My DD wanted an orange cake. My plan was to do an orange flavored cake with CC icing but after the cake was baked, I tasted the scrap and it is barely orange flavored (I did a wasc variation). So now, I think that if I do some sort of orange filling it will be ok but I don't want a 'fake' orange flavor. Any ideas? I figure if all else fails that I'll just do orange BC but it's not really what i had in mind.

The flavor in my WASC's tend to develop over time. My orange is much more "orangey" the next day. Have your tried orange oil in your frosting. You could mix it with some well-drained mandarin oranges for a filling.

I haven't made the cake, but the icing on this recipe is really good!
http://cakecentral.com/recipes/1611/orange-creamsicle-cake-and-frosting

My orange cake is really "orangey" But like cheatize said the flavor develops over time. I use orange soda, orange sherbert, orange yogurt, and orange flavoring in my orange cake.

I use orange oil (a little goes a looooong way) and some real orange pulp concentrate. It also gives a very fresh flavour comapared to using essence. HTH

I don't have experience with orange cake, but i would suggest an orange curd for the filling. I've not made orange curd, but I do make a pineapple curd which is really yummy, there is no reason why oranges wouldn't work as well as lemon.

For levels of oranginess(?)...alternate your orange layers with orange curd, and orange curd mixed with bettercreme or whipped cream then iced in vanilla buttercream (if you really gotta have it orange, add some zest in it if possible)

http://find.myrecipes.com/recipes/recipefinder.dyn?action=displayRecipe&recipe_id=398021

I would make a syrup using orange juice and zest. You could also make a glaze using juice and zest. The zest will give it that citrus punch that people respond to.

Try this Orange Filling

1 cup Sugar
1 cup Orange Juice
1/4 cup Cornstarch
1/2 teaspoon Salt
2 Tablespoons Butter
2 Tablespoons Orange Peel
2 Tablespoons Lemon Juice

Mix sugar, cornstarch & salt in a saucepan. Slowly stir in orange juice. Bring to a boil for 2-4 minutes. Remove from heat. Stir in butter and orange peel. Gradually add lemon juice. Stir until well mixed.

Cool completely before filling cake.

orange smbc and orange curd mixed is delicious. Or orange imbc and orange curd. Using all fresh fruit juice and grated rind in the curds. i use the orange oil in the smbc or imbc.

I've used orange flavored Jello in my buttercream....VERY orangey flavor.

CK Icing Fruits adds a ton of flavor to my buttercream. I was unsure before I used them the first time, but now I use all the flavors. Super easy to use. HTH

Thanks everyone! I ended up making orange buttercream (with orange extract and orange juice) as my filling and vanilla buttercream for the icing. I'd probably have liked the orange curd idea had I seen it in time Maybe next time. The cake was very good adn definitely 'orange' though I think that I slightly overdid the extract in the buttercream trying to get the level of orange I wanted and it was a little alcoholy...no one else noticed it but I'm preggo and perhaps my taste buds are a bit hypersensitive. Anyhow, my daughter liked it and it was for her so I guess that is what matters