If you love Orange Jelly Stick Candies or you love orange and chocolate together, this is the cake for you. It is a very subtle orange flavor, but in a cream cheese and whipping cream frosting. It is delectable!
My dear friend, Cari, gave me this recipe 20 years ago. She is a dear friend and an absolutely fabulous cook. I have learned so many wonderful cooking tips from her. I hope you love this recipe. This is one of our favorites. It makes great cupcakes too!
My dear friend, Cari, gave me this recipe 20 years ago. She is a dear friend and an absolutely fabulous cook. I have learned so many wonderful cooking tips from her. I hope you love this recipe. This is one of our favorites. It makes great cupcakes too!
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Orange Stick Chocolate Cake
¾ C. Boiling Water ½ Tsp. Salt
¾ C. Cocoa ¾ C. Butter, softened
1 C. Buttermilk 2 C. Sugar
2 ½ C. Flour 4 Eggs
1 12/ Tsp. Baking Soda 1 ½ Tsp. Vanilla
½ Tsp. Baking Powder
Frosting
8 oz. Cream Cheese ¾ C. Powdered Sugar
½ C. Powdered Sugar 1 ½ C. Heavy Cream
1 Tsp. Orange Extract Orange Colored Sugar Crystals
Heat oven to 350⁰ and grease and flour three round cake pans.* Pour boiling water over cocoa. Stir in buttermilk. Set aside to cool. Sift next four ingredients together. Beat butter and sugar together. Add eggs one at a time. Stir in vanilla. Add dry ingredients alternately with cocoa mixture to creamed sugar, butter and eggs. Pour into prepared pans. Bake 25 minutes. Cook cakes completely.
Frosting: Beat cream cheese with ½ c. of powdered sugar until soft. Mix in extract. Beat in remaining ¾ C. of powdered sugar. Turn off mixture and add liquid cream . Beat on high until stiff. Frost each layer of cake with 1/3 of frosting only on top. There is not enough to traditional frost. The frosting should peak out of the sides and hand off each layer. Top with colored sugar or make Chocolate Shavings and place on top.
*(I trace the bottom of each pan on wax or parchment paper. I place these paper discs inside the pan after greasing and flouring. Then I pour the cake mix on top of the paper discs. When you take them out of the oven and flip them over, you gently peel these papers off. It makes the cakes come out so easily and clean.)
