and bake for 30-40 minutes or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean.
  • Cool cake before frosting

Buttercream

  • Bring water to a boil, lower heat to simmer. Place sugar and egg white into a heatproof bowl, place bowl ontop
  • simmering water, whisk until sugar all dissolved. Set aside to cool. Using electric mixer, beat butter until fluffy, pour cooled sugar mixture, beat well. Drop a couple dots of orange essence. Frost cake as desired and decorate with slices of oranges