Chocolate orange cake

Name: Chocolate orange cake
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Cuisine: World Cuisine
Ingredients: 75g/2¾oz cocoa powder; 6 tbsp just-boiled water; 2 medium oranges, well-scrubbed, finely grated zest and 2 tbsp juice only; 225g/8oz unsalted butter, cubed and softened, plus extra for greasing; 225g/8oz caster sugar; 4 large free-range eggs; 225g/8oz self-raising flour; 1 tsp baking powder; ½ orange, well-scrubbed; 25g/1oz caster sugar; 300ml/½ pint double cream; 300g/10½oz dark chocolate (about 70% cocoa solids), broken into roughly 1cm/½in pieces; 2–3 tbsp semi-skimmed milk

Instructions

Prep:30minCook:1h

A simple all-in-one chocolate orange cake, is covered with an indulgent chocolate ganache. Deceptively easy to make and a treat for any occasion. If you are short of time to decorate the cake, simply melt the chocolate into the cream as below, then use around a quarter to fill the cake and the rest to cover; creating swirly patterns with the palette knife rather than going for the more-time consuming smooth effect. For this recipe you will need two 20cm/8in loose-based sandwich tins.

Updated at: Fri, 14 Jun 2024 14:35:43 GMT