Chocolate Orange Cake

Name: Chocolate Orange Cake
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 80 min
Ingredients: 350 g Butter or baking spread; 350 g Caster sugar; 6 Eggs (large); 2 tsp Orange extract; 1 tbsp Milk; 300 g Self raising flour; 50 g Cocoa powder; 1/2 tsp Baking powder; 250 g Butter or baking spread; 450 g Icing sugar; 50 g Cocoa powder; 1 1/2 tbsp Milk; 2 tsp Orange extract; 1 Terry's Chocolate Orange; Orange sprinkles (optional)

06/12/2019 by thebakingexplorer 29 Comments

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I wasn't sure whether to share a Chocolate Orange Cake as there are SO many recipes for them out there. But then I thought, well this is my version and if you like my other cakes then you will surely like this one too! This Chocolate Orange Cake is two layer of moist chocolate orange sponge with chocolate orange buttercream, decorated with Terry's Chocolate Orange pieces and orange sprinkles. I've made it several times over the years for birthdays and other celebrations and it always goes down well!

How to make Chocolate Orange Cake...

To make the sponge I mixed butter and sugar together, then whisked in eggs and orange extract. Finally I mixed in self raising flour, baking powder and cocoa powder. I divided them between the cake tins and baked them.

To decorate the cake I made a buttercream from butter, icing sugar, cocoa powder, milk and orange extract.

I crammed as much Terry's Chocolate Orange as I could manage on top of the Chocolate Orange Cake! Can you ever have enough?! I also added some orange sprinkles to continue the orange theme, but of course you can use any sprinkles you like, or none at all.

Recommended equipment & ingredients*

8" cake tins	Mixing bowls	Cooling rack
Kitchen scales	Electric hand mixer	Wilton 2D Piping nozzle
Piping bags	Terry's Chocolate Orange	Orange extract

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Tips for making the Chocolate Orange Cake:

You do need orange extract to get a good level of orange flavour from this recipe. Please don't substitute it for orange juice as it won't work. Orange extract is pretty easy to get hold of in the baking aisle, I get mine from Tesco, or you can order it online from Amazon.
You could bake this cake as one mix in a deep tin, then cut it in half once baked, just increase the baking to 45-50 minutes and check it is done with a thin skewer inserted in the centre. If it comes out clean, the cake is done.
If you don't have Terry's Chocolate Orange where you live, or you can't get hold of it, just use any other orange flavoured chocolate treat like Lindt, Matchmakers, or perhaps the elusive orange Twirl!!

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