Chocolate-Orange Layer Cake

Name: Chocolate-Orange Layer Cake
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 16
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon baking powder; 1 teaspoons baking soda; 7 grams bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped; 57 grams bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped; 113 grams bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped; 1 Tbsp butter; 6 Tbsps butter, softened; 394 milliliters 7.4 ounces cake flour (about; 2 teaspoons cornstarch; 3 larges egg whites; 1 teaspoons all-purpose flour; 2 teaspoons all-purpose flour; 2 Tbsps evaporated low-fat milk; 79 milliliters orange juice; 1 teaspoons salt; 1 Dash salt; 118 milliliters fat-free sour cream; 414 milliliters sugar; 3 Tbsps sugar; 158 milliliters unsweetened cocoa; 3 teaspoons unsweetened cocoa; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 237 milliliters boiling water; 177 milliliters frozen fat-free whipped topping, thawed

You can never have too many dessert recipes, so give Chocolate-Orange Layer Cake a try. This recipe makes 16 servings with 288 calories, 4g of protein, and 12g of fat each. This recipe covers 5% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have cake flour, flour, water, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 45 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 35

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Oven

To prepare cake, combine 1 cup boiling water and 2/3 cup cocoa in a bowl, stirring until smooth.

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Cocoa Powder

Water

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Bowl

Add 2 ounces bittersweet chocolate; stir until smooth. Cool to room temperature. Coat 2 (8-inch) round metal cake pans with cooking spray; line bottoms of pans with wax paper. Coat wax paper with cooking spray; dust each pan with 1 teaspoon flour.

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Bittersweet Chocolate

Cooking Spray

All Purpose Flour

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Wax Paper

Frying Pan

Place 1 3/4 cups sugar, 6 tablespoons butter, and 1 teaspoon vanilla in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed 1 minute.

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Vanilla

Butter

Sugar

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Blender

Bowl

Add egg whites, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.

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Egg Whites

Add sour cream; beat at medium speed 2 minutes. Weigh or lightly spoon 4 ounces flour (about 1 2/3 cups) into dry measuring cups; level with a knife.

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Sour Cream

All Purpose Flour

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Measuring Cup

Knife

Combine 4 ounces flour, baking powder, baking soda, and 1/2 teaspoon salt in a bowl, stirring well.

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Baking Soda

All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Bowl

Add flour mixture and cocoa mixture alternately to sugar mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture and beating just until combined.

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Cocoa Powder

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Divide batter evenly between prepared pans.

Bake at 350 for 30 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted into center comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 minutes on wire racks. Invert cake layers onto racks; cool completely. Discard wax paper.

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Wax Paper

Oven

To prepare filling, combine juice and next 6 ingredients (through 1/4 ounce bittersweet chocolate) in a small saucepan over low heat; bring mixture to a boil, stirring frequently. Cook 1 minute, stirring constantly.

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Bittersweet Chocolate

Juice

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Sauce Pan

Pour into a bowl. Cover and chill. Uncover; fold in whipped topping.

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Whipped Topping

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Bowl

To prepare glaze, combine milk, 1 tablespoon butter, and 4 ounces bittersweet chocolate in a medium microwave-safe bowl; microwave at HIGH for 1 minute, stirring every 15 seconds until smooth.

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Bittersweet Chocolate

Butter

Glaze

Milk

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Microwave

Bowl

Place 1 cake layer on a plate.

Spread filling over top, leaving a 1/4-inch border. Top with remaining cake layer. Spoon warm glaze over top of cake, allowing it to drip over the edges of cake.

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Glaze