Ingredients
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1/2 cup soft butter
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1 1/2 tablespoons grated orange rind
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1 1/2 cups sugar
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2 eggs
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2 1/2 cups cake flour
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1 teaspoon salt
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3 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
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1 cup milk
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1/4 teaspoon baking soda
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2 tablespoons water
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1 (8 ounce) can mandarin oranges, drained
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1 egg yolk
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4 cups confectioners' sugar
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4 1/2 tablespoons orange juice
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1/2 cup soft butter
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1 ounce unsweetened chocolate, melted
Instructions
- Grease and flour two 9 inch layer pans.
- Cream butter and sugar in a large bowl with electric mixer.
- Blend in orange rind and eggs.
- Sift flour, salt and powder together and add alternately with milk, beating well after each addition.
- Pour about 2/3 of batter into prepared pans.
- Combine melted chocolate, baking soda and water and blend into remaining cake batter.
- Spoon chocolate batter here and there over orange batter and cut through with spatula or knife to make a marbled effect.
- Bake at 350* for 30 minutes or until cake springs back when lightly touched.
- Cool cakes in pans 10 minutes; remove from pans and cool completely on racks.
- Fill and frost with Orange Buttercream Frosting.
- Decorate with mandarin oranges.
- Orange Buttercream Frosting: Blend butter and egg yolk at low speed in a large bowl.
- Gradually beat in sugar alternately with orange juice.
- Beat in orange rind.