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Orange Chocolate Cake

Course desserts
Keyword Cakes
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes

Ingredients

Cake

  • 50 g good-quality dark chocolate
  • 200 g caster sugar
  • 200 g unsalted butter softened, plus extra for greasing
  • 2 tsp orange extract
  • 5 free-range eggs
  • 200 g self-raising flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 150 g Cocoa Powder

Buttercream

  • 225 g butter
  • 500 g icing sugar
  • orange food gel
  • 1 tsp orange extract
  • 2 Terrys Chocolate Orange

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4. Grease and line two 20cm/8in sandwich tins.
  • Melt the chocolate in a bowl set over a pan of simmering water.
  • Meanwhile, cream the sugar and butter together in a bowl until light and fluffy. Add the orange zest and juice and the melted chocolate. Slowly beat in the eggs, one at a time, until well combined.
  • Sift the flour, baking powder and cocoa powder into the mixture and fold until well combined. Divide the cake batter between the two sandwich tins and bake for 25-30 minutes, or until cooked through.

Buttercream

  • Beat the butter until pale and fluffy. Add the icing sugar a little at time until fully incorporated.
  • Add in the orange food colouring and orange extract then mix until fully incorporated. Then fill a piping bag with a circle piping nozzle and pipe onto the first layer of cake.
  • Once the bottom layer is fully covered with icing sugar, leave it for a minute to give the buttercream to harden a little bit. Then add the second layer on top of the buttercream gently, pipe more icing on to the top layer of the cake. Add a couple of slices of terry chocolate orange and enjoy.