Orange Chocolate Swirl Pound Cake Recipes

CHOCOLATE ORANGE MARBLE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour one 10 inch tube pan.
• In a large bowl, cream the butter with 1 cup of the white sugar. Beat in the eggs, then the vanilla and the yogurt.
• In another bowl, stir together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Beat the flour mixture into the creamed ingredients. Turn half of the batter into another bowl. Add the orange rind to one bowl and the melted chocolate to the other. Alternately spoon the orange and chocolate batters into a greased and floured tube pan. Swirl through the two batters with a knife to create a marbled effect.
• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 50 minutes. As soon as the done cake is removed from the oven, stir together the remaining 1/4 cup sugar, the orange juice, and the orange liqueur and pour over the still hot cake. Let the cake finish cooling on a rack before serving. Makes about 10 to 12 servings.

MARBLE SWIRL POUND CAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, with electric mixer at low speed, beat sugar and butter or margarine until blended. Increase speed to high, and beat until light and fluffy. Add flour, milk, baking powder, vanilla, salt, and eggs; beat at medium speed until well mixed. Increase speed to high, and beat batter 4 minutes longer.
• Remove about 2 1/2 cups batter to a medium bowl. With a wire whisk or fork, beat cocoa into batter in medium bowl until well blended.
• Grease a 10 inch tube pan. Alternately spoon vanilla and chocolate layers into prepared pan. With a large spoon, cut and twist through batters to obtain marbled effect.
• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 1 hour, or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean. Cool cake in pan, and on a wire rack, for 10 minutes. Remove cake from pan, and cool completely.

ORANGE CHOCOLATE SWIRL POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350. Spray bundt pan with non-stick cooking spray.
• Put all ingredients in mixer bowl except chocolate packet from cake mix.
• Mix with electric mixer on low until all combined, about 1 minute.
• Increase mixer speed to medium and beat for 2 more minutes.
• Batter will be relatively thick.
• Remove 1 cup of batter to a separate bowl. Mix in contents of chocolate packet from cake mix. Set aside.
• Pour remaining batter (not chocolate) into prepared pan.
• Pour chocolate batter on top and swirl into orange batter with an knife.
• Bake for about 35 to 45 minutes or until cake tests done. Cool 10 minutes in pan then on a wire rack until cooled completely.
• When cake is cool, remove lid and foil packaging from chocolate frosting.
• Microwave on hight at 10 second intervals until it is a pourable consistency. Be careful not to microwave it too long or it will be too runny.
• Pour over top of cake and serve.

ORANGE POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour two 8 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 2 1/2-inch loaf pans. Line the bottoms with parchment paper.
• Cream the butter and 2 cups of the granulated sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment for about 5 minutes, or until light and fluffy. With the mixer on medium speed, beat in the eggs, one at a time, and the orange zest.
• In a large bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. In another bowl, combine 1/4 cup of the orange juice, the buttermilk, and vanilla. Add the flour and buttermilk mixtures alternately to the batter, beginning and ending with the flour. Divide the batter evenly between the pans, smooth the tops, and bake for 45 minutes to 1 hour, until a cake tester comes out clean.
• While the cakes bake, cook the remaining 1/2 cup of granulated sugar with the remaining 1/2 cup orange juice in a small saucepan over low heat until the sugar dissolves. When the cakes are done, let them cool for 10 minutes. Take them out of the pans and place them on a baking rack set over a tray. Spoon the orange syrup over the cakes and allow the cakes to cool completely.
• To glaze, combine the confectioners' sugar and orange juice in a bowl, mixing with a wire whisk until smooth. Add a few more drops of juice, if necessary, to make it pour easily. Pour over the top of one cake and allow the glaze to dry. Wrap well, and store in the refrigerator.

ORANGE CHOCOLATE SWIRL CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). In a medium bowl, mix together the graham cracker crumbs, sugar and butter until well blended. Press into the bottom and 1 1/2 inches up the side of a 9 inch springform pan.
• Bake for 10 minutes. In a metal bowl over a pan of simmering water, melt chocolate, stirring occasionally until smooth. Set aside to cool, but do not allow to harden.
• In a medium bowl, mix together the cream cheese and 1 cup sugar until smooth. Mix in the eggs, one at a time on a low speed, or by hand. Gradually stir in the orange juice, and orange zest. Reserve 2 cups of the batter. Pour the remaining batter over the baked crust. Stir the melted chocolate into the reserved batter. Drop the chocolate batter by large spoonfuls onto the white batter. Use a knife to cut through the batter, and leave a swirling design.
• Bake for 60 minutes in the preheated oven, or until the center is almost set. Run a spatula or thin knife around the edge of the pan while it is still warm, so the cake will not crack. Allow cake to cool completely before removing the sides of the pan. Refrigerate for at least 4 hours before serving.

ORANGE SWIRL CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350. Grease and flour a 12-cup Bundt pan.
• Prepare cake mix according to directions.
• Remove 1-1/2 cups of the batter and set aside.
• Pour remaining batter into pan.
• Stir gelatin (dry) into the 1-1/2 cups of batter.
• Drop orange batter by generous tablespoons randomly in 6 to 8 mounds onto batter in pan.
• Cut through batter with a knife in S-shaped curves in one continous motion for swirled effect.
• Bake 42 to 47 minutes in pan. Turn upside down onto a heat proff serving plate; remove pan.
• Cool cake completely. Sprinkle with powdered sugar.

CHOCOLATE-SWIRLED POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Beat butter at medium speed with an electric mixer 2 minutes or until creamy.
• Gradually add sugar, beating 5 to 7 minutes.
• Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating just until yellow disappears.
• Add flour to butter mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour.
• Mix at low speed just until blended after each addition.
• Stir in vanilla.
• Combine 1 cup batter and chocolate syrup, stirring until blended.
• Divide remaining batter in half; pour 1 portion into a greased and floured 10-inch tube pan.
• Spoon half of chocolate batter on top; repeat layers.
• Gently swirl batter with a knife.
• Bake at 300° for 1 hour and 40 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool in pan on a wire rack 10 minutes; remove from pan, and cool completely on a wire rack.

CHOCOLATE ORANGE SWIRL CAKE WITH YUMMY ORANGE GLAZE

Steps:

• Cake:.
• In a large mixing bowl, dump cake mix, jello, orange juice, oil, unbeaten eggs, and orange zest.
• Beat on low speed 1 minute, then beat on medium for 2 minutes.
• Pour 2/3's of the batter into a well greased and floured bundt pan.
• Spoon the chocolate mixture scattered over the top of the orange batter.
• Take a spatula to cut through and make the swirls.
• Bake in a preheated 325 degree oven for 1 hour.
• Chocolate Batter:.
• In a small bowl, first add the 2 tablespoons warm water to the 1 Tbsp.sugar; then add that along with the 1/4 teaspoons baking soda to the 2oz. melted chocolate Stir to mix well.
• Add chocolate mixture to the remaining 1/3 orange cake batter and mix together with spoon until all is well blended.
• Follow directions above to add to the bundt pan and orange batter.
• Orange Glaze:.
• Whisk the powdered sugar, orange juice, and fresh zest together in a small bowl. Set aside and wait for cake to bake.
• * When cake is done, be sure to cool on a wire rack about 8-10 minutes before turning cake out of the pan into your cake plate.
• Right away, prick the cake on the top and all around the side with a toothpick or a fork.
• Slowly, pour the yummy orange glaze over the cake.
• Do not cut the cake until it is completely cooled. It is really best if you can wait until the next day to cut it. But who can do that? It's the same thing as when you make a cheesecake -- that first taste is so much better when you wait a day!