Recipe Archives->Cakes->Orange Sourcream 02

 
Sour Cream Orange Cake
Yield: 12 servings
 
1 1/4 cups sugar
3/4 cup butter
6 tablespoons orange juice
3 large eggs
1 teaspoon orange peel, grated
1/2 teaspoon lemon peel, grated
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
2 1/4 cups flour
2 1/4 teaspoons baking powder
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup sour cream

1/4 cup lemon juice
1/4 cup orange liqueur
1/4 cup sugar

3 8-oz pkgs cream cheese
1 cup powdered sugar
1/3 cup Coco Lopez
1 cup coconut, shredded & toasted

Preheat oven to 350F. Butter two 9-inch cake pans with 1 1/2 high
sides. using electric mixer, beat sugar and butter in large bowl
until light. Add eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.
Beat in orange peel, lemon peel and vanilla. Mix flour, baking
powder, baking soda and salt in small bowl. Mix dry ingredients
into butter mixture alternately with sour cream in 2 additions
each. Divide batter between prepared cake pans. Bake until tester
inserted into centers comes out clean, about 25 minutes. Cool cakes
in pans on racks for 20 minutes. Run knife around pan sides to
loosen cakes. Turn out cakes on racks; cool completely.

Bring lemon juice, orange liqueur and sugar to boil in heavy medium
saucepan, stirring to dissolve sugar. Boil until reduced to 2/3
cup, about 5 minutes. Cool.

Beat cream cheese and sugar in large bowl until light.  Beat in
cream of coconut.

Using serrated knife, cut each cake horizontally in half.  Place
1 cake layer on patter, cut side up. Brush 1/4 of glaze over. Spread
1/2 cup frosting over. cake. Top with second cake layer, cut side
up. Brush 1/4 of glaze over. Spread 1/2 cup of frosting. over. Top
with third cake layer, cut side up. Brush with 1/4 of glaze. Spread
1/2 cup frosting over.  Top with fourth layer, cut side down. Brush
with remaining glaze. Spread remaining frosting over top and side
of cake.  Press coconut onto sides of cake. Can be made 1 day ahead.
Cover with cake dome and chill. Let cake stand 2 hours at room
temperature before serving.

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