Orange Ancho Marble Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 2 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup semisweet chocolate piece
• 1/4 cup water
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 tablespoon light-color corn syrup
• 1 1/2 teaspoons dried ancho chile powder or 1 1/2 teaspoons chili powder
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
• 5 eggs
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 tablespoon finely shredded orange peel
• 2 tablespoons orange juice
• 1/4 cup orange juice or 1/4 cup orange liqueur
• 1/4 cup whipped cream
• 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate morsel
• 1 teaspoon finely shredded orange peel (optional)
• 1 cup whipping cream
• 2 tablespoons powdered sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 teaspoons finely shredded orange peel (optional)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees f.
• 2 generously grease and flour a 10-inch fluted tube pan; set aside. in a medium bowl, combine flour, baking powder, salt, and baking soda; set aside. in a small saucepan, combine chocolate pieces, water, the 2 tablespoons butter, the corn syrup, and ancho chile powder. cook and stir over low heat until chocolate is melted. cool slightly.
• 3 in a large bowl, beat the 1 cup butter with an electric mixer on medium to high speed for 30 seconds. add granulated sugar and brown sugar; beat until combined, scraping side of bowl occasionally. add eggs one at a time, beating after each addition. beat in vanilla. beat in flour mixture just until combined.
• 4 divide batter into two equal portions- to one portion, add the 1 tablespoon orange peel and the 2 tablespoons orange juice; mix well. to the other portion, add chocolate mixture; mix well. spoon batters, half at a time, into the prepared pan, alternating orange and chocolate batters.
• 5 bake for 35 to 40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean. cool cake in pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes. remove cake from pan.
• 6 using a long-tined fork, poke the cake all over. brush or drizzle with the 1/4 cup orange juice. cool completely on wire rack.
• 7 prepare chocolate-orange ganache and orange whipped cream:.
• 8 spoon the ganache over cake and, if desired, sprinkle with additional finely shredded orange peel. serve with the whipped cream. makes 12 to 16 servings.
• 9 chocolate orange ganache: in a small saucepan, heat 1/4 cup whipping cream over medium-high heat just until boiling. remove from heat. add 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate pieces; do not stir.
• 10 let stand for 5 minutes. stir in 1 teaspoon finely shredded orange peel. if necessary, cool for 15 minutes to thicken.
• 11 orange whipped cream: in a medium bowl, combine 1 cup whipping cream, 2 tablespoons powdered sugar, and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla.
• 12 beat with an electric mixer on medium speed until soft peaks form (tips curl). fold in 2 teaspoons finely shredded orange peel.