Kitty's Orange Cake

Name: Kitty's Orange Cake
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 55 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: 1 cake
Ingredients: 18 ounces yellow cake mix; 3 ounces orange Jell-O; 1 cup orange juice; 1 teaspoon orange extract; 1/2 cup vegetable oil; 1 teaspoon orange zest, I don't use this (optional); 4 large eggs; 1 cup min chocolate chips; 2 tablespoons butter, chilled; 1 cup semisweet chocolate morsel; 1 teaspoon orange extract; 2 tablespoons orange juice

Submitted by mandabears

"A recipe from Joanne Fluke's Book "Key Lime Murder". I don't like anything Orange, and am not a huge fan of cake, but I do like this cake."

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Ready In:: 1hr 5mins
Ingredients:: 12
Yields:: 1 cake

ingredients

CAKE
18 ounces yellow cake mix
3 ounces orange Jell-O
1 cup orange juice
1 teaspoon orange extract
¹⁄₂ cup vegetable oil
1 teaspoon orange zest, I don't use this (optional)
4 large eggs
1 cup min chocolate chips
orange fudge frosting
2 tablespoons butter, chilled
1 cup semisweet chocolate morsel
1 teaspoon orange extract
2 tablespoons orange juice

directions

Grease and flour Bundt pan. I use Bakers Joy spray.
Dump the cake mix in a large mixing bowl.
Mix in orange Jell-O powder.
Add the orange juice, orange extract, oil and orange zest.
Mix all ingredients together until they are well blended.
Add eggs one at a time, mixing after each addition.
Beat for 2 minutes on medium speed with electric mixer.
Fold in mini chips by hand.
Pour cake batter into pan.
Bake cake for 45-55 minutes or until side of cake separates from side of pan.
Cool on a rack for 20-25 minutes.
Loosen the outside edges and middle edges of cake and turn cake onto rack.
Let cake cool completely on rack.
Frostng:
put butter in bottom of a 2 cup microwave safe bowl.
Add the semi sweet morsels.
Heat on high for 1 minute.
Stir to make sure morsels are melted;repeat at 15 second intervals until they are melted.
Add the orange extract and stir in: add the orange juice one teaspoon at a time, stir after each addition.
Pour frosting over the ridge of the cake, letting it run down the sides of the cake.