A recipe for chocolate and orange marble cake
Friday, August 14, 2020
Love cake? This is a great one! It's my recipe for a Chocolate Orange Marble Cake. You really should give this a try- it tastes as good as it looks!
Sometimes when I am feeling a bit stressed, I find it very therapeutic to bake a cake. There is something about the routine of measuring and mixing that is very soothing. I also find that I have to concentrate on what I am doing which is a very good distraction from whatever is bothering me.
My cake of choice has always been a lemon drizzle cake or a Victoria Sandwich as they are so easy to make and deliciously moist. I do like to try other cakes too just for variety. My new absolute favourite is orange and chocolate marble cake. I have made marble cakes before but never with chocolate and orange which is a lovely combination.
This is surpisingly easy to make and looks really impressive. The only downside is having an extra bowl to wash up but that is a small price to pay for a yummy cake!
Recipe and instructions are below.
- 225g butter
- 225g caster sugar
- 4 eggs
- 225g self-raising flour
- Zest of one orange
- 2 tsps cocoa powder
- 180g chocolate (optional)
Pre-heat the oven to 175C
Cream together the butter and sugar until pale and fluffy
Mix in the eggs
Fold in the flour
Divide the mixture between 2 bowls
Add the orange zest to one mix and the cocoa to the other
Place alternate dollops into a 2 lb lined loaf tin and top with a second layer of alternating mixes
run a skewer through the mix to swirl
Bake in the oven for around 40 minutes. A skewer should come out clean when its inserted and the cake should bounce back to the touch
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Ingredients
- 225g very soft butter, plus extra for greasing
- 225g caster sugar
- 225g self-raising flour
- 4 large eggs, beaten
- 2 tbsp milk
- 2 tbsp cocoa powder
- 1 large orange, zest and 1 tbsp orange juice
- a few drops orange food colouring (I used gel colouring which is really easy to manage)
- 75g chocolate
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