I am donating a cake for an event for the local historical society (in Florida). I am hoping this will drum up some business for me! I am wanting to make something that will kind of fit the occasion and be traditional and kind of impressive. I have seen a lot of recipes for and Orange Blossom Cake, but they are pretty much just a white cake mix with mandarin oranges and cool whip.... not so impressive...

Ideas PLEASE!!!

I love old Florida! My husband is from Florida, his family is a Florida cracker family.

I would do a vanilla bean cake, once the cake is finished baking, while it's warm I would pour some Grand Marnier over it (orange liqueur)...For the filling and icing I would make a cream cheese frosting with some fresh tangerine juice and some Grand Marnier and fresh orange zest. Yum.

This also may be something memorable that will wow people...

Make chocolate orange cupcakes and bake the batter in hollowed out oranges. I was watching Cupcake wars yesterday and a guy on that cut large oranges in half, then scooped everything out and backed a chocolate orange cake inside of the hollowed out orange halves...you could top them with a Grand Marnier buttercream and fresh orange zest.