Prepare A Delicious Orange And Chocolate Cake

There are different recipes with one point in common: its exquisite flavor and incomparable aroma. Preparing a delicious orange and chocolate cake is simple and fun. In fact, it only requires creativity and the desire to place an incomparable dessert on the table.

The combination of chocolate with orange provides an ideal flavor. In addition, in a special celebration, Christmas or a family snack, there will always be a very special place for this cake.

Orange cake and chocolate ganache

Ingredients for the orange cake

• 3 eggs (180 g).
• 2 cups of sugar (200 g).
• 1/4 teaspoon of salt (2 g).
• 1 and a half cups of wheat flour (170 g).
• 1/3 of a glass of sunflower oil (80 mL).
• 1 sachet of chemical yeast (10 g).
• 1 large orange with lots of juice (50 g).

For the chocolate ganache filling and topping

• 3 tablespoons of honey (30 g).
• 2 tablespoons of butter (30 g).
• Two chocolate bars for dessert (200 g).
• 2 cups of cream with 35% fat (200 mL).

Cake preparation

1. First, wash the orange very well and cut it into small pieces, with the skin included. The sweeter the kind of orange, the better touch the cake will have.
2. Afterwards, the orange is crushed with the eggs, the sugar and the sunflower oil, until a homogeneous mixture is obtained.
3. Then, in a large bowl, place the mixture and add the wheat flour, previously sifted with the yeast and salt. Beat by hand until everything is completely mixed.
4. Finally, in a large pan, floured and buttered, the mixture is placed in the oven at a temperature of 170 ° C for 35 minutes. Optionally, the grill can be used to toast the cake on top.

Prepa ration of chocolate ganache

1. First, the cream, honey and butter are boiled in a container.
2. Then, in a bowl the chocolate cut into pieces is placed . Add the mixture still boiling until it completely covers the chocolate. Let it rest for five minutes so that all the flavors come together well.
3. Finally, mix it well until you get a homogeneous paste. A few minutes later, the ganache can be used as a filling and topping for the cake.

Orange and chocolate cake

Ingredients

• First, 1/2 cup of sugar (50 g).
• Then 1 medium egg (60 g).
• Also 1/2 cup of milk (50 mL)
• A stick of butter (75 g).
• 1 tablespoon of cocoa (10 g).
• A cup of wheat flour (100 g).
• 1/2 cup of orange juice (50 mL).
• Lastly, a pinch of baking powder.

Preparation

1. First, in a bowl, mix the butter with the sugar.
2. Then the egg is incorporated and beaten until the sugar has finished dissolving.
3. Next, the wheat flour and the baking powder are added, beat until a homogeneous paste is obtained.
4. Then this mixture is divided into two parts. Orange juice is added to one and binds well. Add the milk and cocoa to the other and continue beating.
5. On the other hand, in a previously greased mold, the two mixtures are poured in a messy way to achieve a marbled sponge cake.
6. Optionally you can add chocolate chips or nuts to the mix.
7. Finally, it is baked for 40 minutes at 180 ° C.

Marbled orange and chocolate cake

Ingredients

• First, 2 cups of sugar (200 g).
• Then 6 medium eggs (360 g).
• 1 teaspoon of vanilla (5 mL).
• Also 7 tablespoons of butter (150 g).
• 5 large cups of wheat flour (500 g).
• 1 tablespoon of baking powder (10 g).
• 2 cups of orange juice (200 mL).
• 1 teaspoon of orange zest (5 g).
• Finally, 1 cup chocolate tablet (130 g).

Preparation

1. First, melt the chocolate bar in the bain-marie and let it rest.
2. Then, in a bowl, beat the butter with the sugar. It should take on a creamy consistency, integrating both ingredients well.
3. Then the eggs are added one by one, stirring constantly.
4. Next, the flour and baking powder, mixed, are added alternating with the orange juice.
5. Then the orange zest and vanilla are added. Mix well until you get a homogeneous mixture.
6. On the other hand, a cup is separated to add it to the previously melted chocolate.
7. Both mixtures are poured into a floured and reserved mold, alternating them to achieve the marbled effect.
8. For one hour it is baked at a temperature of 170 ° C. You will know that the cake is done when you insert a toothpick and it comes out clean.
9. Finally, this delicious variant of the orange and chocolate cake can be decorated with chocolate chips, whipped cream, and more. To your liking!

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