Tony Claxton's Recipes Orange Devil's Food Cake

Whipped cream and/or orange sections can be used to garnish the cake. If you want to spend a little more time, simmer thin orange slices (peel and all) in a sugar syrup until the peel turns translucent and use these slices for garnishing. This is supposed to be a moist cake, so be sure that you don't over-cook it.

                                   

Ingredients

6 - Oranges (Navel or Valencia)           (1/2C + 2t Juice           2T Zest) 3 oz - Unsweetened Chocolate 1 1/2 C - Sugar 1 t - Cinnamon 1 t - Baking Soda 1/2 C - Vegetable Shortening 2 - Eggs 1 C - Milk 2 C - Flour

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Instructions

Preheat oven to 325°F Butter a bundt or tube pan Melt chocolate in top of double boiler Add 1/2C sugar, 1/2C orange juice and cinnamon Stir to dissolve, remove from heat and cool Mix baking soda with remaining 2t orange juice Cream shortening with remaining 1C sugar until very light Add eggs one at a time beating well after each Add milk and flour alternately until just incorporated Add baking soda mixture, orange zest and chocolate, stirring until incorporated Pour batter into pan Bake for about 1 hour or until cake tests done Cool on rack for 15 minutes, turn out and cool completely

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