Orange fruit cake with chocolate frosting

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Orange fruit cake with chocolate frosting

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Ingredients

  1. 1 stick (1/2 cup)unsalted butter, softened
  2. 3/4 cupsugar
  3. 4 teaspoonsfinely grated fresh orange zest
  4. 2large eggs
  5. 1/2 cupplain yogurt/sour cream
  6. 1/4 cupfresh orange juice
  7. 1 1/2 cupall purpose flour
  8. 1 tspbaking powder
  9. 1/ tsp salt
  10. 1/2 tspbaking soda
  11. 1/4 cupraisins mixed with sultans
  12. For the frosting
  13. 1 cupbutter
  14. 3 cupsconfectioners sugar
  15. 1/2 cupcocoa powder
  16. 3 tbsmilk or heavy cream
  17. 2 tspvanilla extract
  18. 1/4 cupdark chocolate chopped and melted (optional)
  19. 1/2 tspsalt

Cooking Instructions

  1. 1

    Preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly butter an 8-inch square baking pan and line bottom with wax paper, then lightly butter paper.
    Beat together butter, sugar, and zest in a large bowl with an electric mixer until creamy, about 2 minutes. Add eggs 1 at a time, beating until just incorporated. Whisk in the yogurt and orange juice, then add remaining ingredients, whisking until just combined.
    Transfer batter to baking pan and bake in middle of oven until golden and a wooden

  2. 2

    Frosting

  3. 3

    Beat the butter with a hand mixer until creamy

  4. 4

    Add the sieved and mixed confectioners sugar and cocoa in 3 parts while beating with the hand mixer

  5. 5

    Add vanilla and salt

  6. 6

    Add milk or heavy cream to achieve your desired consistency

  7. 7

    Lastly add your melted chocolate and mix well

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