Orange Chocolate Marble Cake With Orange Buttercream Frosting

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1/2 cup soft butter
• 1 1/2 tablespoons grated orange rind
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 1/2 cups cake flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 cup milk
• 1 ounce unsweetened chocolate, melted
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 tablespoons water
• 1 (8 ounce) can mandarin oranges, drained
• 1/2 cup soft butter
• 1 egg yolk
• 4 cups confectioners' sugar
• 4 1/2 tablespoons orange juice
• 1 tablespoon grated orange rind

Recipe

• 1 grease and flour two 9 inch layer pans.
• 2 cream butter and sugar in a large bowl with electric mixer.
• 3 blend in orange rind and eggs.
• 4 sift flour, salt and powder together and add alternately with milk, beating well after each addition.
• 5 pour about 2/3 of batter into prepared pans.
• 6 combine melted chocolate, baking soda and water and blend into remaining cake batter.
• 7 spoon chocolate batter here and there over orange batter and cut through with spatula or knife to make a marbled effect.
• 8 bake at 350* for 30 minutes or until cake springs back when lightly touched.
• 9 cool cakes in pans 10 minutes; remove from pans and cool completely on racks.
• 10 fill and frost with orange buttercream frosting.
• 11 decorate with mandarin oranges.
• 12 orange buttercream frosting: blend butter and egg yolk at low speed in a large bowl.
• 13 gradually beat in sugar alternately with orange juice.
• 14 beat in orange rind.