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Yessenia

Cooking Level: Expert

Living In: River Ridge, Louisiana, USA

Reviewed: Dec. 24, 2012

I'm not super thrilled with this recipe. It tastes great but the crumb of the cake made it hard to trim and neither cake was tall enough to split, so I ended up with a two layer cake that just doesn't look all that pretty. I love the concept of this cake, so I will be developing my own recipe.

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Jlynn

Reviewed: Sep. 2, 2012

I did not care for this recipe. The cake just doesn't hold up when being assembled. As in one reviewer, I couldn't prevent the cake from sliding despite all the tricks I knew. Worse is when the cake began to split. In the end, it looked like a mud pancake . Not at all salvageable and heaven forbid presentable . When a recipe requires splitting a cake with different fillings a ganache that merely spells disaster.

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Gerrard Ferrer

Reviewed: Jul. 12, 2012

I think this is what they eat in heaven! I made an account just to tell you how friggen awesome this cake is!!!

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cellokitty91

Reviewed: Oct. 20, 2011

Some people are saying that this cake is too dry, so I replaced the 3/4 cup unsalted butter with 3/4 cup butter flavored Crisco and 4 tsp. orange juice. It turned out great! Absolutely lovely.

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Arsenic Sauce

Reviewed: Oct. 10, 2011

As others have stated, the cake was a bit too dry for my liking. Despite using cake flour and mixing well, the layers were dense and almost pasty. The texture ruined what would otherwise be a delicious cake. I'm a huge fan of chocolate & orange and I liked that this wasn't too sweet. I'm wondering if this recipe is missing an ingredient- shouldn't there be at least a little oil in the mix? I may try adding some oil, or I may simply look for another orange cake recipe & modify it to use this frosting and filling.

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BQRC

Reviewed: Aug. 5, 2011

This cake is amazing and hit in my family!!

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ang_ty95

Reviewed: Jun. 25, 2011

Wow..this was a great cake! I cheated and doctored a yellow cake mix with orange juice, grated orange peel and marmalade since I didn't have enough time for the scratch cake. Otherwise I followed the recipe. Big hit!

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suew1127

Reviewed: Dec. 5, 2010

Frosting was fantastic. However, the cake was way too dry. I was not impressed and neither were my guests. I followed the recipe exactly as stated.

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lysithea6180

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Cheektowaga, New York, USA

Living In: Amherst, New York, USA

Reviewed: Nov. 14, 2010

I made this cake for my mom's birthday. She loved it! She always has loved the chocolate and orange flavors together and this was just perfect! Even my 11 year old sister wanted me to make this cake for her birthday. I took some advice of others and whipped the chocolate gonache and it spread easily over the cake. Wonderful. Thanks for a great recipe!

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