Chocolate Orange Cake

By JanF1201

Ingredients

• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/4 cup orange liqueur
• 1/4 cup water
• 1 1 18.25 oz. package devil's food cake mix
• 8 ounces sour cream
• 1 4 ounce package instant chocolate fudge pudding mix
• 4 eggs
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 1/2 cup water
• 1/4 cup coffee liqueur
• 2 tablespoons orange peel, grated
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 12 ounces chocolate chips
• Powdered sugar

Details

Servings 10

Preparation

Step 1

Combine first 4 ingredients in heavy small saucepan. Stir over low heat until butter melts and sugar dissolves, about 3 minutes. Increase heat and boil 2 minutes. Cool completely.
Preheat oven to 350. Grease and flour 10 cup bundt pan. Using electric beater, beat cake mix and nest 8 ingredients until well blended, about 3 minutes. Stir in chocolate chips. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake until toothpick inserted near center comes out with a few moist crumbs attached, about 1 hour. Immediately spoon sugar and butter mixture over cake in pan. Let cake stand 30 minutes.
Turn cake our onto platter and cool completely. Sprinkle top with powdered sugar and serve.