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Orange Chocolate Cake with Blood Orange Buttercream

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This show-stopper may look like it took all day to create, the reality is you only need about 2 hours before you have it ready to eat.

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Using dried citrus slices alongside edible flowers as my garnish atop the pillowy frosting gives the final cake an air of sophistication.

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This single layer blood orange chocolate cake is pretty straightforward.

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Simply make the cake, make the blood orange buttercream frosting while it cools, then assemble!

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The blood orange buttercream is made with blood orange zest and a reduction of blood orange juice.

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This pale pink fluffy buttercream is added on top of the chocolate cake and spread to the edges in a thick layer.

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Then finally, it is garnished with edible dehydrated oranges!

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To make homemade oven dried oranges, click the link below!

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Get the entire recipe by clicking the link below!