Basic Chocolate Cake & Orange Cream Cheese Frosting
This basic chocolate cake is soft and moist - perfect to celebrate any occasion.
Servings: 21
Ingredients
- 10 tablespoons unsalted butter softened
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 3 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/4 teaspoons baking soda
- 2/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 1/3 cups milk
- Frosting Ingredients:
- 4 oz. unsalted butter softened
- 4 oz. cream cheese softened
- 2 cups confectioner's sugar
- 1 teaspoon orange extract
- grated zest from 1 orange
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 F. Spray a rectangle 13x9 baking dish with non stick spray.
- In a medium bowl, combine flour, salt, baking soda and cocoa powder. Using a whisk, mix to combine to aerate the dry ingredients.
- Using an electric mixer, combine the butter and sugar. Mix until soft and creamy.
- Add eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Add vanilla extract and mix to combine.
- Add half of the flour combination and half of the milk. Mix well.
- Add remaining flour and milk. Mix until thoroughly combined.
- Transfer to prepared baking dish.
- Bake for 40 minutes, until toothpick inserted comes out clean.
- Leave to cool for 15 minutes in the pan.
- Remove from pan and leave to cool completely.
- To make the frosting, combine cream cheese and butter in the bowl of an electric mixer. Using paddle attachment, mix until creamy and well blended. Add sugar 1/2 cup at a time, until thoroughly incorporated.
- Add zest and orange extract. Mix until well blended.
- Frost Cake.
Notes
To frost cake, ideally you will want to frost one layer. Refrigerate and then frost another layer. However, my refrigerator did not have room to accommodate the cake. So this is a rustic frosting with only one soft layer.
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