Orange Cocoa Cake Recipe

 Ingredients

    1/2 cup HERSHEY'S Cocoa
    1/2 cup boiling water
    1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter or margarine, softened
    1/4 cup shortening
    2 cups sugar
    1/8 teaspoon salt
    1 teaspoon vanilla extract
    2 eggs
    1-1/2 teaspoons plus 1/8 teaspoon baking soda, divided
    1 cup plus 3 tablespoons buttermilk or sour milk, divided*
    1-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
    3/4 teaspoon freshly grated orange peel
    1/4 teaspoon orange extract
    ORANGE BUTTERCREAM FROSTING (recipe follows)

Directions

1. Heat oven to 350°F. Grease three 8- or 9-inch round baking pans; line with wax paper.

2. Stir together cocoa and water in small bowl until smooth; set aside. Beat butter, shortening, sugar, salt and vanilla in large bowl until well blended. Add eggs; beat well. Stir 1-1/2 teaspoons baking soda into 1 cup buttermilk; add to butter mixture alternately with flour.

3. Measure 1-2/3 cups batter into small bowl; stir in remaining 1/8 teaspoon baking soda and 3 tablespoons buttermilk, orange peel and orange extract. Pour into one prepared pan. Stir cocoa mixture into batter; divide evenly between remaining two prepared pans.

3. Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans to wire racks. Carefully peel off wax paper. Cool completely.

4. Place one chocolate layer on serving plate; spread with some of the ORANGE BUTTERCREAM FROSTING. Top with orange layer; spread with frosting. Top with remaining chocolate layer; frost top and sides of cake. Makes 12 servings.

*To sour milk: Use 1 tablespoon white vinegar plus milk to equal 1 cup; use 1/2 teaspoon white vinegar plus milk to equal 3 tablespoons.

ORANGE BUTTERCREAM FROSTING

2/3 cup butter or margarine, softened

6 cups powdered sugar, divided

2 teaspoons freshly grated orange peel

1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

4 to 6 tablespoons milk

Beat butter, 1 cup powdered sugar, orange peel and vanilla in large bowl until creamy. Add remaining powdered sugar alternately with milk, beating to spreading consistency. If necessary, add additional milk, 1/2 teaspoon at a time, to get desired spreading consistency. About 3 cups frosting.


source: https://www.hersheys.com/recipes/recipe-details.aspx?id=4823&name=Orange-Cocoa-Cake