Esther Bolick's Orange Marmalade Cake

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 1 (18 1/4 ounce) box yellow cake mix
• 2/3 cup vegetable oil
• 6 eggs
• 2/3 cup water
• 1 teaspoon grated orange zest
• 16 ounces orange marmalade
• 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 5 -6 cups confectioners' sugar
• 2 teaspoons grated orange zest

Recipe

• 1 cake: preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 spray three 9 inch greased and floured cake pans.
• 3 in a large bowl beat cake mix, oil, eggs, water and orange zest.
• 4 mix until well blended.
• 5 divide batter evenly among 3 cake pans.
• 6 bake for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean when inserted in the center.
• 7 cool in pans for 15 minutes.
• 8 remove from pans and cool completely on racks.
• 9 frosting:.
• 10 in a medium bowl beat cream cheese and softened butter with a mixer until light and fluffy.
• 11 gradually add sugar a little at a time until mixture becomes spreadable consistency.
• 12 stir in orange zest.
• 13 to assemble cake:.
• 14 place 1 cake layer on a serving plate.
• 15 cut off raised part.
• 16 spread 1/2 cup orange marmalade on top of cake.
• 17 spread 1/2 cup frosting over marmalade.
• 18 repeat with second layer.
• 19 top cake with third layer and spread evenly with frosting.
• 20 swirl remaining marmalade on top of cake.