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Chocolate-Orange Cake

4.5

(46)

Recipe information

  • Yield

    Serves 10

Ingredients

1 cup sugar
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
1/4 cup orange liqueur
1/4 cup water
1 18.25-ounce package devil's food cake mix
8 ounces sour cream
1 4-ounce package instant chocolate fudge pudding mix
4 eggs
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup water
1/4 cup coffee liqueur
2 tablespoons grated orange peel
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 12-ounce package chocolate chips
Powdered sugar

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Combine first 4 ingredients in heavy small saucepan. Stir over low heat until butter melts and sugar dissolves, about 3 minutes. Increase heat and boil 2 minutes. Cool completely.

    Step 2

    Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour 10-cup bundt pan. Using electric mixer, beat cake mix and next 8 ingredients until well blended, about 3 minutes. Stir in chocolate chips. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake until toothpick inserted near center comes out with a few moist crumbs attached, about 1 hour. Immediately spoon sugar and butter mixture over cake in pan. Let cake stand 30 minutes.

  2. Step 3

    Turn cake out onto platter and cool completely. Sprinkle top with powdered sugar and serve.

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