Chocolate Custard Cake With Butterscotch Orange Frosting

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup cocoa powder
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 1/2 cups applesauce
• 2 eggs (or 1/2 cup egg beaters)
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup skim milk
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 5 tablespoons flour or 2 1/2 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups milk, scalding hot
• 2 eggs or 4 egg yolks, well beaten
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/4 cup low-fat butter
• 1 1/3 cups powdered sugar
• 3 tablespoons spn butter schnapps
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 tablespoon spn orange zest
• 2 tablespoons spn orange juice
• 1 tablespoon spn skim milk

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 350°f line 2 nine-inch round cake pans and grease the sides of the pans. ( or use one designer pan and cut cake in half at the end).
• 2 sift together flour, cocoa, baking soda, cinnamon and salt; set aside.
• 3 beat together the oil and sugar in a mixing bowl.
• 4 add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• 5 blend in the vanilla and the applesauce.
• 6 add the dry ingredients alternately with the buttermilk to creamed mixture, beating well after each addition.
• 7 divide the batter evenly between the two pans.
• 8 bake for about 45 minutes or until cake is fully cooked.
• 9 custard filling:.
• 10 mix the sugar, flour and salt, and vanilla together in a double boiler and add the hot milk gradually, stirring constantly.
• 11 cook until the mixture thickens.
• 12 pour a 1/4 cup over the eggs and mix thoroughly; pour back into the first mixture and cook for at least 5 more minutes while stirring constantly.
• 13 (i flash freez my custard filling to chill faster while stirring every two minutes).
• 14 orange butterscotch frosting: in a medium bowl mix softened butter, and milk.
• 15 add 1/2 cup of sugar and mix thouroughly. keep adding sugar, butter schnapps, orange juice, and rest of ingredients until it is the consistancy desired.
• 16 cut cake in half and fill with custard. drizzle with frosting.