People are always asking me what makes a good chocolate cake and the answer is moistness and flavour and this recipe has plenty of both.
Rich chocolate cake with fresh orange juice, orange curd and chocolate ganache filling. A delicious moist flavoursome chocolate cake ideal for impressing your friends and family at any occasion.
This is one of the flavours that I use for my wedding cakes and it is always a popular one. It is one of my favourite born from my love of chocolate orange. Here is the recipe for you to try.
A fabulous moist cake made with freshly squeezed orange juice.
You will need
a small/medium loaf tin
Chocolate and Orange Loaf Cake
Rich chocolate loaf cake with fresh orange juice, orange curd and chocolate ganache filling.
8
servings30
minutes1
hour185
kcalIngredients
- For the cake
8 oz self raising flou
8 oz Margarine
8 oz caster sugar
4 eggs (beaten)
2 tablespoons of chocolate powder
1-2 oranges ( depending on the size)
- For the filling
8 oz dark or milk chocolate
1/4 pint single cream
A jar of Orange Curd
Directions
- Place your sugar and margarine in bowl and mix together until fluffy, add the egg and mix together until blended.
- Sieve the flour and fold in.
- Add the chocolate powder and fold in.
- Halve the oranges and squeeze the juice out into a jug. Add this to your mixture bit by bit, until the mixture is nice and moist. (do not put too much in or the mixture will curdle)
- Grate the orange peel into the bowl and mix in.
- Grease and line a loaf tin, then pour in your mixture
- Place in a pre-heated oven at 180 degrees and cook for 1 hour
- While your cake is cooking, it is now time to make your chocolate ganache filling.
- Break up your chocolate into small pieces and place in a heat proof bowl.
- Pour your cream into a small saucepan and heat until it boils.
- When the cream is boiling, take it off the heat and pour into the bowl of chocolate.
- Stir in the chocolate and cream until it is all mixed together with no lumps.
- Leave this to cool while your cake is cooking.
- When the cake is cooked, turn it out of the pan and leave to cool
- Cut your loaf in half and spread half with orange curd and half with ganache and sandwich together
- If you have any ganache left you can use this to garnish the top and add some grated orange peel.
