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CHOCOLATE ORANGE CAK
CHOCOLATE ORANGE CAKE E
WITH ORANGE-COCOA CREAM CHEESE FROSTING
his is one of the easiest and ASSEMBLY TIME: 10 MINUTES
most effective ways to doctor
Solid vegetable shortening for greasing
up a cake mix: Simply sub-
the pans
stitute good-quality orange juice for
Flour for dusting the pans
the water in the batter, add a little 1 package (18.25 ounces) plain devil’s food
orange zest, and voilà—a cake mix
1
1 ⁄3 cups orange juice
spectacular cake in
1 ⁄2 cup vegetable oil
both taste and
3 large eggs
appearance. The 1 teaspoon grated orange zest
dark, deep, moist Orange-Cocoa Cream Cheese Frosting
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orange-flavored cake reminds
me
1. Place a rack in the center of the oven
of those orange-shaped chocolates and preheat the oven to 350°F. Gener-
ously grease two 9-inch round cake pans
from England—the ones that open
with solid vegetable shortening, then dust
into wedges. Delicious anytime, with flour. Shake out the excess flour. Set
but especially in the depths of the pans aside.
winter. 2. Place the cake mix, orange juice, oil,
eggs, and orange zest in a large mixing
SERVES: 16 bowl. Blend with an electric mixer on low
PREPARATION TIME: 8 MINUTES speed for 1 minute. Stop the machine and
BAKING TIME: 30 TO 32 MINUTES scrape down the sides of the bowl with a
