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Chocolate Orange Cake on a wooden board with orange peel on top

Chocolate Orange Cake

Safira
An easy recipe for Chocolate Orange Cake that is very rich and chocolatey. With a beautifully tender crumb. Also incredibly fudgey and moist. 
5 from 3 votes
Total Time 50 minutes
Course Baking/Dessert
Cuisine American, british
Servings 10
Calories 671 kcal

Ingredients
  

Cake

  • 150 ml Black Coffee
  • 1 large Orange Zest and Juice
  • 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
  • 250 g Unsalted Butter
  • 75 g Cocoa Powder
  • 400 g Caster Sugar or Granulated
  • 2 Eggs
  • 250 g Plain Flour
  • 1 ¼ tsp Baking Powder
  • 1/2 tsp Salt
  • 115 g Buttermilk or Greek Yoghurt

Drizzle

  • 2 Oranges Juice
  • 100 g Caster Sugar

Chocolate Ganache

  • 100 ml Double Cream
  • 200 g Milk Chocolate Or a mix of dark and milk chocolate. Chopped
  • 2 Oranges Zest

Instructions
 

Cake

  • Preheat oven to 175 C/Gas Mark 3.
  • Grease/line tin. If using a bundt, butter thoroughly or spray using a cake release spray.
  • Add coffee, orange juice and zest, vanilla and butter to a pan. Simmer and then stir in cocoa powder. Remove from heat and stir in caster sugar.
  • Whisk in the eggs.
  • Fold in the flour, baking powder and salt. 
  • Mix in the buttermilk/yoghurt.
  • Pour batter into tin and bake for 40 - 50 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the middle of the cake comes out clean.

Drizzle

  • Make the drizzle by heating sugar and orange juice for 2 - 3 minutes.
  • Allow cake to cool for 15 minutes, then invert out of the tin.
  • Poke cake all over with skewer and pour drizzle over whilst cake is still hot.

Ganache

  • Place chocolate in bowl.
  • Heat cream in a pan. When simmering, pour the cream over the top and whisk together. Stir in zest. Pour over cake.

Notes

The best way to store this cake?

Store in an airtight container for up to 5 days. 

How to freeze

Yes. Simply bake and completely cool the cake. Don’t add the decoration/chocolate topping. Once cool, wrap it in cling film twice. Cover in foil. Add to a air tight container or cover in 1 more layer of foil. Freeze for up to 3 months.

How to thaw frozen Chocolate Orange Cake

Unwrap the cake and place on a wire rack. Leave at room temperature for 3 - 4 hours. Once the cake has thawed, make and add chocolate topping.

Nutrition

Calories: 671kcalCarbohydrates: 95gProtein: 7gFat: 33gSaturated Fat: 20gCholesterol: 101mgSodium: 214mgPotassium: 368mgFiber: 6gSugar: 68gVitamin A: 998IUVitamin C: 38mgCalcium: 111mgIron: 3mg
Keyword Chocolate Orange Cake
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