Chocolate orange dream cake
Updated: May 30, 2019
This cake literally combines the best of the two together. The chocolate fanatics who are always looking for a newer variation and the citrus lovers who crave for the tang, this cake offers delight equally.
Ingredients :
For the cake
Butter 70 grams - softened
Vegetable oil 80 ml
Powdered sugar 160 gm
Plain flour 175 gm
Cocoa powder 50 gm
Chocolate chips - dark or semi sweet - 50 gm
Baking powder 1/2 teaspoon
Baking soda 1/4th teaspoon
salt 1/8th teaspoon
Vanilla extract 1 teaspoon
Juice of 2 oranges
Juice of 1 lemon
zest of 1 orange and 1 lemon
3 eggs
a generous splash of milk
For the drizzle syrup
8 teaspoons sugar
peel and juice of one orange
water
juice of 1 lemon
For caramelizing oranges
3-4 round slices of orange
Orange peel
2 spoons sugar
juice of half orange
Method -
For caramelizing oranges
1. Add the juice of half an orange to a pan, add 2-3 spoons of sugar and place orange slices and orange peel in the pan.
2. Let this simmer gently for about 5-7 mins
3. Once the orange slices look done, you can either remove them carefully or let them sit on the pan till they are ready to use.
For the cake
1. Add baking powder, baking soda, salt and cocoa powder to plain flour and toss in
2. Beat eggs till double in volume and set aside
3. Preheat your oven to 180 degrees and line/butter the tins
4. Now in a big mixing bowl, whisk butter, sugar and oil till they are light. As we are adding melted ingredients, the mix will not become very fluffy.
5. Add flour mix and eggs turn by turn and give a good whisk till the ingredients are well incorporated
6. Add lemon and orange juices, peel and zest and mix
7. Add vanilla extract, chocolate chips and a splashful of milk so the mixture is smooth and almost runny
8. Pour the mixture into 1 big loaf tin or 8 inch cake pan or 2 small pans like i did here - 1 small loaf and a 5 inch pan.
9. Tap the tins gently to release air
10. Arrange caramelized orange slices on top and scatter candied orange peel around
11. Bake in the oven for 30-35 mins
12. If the cakes start browning, cover with foil post 25 mins and continue baking
13. As the cakes are baking, prepare the drizzle
14. In the same pan used for caramelizing oranges, add sugar, water and orange, lemon juice and let this simmer till it reaches a syrupy consistency. Adjust juice and sugar as required
15. Remove the cakes from the oven
16. while the cake is still in the tin, poke all over with a tooth pick and drizzle the orange syrup generously on top
17. Let the cakes cool down slightly before removing from the tin