Chocolate Cake with Orange Curd Filling Recipe - (3.2/5)

Ingredients

• FOR THE FROSTING
• 16 ounces semisweet chocolate, very finely chopped
• 2 2/3 cups heavy cream
• 1 teaspoon light corn syrup
• FOR THE CAKE
• 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature, plus more for pans
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for pans
• 1 1/2 cups cake flour, not self-rising
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 3/4 cups sugar
• 4 large eggs
• 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• 1 1/4 cups milk
• FOR THE ORANGE CURD
• 12 large egg yolks
• Zest of 2 oranges
• 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed orange juice
• 1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon coarse salt
• 1 cup (2 sticks), plus 5 tablespoons unsalted butter, cold, cut into small pieces