Chocolate & Orange Cake

Level:
Medium
Makes:
Serves 8-12

Chocolate & Orange Cake

Ingredients: Chocolate & Orange Cake

Preparation: Chocolate & Orange Cake

Melt the butter and dark chocolate together in a plastic bowl in the microwave then add in 360ml water

Ingredients: Chocolate & Orange Cake

  • 2
    orange zest

Preparation: Chocolate & Orange Cake

Add in the orange zest 

 

Ingredients: Chocolate & Orange Cake

  • 4.4 oz
    self-raising flour
  • 4.4 oz
    plain flour
  • 1.8 oz
    cocoa powder
  • 1 spoon(s)
    bicarbonate of soda
  • 1 spoon(s)
    Baking powder
  • 1.1 lb
    caster sugar

Preparation: Chocolate & Orange Cake

Sift the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and bicarbonate of soda into a large bowl, stir in the sugar

Ingredients: Chocolate & Orange Cake

  • 0.5 oz
    ground flaxseed

Preparation: Chocolate & Orange Cake

Mix the ground flax and 45ml water to make a flax egg

Ingredients: Chocolate & Orange Cake

  • 35 ml
    Vegetable oil
  • 100 ml
    oat cream

Preparation: Chocolate & Orange Cake

Add in the flax eggs, crème fraiche and oil and then fold into the chocolate mixture

Bake in a lined round tin at 160°C for 20 minutes until the cake is springy

 

Ingredients: Chocolate & Orange Cake

  • Crystallised orange and melted chocolate

Preparation: Chocolate & Orange Cake

Decorate with melted chocolate and crystallised orange