This tasty and easy to make chocolate and orange cake has been perfected by Helen. Add in orange juice and golden syrup for an extra tasty and without any of the dryness of a traditional chocolate cake. It tastes amazing on a Sunday afternoon with a cup of tea and a good book!
Ingredients for the cake
- 10oz Plain Flour
- 2oz Coco Powder
- 7oz Soft Brown Sugar
- 2oz Golden Syrup
- 2 ½ tsp Baking Powder
- 4 Eggs
- ½ tsp Vanilla Paste
- Juice of One Orange
- Zest of 2 oranges
Ingredients for the filling & topping
- 3oz Butter
- 6oz Icing Sugar
- Zest of orange juice
- ½ a jar of orange curd
- Dark chocolate melted
Method:
Preheat your oven to 160° and line two 20cm sandwich tins
Cream the butter, sugar and golden syrup together until light and fluffy
Add in the eggs, 2 at a time adding 1 spoonful of flour at a time
Stir in the remaining flour, the coco powder and the baking powder
Squeeze in the juice of 1 orange, zest of 2 oranges and the vanilla paste
Stir together all the ingredients but be careful not to over beat
Divide the cake mixture into 2 tins
Pop in the oven for 25-30 minutes or until cooked all the way through
Whilst the cake is cooking combine the Icing sugar together along with some of the orange juice (add in as needed to get the correct consistency.) Plus a little vanilla paste.
Pop the buttercream into a piping bag (if you do not have a piping bag it is fine to just spoon onto the cake!)
Once the cakes are fully cooled squeeze the remaining orange juice over the sponges
Spoon on the orange curd over one of the cakes and then pipe on the buttercream until the cake is covered
Pop the second cake on top of the buttercreamed half of the cake
Melt a bar of dark chocolate over a low heat mixed with a little golden syrup and butter
Pour the chocolate all over the finished cake
ENJOY!