Orange Cocoa Cake With Orange Buttercream Frosting - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 c. Hershey cocoa
1/2 c. boiling water
1/4 c. butter or margarine
1/4 c. shortening
2 c. sugar
1/8 tsp. salt
1 tsp. vanilla
2 eggs
1 1/2 tsp. baking soda
1 c. buttermilk or sour milk
1 3/4 c. unsifted flour
3 Tbsp. buttermilk or sour milk
1/8 tsp. baking soda
3/4 tsp. grated orange peel
1/4 tsp. orange extract

Preparation

Grease 3 (8 or 9-inch) cake pans; line with wax paper and set aside.
Stir together cocoa and boiling water in bowl until smooth; set aside.
Cream butter, shortening, sugar, salt and vanilla in large bowl until light and fluffy.
Add eggs; beat well.
Stir 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda into 1 cup buttermilk; add alternately with flour to cream mixture.
Measure 1 2/3 cups batter into small bowl.
Stir in 3 tablespoons buttermilk, 1/8 teaspoon baking soda, orange peel and orange extract.
Pour into one prepared pan.
Blend cocoa mixture into remaining batter. Divide evenly into other two pans.
Bake at 350\u00b0 for 25 to 30 minutes or until done.
Cool 10 minutes.
Remove from pans.
Cool completely. Using a chocolate layer first, spread with Orange Buttercream Frosting.
Top with orange layer and spread with frosting.
Top with chocolate layer and spread entire cake with frosting.