Wacky Chocolate-Orange Cake with Orange Frosting

From: mmmm_gin

On Feb 4, 2009

Very nice cake. I had to toss the frosting though. Everything was going fine until suddenly the cream was starting to separate into a cottage cheese type of substance rather than continue to stiffen. I believe I followed the instructions as written (I'm kind of OCD in the kitchen... and only in the kitchen), but perhaps I'm wrong. It was my first time making a frosting with gelatin. I ended up just whipping up 3 parts heavy cream with 1 part powdered sugar and added vanilla and orange extracts to taste. Spread it on the cake and dusted the whole thing with cocoa powder, confectioners sugar, and a little orange zest. Quite enjoyable. Vinegar, who knew?

From: Sooty_Cat

On Nov 20, 2008

Very yummy! I left off the icing, being too lazy, and used wholemeal flour to make the cake a bit healthier. This was really easy and the best part for me is that it didn't require any beating - which is always annoying when you want to make a cake quickly. Thanks for the new cake recipe!

From: Sylvia Ali

On Feb 19, 2002

Loved the cake, but I believe you made a mistake when you said to add water, I just added the orange juice and found it sufficient. Also I made a butter cream frosting instead and added orange juice and orange extract to it. Thank you for enhancing my days...made it twice already!!!!

From: LUv 2 BaKE

On Apr 3, 2005

This is a very good fluffy moist cake. I made it with peach five alive, which basically tastes like orange juice anyway. I also decreased the sugar to a little less than 3/4 cup and decreased the oil to 1/8 cup + 1/8 cup water. This still left me with a delicious cake. Thanks for the recipe!