Attention Twi-hards! Whether you are on Team Edward or Team Jacob, everyone will want to sink their teeth into this vampire cake.  It is the perfect recipe for a Twilight Eclipse viewing party!

A marble of devil’s food cake mixed with blood orange cake swirled inside a castle shaped bundt pan, it is sure to please all those Twilight fans out there!

CHOCOLATE-ORANGE MARBLE CAKE  aka Twilight Cake

Cake:
3 ounces (3 squares) unsweetened chocolate, chopped
2 sticks (1 cup)  plus 2 Tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
2 cups granulated sugar
4 large eggs, at room temperature
2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
3/4 teaspoon baking soda, divided
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup buttermilk
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 Tablespoon freshly grated orange rind, from a blood orange or naval orange
1/4 cup water

Glaze:
1 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup orange juice, from a blood orange or naval orange
2 teaspoons grated orange rind, from a blood orange or naval orange

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees.  Spray the castle pan with Baker’s Joy, and using a pastry brush, brush the oil into the grooves of the pan, and then turn pan upside down over a paper towel; set aside.
2.  For Cake:  In the top of a double boiler over simmering water, or over very low heat in a small saucepan, melt the chocolate with 2 Tablespoons of the butter, stirring until melted; set aside to cool.  In a large bowl of electric mixer cream the 2 sticks butter, then gradually add the sugar; beat until light and fluffy.  Add the eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.
3.  Into a bowl or onto waxed paper, sift together the flour, baking powder, 1/2 teaspoon of the baking soda, and the salt.  Add to the butter mixture alternately with the buttermilk, beginning and ending with the flour mixture and blending batter after each addition.  Stir in the vanilla.
4.  Divide the batter between 2 bowls, putting slightly more batter in one bowl.  Stir the orange rind into the bowl with more batter.  Into the bowl with less batter, stir in the cooled chocolate, the remaining 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda, and the 1/4 cup of water until the mixture is well blended.
5.  Spoon the batters separately into the prepared pan in 4 layers, beginning with the orange batter, going orange-chocolate- orange- chocolate, and remembering to pour the batter into the corners. Gently tap the pan on the counter a few times, then run a long knife through the batter in a daisy petal pattern around the mold several times for the marbled look.
6.  Bake the cake for 1 hour, 10 minutes, or until a skewer comes out clean.  Let the cake cool in the pan on a cooling rack for 10 minutes before inverting. Cool cake for 20-30 minutes before glazing.
7.  For Glaze:  Combine all glaze ingredients in a small saucepan; bring to a boil, stirring constantly, until sugar is dissolved.  Brush glaze all over cake with a pastry brush.

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