Since I had the day off today, I decided to make the kids a cake as a surprise for when they come home from school today. And I don’t know about you, but I am in that in between baking stage where I am not quite ready for apples and pumpkins but I’ve also had my fill of chocolate lately (if that is even possible).

So I settled on making an orange cake. I have always loved orange dreamsicles when I was a kid and with the orange cream cheese frosting that is exactly what this cake reminds me of.

IngredientsFor cake
2 1/4 c. flour
1 1/2 t. baking soda
1/4 t. salt
1 c. buttermilk
2 large eggs
1 t. vanilla
12 TBLS butter, softened
1 1/2 c. sugar
zest of 1 orange
1/4 c. fresh orange juice
For orange cream cheese frosting
1 c. butter, softened
1 8 oz. package softened cream cheese
zest from 1 orange
1/4 c. fresh orange juice
6 c. powdered sugar

Instructions
For the cake
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and spray 2 9 inch round cake pans with baking spray. Set aside.
In a medium bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
In a medium bowl, whisk together the buttermilk,eggs, and vanilla. Set aside.
In a large mixing bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the zest and orange juice and mix until blended.
Mix in the flour mixture alternatively with the buttermilk mixture in a couple of additions, starting and ending with the flour mixture, and scraping down the bowl after each addition.
Pour the batter evenly into the prepared pans.
Bake for approximately 20-25 minutes, or until the cake is no longer jiggly when moved and the top is beginning to brown and if a toothpick is inserted, the crumbs sticking should be "cake like" and not 'batter like".
Remove to a cooling rack till cool.
For the frosting
In a medium mixing bowl, cream together the butter and cream cheese until smooth. Add the zest and orange juice and beat until blended. Add the powdered sugar 1 cup at a time and beat until desired consistency is reached.
Invert each cake onto a cake stand and frost as desired.
Cake should be covered and refrigerated.




Notes
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