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Orange Chocolate Loaf Cake From Florida

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Photo of chocolate cake on a marble countertop.
Photo by Joseph De Leo, Food Styling by Anna Stockwell

This recipe came from a magnificent orange grove in Central Florida where the cake is a specialty of the house. When we visited there, large trays of the sliced cake were served along with extra-tall glasses of ice-cold, sweet-and-tart just-squeezed orange juice.

The cake, made with whipped cream instead of butter, is a deliciously plain, moist, coal-black loaf flavored with orange zest and steeped in orange juice after it is baked. The recipe may easily be doubled and baked in two pans.

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