Sticky Moist Chocolate Orange Cake

November 30, 2014 Posted by Shweta Shanbhag

Wanted to try out different fruit cake recipes and decided to try this orange and chocolate cake recipe that I saw on Nigella’s website. I have modified it heavily though the inspiration is from this page.Here is my recipe with liberal chocolate gratings which is not part of the original recipe. The moistness in this cake makes it yumm!

Ingredients

250 gms flour

200 gms powdered sugar

100 gms butter

2 eggs

50 gms of Hung curd

2 tsp of powdered orange rind

1/2 tsp vanilla extract

200 ml orange juice

Chocolate slab

1 tsp cinnamon powder

1 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp baking soda

Sugar
Method

Preheat the over at 160 degrees Celsius for 20 mins.
In the meantime, add 250 gms flour, 200 gms powdered sugar, 100 gms butter, 2 eggs, and 50 gms of Hung curd and mix well.
Add around 2 tsp of powdered orange rind, 1/2 tsp vanilla extract ,100 ml orange juice (I used canned juice but fresh orange juice will taste better), 1 tsp cinnamon powder, 1 tsp baking powder and 1/2 tsp baking soda into the mixture bowl and mix well.
Mix till you get a a smooth, thick batter. In case the batter is very thick you can add some milk to get it to the right consistency.
Prepare a baking tin with butter and sprinkle flour on it.
Add the cake mixture in one thin 1 cm layer in the baking tin. Grate some chocolate on the batter and then spread the next layer of orange batter.Grate some more chocolate on the cake and put it into the oven.
Bake it in the oven for 40 mins, but start checking at 30 mins.You can check the centre of the cake with a tester. The cake is ready when the tester comes out clean.
Remove the cake to a wire rack and let cool for 10 minutes before removing them from the tin
As the cake is baking, boil 100 ml of orange juice with 2 tsps sugar till the juice thickens. Keeps aside to cool.
When the cake is out, prick it with a toothpick in multiple places and then pour the orange juice. The juice will soak up immediately to give you the moist orange cake. The orange juice mixture gives the cake a good glazing.

Your delicious orange cake is ready to be devoured!

Chocolate slab
1 tsp cinnamon powder
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
Sugar

Instructions

Preheat the over at 160 degrees Celsius for 20 mins.
In the meantime, add 250 gms flour, 200 gms powdered sugar, 100 gms butter, 2 eggs, and 50 gms of Hung curd and mix well.
Add around 2 tsp of powdered orange rind, 1/2 tsp vanilla extract ,100 ml orange juice (I used canned juice but fresh orange juice will taste better), 1 tsp cinnamon powder, 1 tsp baking powder and 1/2 tsp baking soda into the mixture bowl and mix well.
Mix till you get a a smooth, thick batter. In case the batter is very thick you can add some milk to get it to the right consistency.
Prepare a baking tin with butter and sprinkle flour on it.
Add the cake mixture in one thin 1 cm layer in the baking tin. Grate some chocolate on the batter and then spread the next layer of orange batter.Grate some more chocolate on the cake and put it into the oven.
Bake it in the oven for 40 mins, but start checking at 30 mins.You can check the centre of the cake with a tester. The cake is ready when the tester comes out clean.
Remove the cake to a wire rack and let cool for 10 minutes before removing them from the tin
As the cake is baking, boil 100 ml of orange juice with 2 tsps sugar till the juice thickens. Keeps aside to cool.
When the cake is out, prick it with a toothpick in multiple places and then pour the orange juice. The juice will soak up immediately to give you the moist orange cake. The orange juice mixture gives the cake a good glazing.
Your delicious orange cake is ready to be devoured!