orange spice cake

Ingredients For orange spice cake

• FOR CAKE:
• 3 c

  cake flour
• 2 c

  sugar
• 1/2 tsp

  salt
• 1 Tbsp

  baking powder
• 3/4 tsp

  ground ginger
• 1/4 tsp

  ground cloves
• 1 tsp

  nutmeg
• 1 tsp

  cinnamon
• 1 c

  (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
• 4 lg

  eggs, room temperature
• 1 c

  heavy cream
• 2 Tbsp

  pure vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 Tbsp

  orange extract
• FOR ORANGE CURD:
• 4 lg

  egg yolks
• 8 Tbsp

  unsalted butter, cold (divided)
• 1 Tbsp

  pure vanilla extract
• 1/4 can

  fresh orange juice
• 1/2 Tbsp

  fresh lemon juice
• 1 Tbsp

  fresh orange zest
• FOR ORANGE CREAM CHEESE FROSTING:
• 1 c

  cream cheese, room temperature
• 1 c

  (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
• 1 tsp

  pure vanilla extract
• 2 tsp

  orange extract
• 3 c

  confectioner's sugar
• orange food coloring (or a combination of yellow and red food coloring) ---opional.
• FOR SIMPLE SYRUP
• 1 c

  water
• 1 c

  sugar
• GARNISH:
• 1 c

  pecan chips