Orange Creamsicle Cake- Made from Scratch

Makes two 6″ cake layers.
Ingredients:

½ cup softened butter or margarine
2 eggs
½ cup sugar
½ cup milk
2 tablespoons orange zest
¼ cup fresh orange juice
1 teaspoon orange bakery emulsion
1 ½ cups cake flour
1¼ teaspoons baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt

Buttercream Icing:

¾ cup butter at room temperature
10 oz. softened cream cheese
3 cups confectioners sugar
¾ teaspoon vanilla
1 ½ teaspoon orange bakery emulsion
1 tablespoon heavy cream

White Chocolate Ganache:

½ cup white chocolate chips
½ cup heavy cream
1 drop each of yellow and red food coloring gel

Making the Cake:
preheat oven to 350℉, mix softened butter with sugar and blend on medium speed for one minute. Add eggs, milk, orange zest and orange emulsion and blend for 2 more minutes

preheat oven to 350℉
mix softened butter with sugar and mix on medium speed for one minute
add eggs, milk, orange zest, orange emulsion and milk and blend for two minutes

in a small bowl, add cake flour, baking soda, and salt and whisk together

add the flour mix to the wet mixture and blend on medium speed for two minutes

pour cake batter equally into two prepared 6″ cake pans

bake for 30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean when inserted into the cakeremove from pan and the let cake cool completely on a cooling rack

Orange Buttercream Icing:

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