Esther'S Orange Marmalade Cake
- 1 cup softened unsalted butter
- 2 2/3 cups sugar
- 2/3 cup oil
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1 tablespoon orange zest
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 5 eggs
- 4 egg yolks
- 3 1/4 cups cake flour
- 1 cup buttermilk
- Orange Syrup
- 1 cup orange juice
- 1/4 cup sugar
- Frosting
- 1 cup whipping cream
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1 (12 ounce) jar orange marmalade
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Butter and flour 3 - 9 inch pans.
- In a large bowl, cream the butter, sugar and oil.
- Add the baking powder, orange zest, vanilla and salt.
- Beat until creamy.
- Add the eggs and egg yolks, one at a time.
- Alternately add the flour with the buttermilk.
- Divide the batter between the 3 pans.
- Bake for 25 or 30 minutes.
- Cool for 20 minutes.
- Syrup:
- Mix the orange juice and sugar together.
- Poke holes in cake with a fork.
- Spoon on the syrup.
- Frosting:
- Beat the whipping cream and sugar together until soft peaks form.
- Fold in the sour cream.
- To assemble this bad boy:
- Put 1 cake on plate.
- Spread 1/3 marmalade on it.
- Put 2nd cake on top and spread again with 1/3 marmalade.
- Put the last cake on top; spread marmalade in center,leaving a 1-1/2 inch border.
- Frost the side and the border.
- You need to refrigerate this overnight so it can set and meld together.
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Taken from www.food.com/recipe/esthers-orange-marmalade-cake-124094 (may not work)