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Blood Orange Chocolate Cake on round black wire rack

Blood Orange Chocolate Cake

Safira
This Blood Orange Chocolate Cake is not just beautiful to look at, it tastes absolutely sublime too. I wanted a rich chocolatey fudgy cake topped with caramel orange slices and after some testing, that is exactly what I ended up with.
5 from 1 vote
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Course Baking, Baking/Dessert, Dessert
Cuisine American, british
Servings 8
Calories 353 kcal

Ingredients
  

Blood Orange Topping

  • 3 Blood Oranges Sliced finely, 4 - 5 mm, available from Tesco or Marks and Spencer
  • 200 g Caster Sugar
  • 250 ml Water

Cake

  • 125 g Plain Flour
  • 200 g Caster Sugar
  • 35 g Cocoa Powder
  • 1 tsp Baking Powder
  • ¾ tsp Bicarbonate of Soda
  • ¼ tsp Salt
  • 65 ml Oil I used neutral flavoured like veg, sunflower
  • 60 ml Milk
  • 65 g Buttermilk or Plain or Natural Yoghurt
  • 1 Egg
  • ½ tsp Vanilla Paste
  • 25 ml Coffee

Instructions
 

  • Place sliced oranges in a pan with sugar and water. Bring to a boil and then simmer for 20 minutes. Carefully arrange oranges overlapping in the bottom of a 20 cm lined round tin. Reserve the syrup for later.
  • Preheat oven to 180 °C/Gas Mark 4.
  • Combine Plain Flour, Caster Sugar, Cocoa, Baking Powder, Bicarb and Salt in a bowl.
  • Mix Oil, Milk, Buttermilk or Yoghurt, Egg, Vanilla in a separate bowl. Stir in cooled Coffee.
  • Mix the dry ingredients with the wet ingredients. Pour the batter over the orange slices and bake for 35 - 45 minutes at Gas Mark 4/180 C.
  • Brush the reserved syrup over the top whilst the cake is hot.

Notes

Can this be made ahead?

Countertop - This cake can be made up to a week ahead.
Freezer - The cake freezes beautifully too in my experience. Once the cake has cooled place in the fridge overnight, then wrap in cling film and place it in a resealable freezer bag or airtight container. Unwrap before defrosting in the fridge overnight.

Nutrition

Calories: 353kcalCarbohydrates: 66gProtein: 4gFat: 10gSaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 22mgSodium: 149mgPotassium: 123mgFiber: 2gSugar: 51gVitamin A: 66IUVitamin C: 3mgCalcium: 62mgIron: 2mg
Keyword Blood Orange Cake, Chocolate Blood Orange Cake
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