Orange Cake

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At first I wanted this to be Orange Chocolate Mousse. One of my favorite flavors in the world is orange and chocolate. I’m certainly not unique in this love. But this cake is too orange — not enough chocolate brown. Sooooo it is simply orange cake. But… many of the orange cake recipes I found were very yellow. I decided when I found this “Moroccan Orange Cake” (from Kitchen Confidante) recipe that color doesn’t matter anymore. Any cake that combines almonds, orange zest and whipped cream and tastes orange wins. Yum… I MUST make this:  “Moroccan Orange Cake” – light, moist and zingy (in her words). YUM.