Ingredients
- 1½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1½ cups granulated sugar
- ½ cup black cocoa
- ¼ cup Dutch-processed cocoa (sifted)
- 1½ tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp salt
- ¼ cup vegetable oil
- ¾ cup buttermilk
- ¾ cup strong brewed coffee (hot)
- 2 eggs
- 2 tsp vanilla
- 1 cup butter (room temperature)
- 2-3 cups powdered sugar (depending on sweetness preference)
- 1 Tbsp heavy cream
- 1 tsp orange extract
- ½ tsp Electric Orange Americolor Gel Color (optional)*
- ½ cup shortening
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 tsp clear vanilla extract (optional, but don't use regular vanilla or it will come out tinted brown)
- 3 Tbsp water/milk
Recipe Description
This Spiderweb Cake is perfect for Halloween! A rich black cocoa cake with an orange flavoured buttercream. It tastes amAZing! The chocolate cake is incredibly moist and delicious). I substituted some of the regular cocoa powder for black cocoa. I love that the black color was achieved without using any black color gel. As for the buttercream, I added in some orange extract to go with the orange color. It tastes just like a Terry’s Chocolate Orange which is technically more Christmas than Halloween but still… Delicious!
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