Dark chocolate & orange cake

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• Carolyn

  06 January 2011

  Carolyn rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Great cake. Omitted ganache and just drizzled over melted dark chocolate with orange rind.

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• LittleCakeyLaura

  21 January 2011

  LittleCakeyLaura rated and commented on this recipe

  

  This cake is gorgeous and so light everybody that tried it loved it i would never think to blend a whole orange i assumed i would need to peel it first!! This is lovely recipe! Instead of the ganache i used the recipe for chocolate cherry mousse shots but substitued the kirsh for orange as the topping yum yum

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• Sylv

  23 January 2011

  Sylv rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I made this for the first time yesterday and thought it was really nice. However, I'd like to use something other than sunflower oil as I could taste it too much. Also would add some orange liquor next time to give it more of a tang. For the ganache I used vegetable light double cream which was nice, and substituted plain flour with wholemeal which made the cake maybe a bit denser most still really moist, however I had to cook it for an extra 10 minutes because of the wholemeal flour. Will certainly try that one again.

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• Fay

  04 February 2011

  Fay rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Fabulous cake - I put chocolate frosting on the top instead of the ganache. I think we had 3 pieces each before our tummys told our mouths to stop wanting more! I would try the recipe next time with 2 blixted oranges to increase the orange taste.

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• Alex

  05 February 2011

  Alex rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Made this cake for a friends birthday - it went down VERY well!!

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• julie

  08 February 2011

  julie rated and commented on this recipe

  

  made this cake a few months ago,never again its the worst cake i,ve ever made it had the texture of playdough and tasted horrible.

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• abha dhasmana

  11 May 2011

  abha dhasmana rated and commented on this recipe

  

  This is the best chocolate orange cake ever! I thought it would be a bit dry (because of the long baking time) so I brushed the cake with 1/2 cup of orange juice before frosting. Definitely a keeper.

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• EJ Allan

  14 May 2011

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• EJ Allan

  14 May 2011

  EJ Allan commented on this recipe

  Got the kids involved in the prep and they loved the the "Orange Puree", Amazing cake will be making again.

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• Fatima

  30 May 2011

  Fatima commented on this recipe

  I baked the mixture in 2 sandwich tins, and actually came out with 2 decent sized cakes! Didn't use ganache, but just spread a melted Lindt Choc Orange on top. Kept in the fridge for a couple of days and the cake just kept tasting better and better...really dense but moist. Can't get Seville oranges here, so just a local orange! Def make again very soon!

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• mattccross

  28 June 2011

  mattccross rated and commented on this recipe

  

  A fantastic cake! Just take care not to over cook.

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• katckam

  08 August 2011

  katckam commented on this recipe

  Delicious, made for a dinner party. Made the cake a few days in advance, the orange kept it lovely and moist. Made half of the topping and spread all around. A winner and very easy. Served with creme fraiche on the night

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• katckam

  08 August 2011

  katckam rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Forgot to rate. Also, didn't have a seville orange, just used a regular one

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• Gailkr1

  10 August 2011

  Gailkr1 rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Very nice but very sickly!

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• LouLou

  01 September 2011

  LouLou commented on this recipe

  Made this for the first time with my daughter at the weekend, our first baked cake together as well!!. it was truely scumptious

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• Deb W

  08 September 2011

  Deb W rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Great easy recipe and really delicious

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• Emi

  22 September 2011

  Emi rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Really beautiful tasting cake. I've made this loads of times now and had compliments every time. I try and use orange flavoured chocolate (Chocolate Orange!) in the ganache because otherwise the icing is too rich. Also, I've never used the candied orange peel to decorate - where can you get that? I've never even seen it in a shop!

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• My recipes

  21 October 2011

  My recipes commented on this recipe

  I made this cake & it's amazing! At one point I thought the ganache had split upon cooling but don't be fooled just give it a good stir & it was fine. It tasted great & I found that adding some grated milk chocolate to the top mellowed out the dark chocolate slightly. Yum!

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• sarah

  28 October 2011

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• cakegirl20

  21 December 2011

  cakegirl20 rated and commented on this recipe

  

  A lovely cake that has been appreciated by many! As my family usually find that amount of dark chocolate too rich, I substituted 50 g of milk for the cake and for the topping and it worked beautifully. I was unsure about the orange blending, but it really does work. Trust the recipe!

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Ingredients

• 1 Seville orange
• a little melted butter , for greasing
• 100g plain chocolate , broken into pieces
• 3 eggs
• 280g caster sugar
• 240ml sunflower oil
• 25g cocoa powder
• 250g plain flour
• 1½ tsp baking powder
• orange candied peel , to decorate

FOR THE CHOCOLATE GANACHE

• 200g plain chocolate , broken into pieces
• 225ml double cream

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Cuts into 10 slices

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Prep 40 mins

Cook 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 Seville orange
• a little melted butter , for greasing
• 100g plain chocolate , broken into pieces
• 3 eggs
• 280g caster sugar
• 240ml sunflower oil
• 25g cocoa powder
• 250g plain flour
• 1½ tsp baking powder
• orange candied peel , to decorate

FOR THE CHOCOLATE GANACHE

• 200g plain chocolate , broken into pieces
• 225ml double cream

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