Special Occasion Orange Layer Cake Recipe

• Vegetable cooking spray
• 2 1/2 c. Sifted cake flour
• 2 1/4 tsp Baking pwdr
• 1/4 tsp Salt
• 1/4 c. Vegetable oil
• 2 Tbsp. Grated orange rind, (6 oranges)
• 2 tsp Vanilla extract
• 2 tsp Orange extract
• 1 x Egg yolk
• 1 1/2 c. Sugar, divided
• 3/4 c. Hot 2% low-fat lowfat milk, 95 to 100 degrees
• 4 x Egg whites
• 1 1/2 c. Fresh orange juice, divided
• 3/4 c. Dry whole apricots, (3 ounces)
• 3/4 c. Sugar
• 2 1/2 Tbsp. Cornstarch
• 2 tsp Margarine
• 2 1/2 Tbsp. Fresh lemon juice
• 1/3 c. Stick margarine or possibly butter, softened
• 2 Tbsp. Nonfat cream cheese, softened
• 1 1/2 tsp Vanilla extract
• 1 dsh Salt
• 4 1/2 c. Sifted powdered sugar, (17 ounces)
• 5 tsp Skim lowfat milk

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