Monster Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    3 None eggs
    3/4 cup granulated sugar
    2 tsp vanilla extract
    1/2 cup orange juice
    2 tbsp lemon juice
    1/2 cup sour cream
    2 1/4 cups pastry flour
    4 tsp baking powder
    1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
    1 lb cream cheese
    3/4 cup powdered sugar
    None None orange food coloring
    2 oz white chocolate, chopped and melted
    6 None orange lollipops
    1 oz milk chocolate, chopped and melted
Preparation
    Preheat oven to 325\u00b0F. Grease and line a 7 inch cake pan with parchment paper. Whisk eggs, sugar and vanilla until thickened. Whisk orange juice, lemon juice and sour cream then fold in 1/2. Combine flour, baking powder and 1/2 tsp salt and fold in 1/2. Fold in remaining sour cream then remaining flour. Transfer to prepared pan and bake for about 1 hour, until just firm to the touch. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.
    To decorate, cream butter, cream cheese and powdered sugar. Cut cake in 1/2 horizontally then place bottom layer on a cake stand and spread 1/3 of frosting over top. Add top layer of cake and gently press in. Add orange food coloring to remaining frosting and transfer to a piping bag fitted with a large writing tip. Pipe thick lines of frosting over the top and sides of cake.
    Coat each lollipop with white chocolate then let set. Place milk chocolate in a piping bag with a small writing tip and pipe dots onto the white chocolate. Press lollipops into top of cake then use the remaining chocolate to decorate cake.

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