One Cake A Week
Do Chocolate Cakes in your house disappear all too quickly?
Then your household will love this Chocolate Orange cake. It has the flavour of Chocolate with a hint of orange juice goodness. Better than chocolate!
Chocolate Orange Cake Recipe
Ingredients
- 125g butter (softened)
- 1 tablespoon orange zest
- 1 3/4 cups Self Raising Flour (equivalent to plain flour with 3 teaspoons of Baking powder added)
- 1 1/3 cup castor or fine white sugar
- 1/2 cup cocoa
- 1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
- 1/2 cup Orange Juice
- 1/4 cup water
Method
- Preheat Oven 180 Celsius or 375 Fahrenheit.
- Grease and flour a 20 cm/8 inch bundt or round cake pan.
- Combine all ingredients in an electric mixer adding wet ingredients last.
- Beat on low speed until all ingredients are combined.
- Increase mixer speed to medium and beat for 3 minutes or until the cake mixture changes colour and is smooth.
- Pour into the prepared pan and bake for 50 – 60 minutes.
- Leave stand for 5 minutes before turning out.
- Dust generously with icing sugar before serving.
- Optional: Ice with Choc Orange frosting, if desired.
Chocolate Orange Frosting
- 60 grams or 4 tablespoons soft Butter
- 1 tablespoon grated Orange rind
- 1 1/2 cup Icing Sugar
- 2 Tablespoons Milk
- 1 Tablespoon Cocoa
To Make Frosting:
- Beat butter and rind in small mixer bowl until light and fluffy.
- Add icing sugar and milk gradually.
- Divide frosting mixture in half, stir sifted cocoa into one half and mix well.
- Top cake with spoonfuls of orange and chocolate iceing.
- Swirl icing with knife to give a marbled effect.
I am making #onecakeaweek at the Home by the Sea. Join me in collating a recipe blog list by leaving your link in the comments below.
More HbtS Cake Recipes. There is plenty to choose from.
Thank you for sharing this.
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Thank you Leena. Are you a fan of Orange cakes?
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I am a fan of orange flavour. I recently grated orange rind in my pumpkin soup…The taste was amazing. Culinary blasphemy..? Do you think?
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Oh that is a really fantastic idea. I think the flavours of orange and pumpkin would work really well together – plus there is the boost of Vitamin C as well. Definitely not culinary blasphemy. Perhaps I am thinking this because they are both orange. I have after all, added turmeric to my pumpkin soup in the past. Have you tried that, Leena?
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Yes.I have tried that. In India we do add turmeric in all our dishes
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To all the dishes?
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To all gravy dishes
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i think so yummy….
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Thank you. I hope you like it if you bake it. Do come back and let me know how you go. Different ovens vary so much.
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Looks delicious.
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Thanks Peg. What have you been baking lately?
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Bread and cakes.
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Carbs – yummo
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Very nice cohcklate cake.
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Did you make it?
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My doughter make som time. She is interested.
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Awesome. Looking forward to hearing how it turns out.
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This looks absolutely amazing ❤️
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Thank you for saying so.
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