Orange Chocolate Cake

Today, I sit on the verge of feeling better. I had this massive, pretty intense cold. Brrr. It seems to be going around, and I hope this is the last I see of it. I mean a couple of months ago I was ambushed by a cold, flu, sinusitis, and strep all in a span of 3 months.Never again, y'all. Aside from such ailments life is good.

I've finally been able to break free from the recent grad-cooties, which is basically not knowing what to do with so much free time. Time I didn't have before for watching Netflix at 2 pm on Thursdays, or going to the movies on Tuesday afternoons, or grabbing real coffee at the tres chic place on near Uptown.

So this choco-cake is a must. It called my name from the newspaper I was reading in the morning a few days ago. I found that the perfect combination to choco-cake (actually there are oh-so many perfect combinations ;) is orange marmalade. Aaand everytime I have marmalade I feel the need to sing out the lyrics to Lady Marmalade! Once I spread the marmalade I realized how sexy of a combination it was--I don't think the song had anything to do with that.

Orange Chocolate Cake

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups all purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
•  1/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup light brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup warm water
• 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
• Low-Sugar Orange marmalade for topping (optional)

Directions

Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. Put all ingredients in a large bowl and mix (using your stand mixer, or gradually add the ingredients and mix if you're using a hand mixer) until just combined. 

Coat a loaf pan or 9" round cake pan well with non-stick cooking spray and pour in the batter.

Bake for 35-40 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.

Once the cake has cooled, spread some orange marmalade.

Love, FM