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This is my recipe from taking the best bits of all the chocolate coffee cakes I could find online.  For a true chocolate lover.

Ingredients:

4 ounce squares semisweet chocolate, melted

2 cups flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 1/2 cups brown sugar

1 cup softened butter

4 eggs

2 tablespoons instant coffee

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

1 cup buttermilk

Preheat oven to 350° F.  Grease two pans.

Mix flour, baking soda, salt.

Mix sugar, butter, instant coffee, and vanilla in a separate bowl.

Beat dry ingredients into wet ingredients while slowly adding buttermilk.

Bake for 40 minutes.

Remove and cool.

Icing:

3 ounce squares semisweet chocolate, melted

2 teaspoons instant coffee (dissolved in milk)

3 tablespoons milk

1 cup butter, softened

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

3 cups icing sugar

Ice cake and decorate with small cherry slices and one sliced strawberry.

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This is my recipe from searching lots online and taking the best bits from all the chocolate orange cakes I could find.  A very moist, very flavorful, and exotic cake.

Ingredients:

1 cup butter

1 1/2 cups granulated sugar

3 eggs

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

1 cup plain or vanilla yogurt

1 3/4 cups flour

3/4 teaspoon baking soda

3/4 teaspoon baking powder

1/4 teaspoon salt

3 single ounce squares semisweet chocolate

3 tablespoons orange zest

4 tablespoons orange juice

Preheat oven to 350° F.  Prepare the pan by greasing and arranging orange slices on the bottom.

Mix butter, sugar, eggs, vanilla, and yogurt.

In a separate bowl, mix flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.  Slowly combine the two bowls by pouring dry ingredients onto wet ingredients and mixing well.

Separate the batter into halves.

Add two melted squares of semisweet chocolate into one half, and the orange zest and juice into the other.

Marble the batter over the orange slices in your prepared pan and bake for 50 minutes.

When ready, take it out and let it cool.  Refrigerate if possible.

Flip cake (after flattening the now-bottom with a knife as necessary or choosing a serving platter with a rounded bottom) so that orange slices face upwards.

Glaze:

2 tablespoons orange juice

2 tablespoons granulated sugar

Decorate with orange or lemon peel and small slices of cherry.  Drizzle melted chocolate.

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