orange chocolate chip cake
12 servings
½ cupunsalted butter, room temperature
2 cupsgranulated sugar
4eggs
¼ cupgrated orange zest
3 cups plus 2 tablespoonsall-purpose flour
½ teaspoonbaking powder
½ teaspoonbaking soda
1 teaspoonkosher salt
¼ cuporange juice
¾ cupbuttermilk
1 teaspoonvanilla extract
2 cupssemisweet chocolate chips
[SYRUP]
¼ cupgranulated sugar
¼ cuporange juice
[GANACHE]
8 ouncessemisweet chocolate chips
½ cupheavy cream
1 teaspooninstant espresso
  1. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Coat tube pan with nonstick cooking spray.
  2. Cream butter and sugar until fluffy.
  3. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add zest.
  4. Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Mix together orange juice, buttermilk, and vanilla.
  5. In three parts, alternately add dry ingredients and wet ingredients to batter, beginning and ending with the dry. Mix until just combined. Fold in chocolate chips.
  6. Pour batter into pan. Bake 45 to 60 minutes.
  7. Heat syrup ingredients to dissolve sugar. Spoon syrup over warm cake. Let cool completely.
  8. Melt ganache ingredients in bowl over simmering water. Drizzle over cooled cake.
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