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Chocolate Crumb Cake

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Warning: It’s hard to stop noshing on this cake. Easy to bake, easy to eat!

SERVES 24

• 4 cups flour
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• ¾ cup margarine
• ½ cup + 4½ Tbsp oil
• 4 eggs
• 1 cup orange juice
• pinch cinnamon
• 4 tsp baking powder mixed with 3 tsp flour
• 4½ Tbsp boiling water
• 4½ Tbsp cocoa powder
• 1½ cups confectioners’ sugar

Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C). Combine flour, sugar, vanilla, margarine, and ½ cup oil in a bowl and mix well. Remove 1½ cups of the mixture and set it aside to use for the topping. Then add the eggs, orange juice, cinnamon, and baking powder-flour mixture to the bowl and mix well. Pour the batter into a lined 11x17-inch (28x43-cm) pan. Combine 4½ Tbsp oil, boiling water, cocoa, and confectioners’ sugar and mix it gently into the batter. Sprinkle reserved topping over the entire cake. Bake for 45–60 minutes.