Chocolate orange marble cake
For a deliciously nostalgic cake, combine a classic flavour combination of orange and chocolate in this retro two-tone bake
Difficulty and servings
Cuts into 10 slices
Preparation and cooking times
Prep 15 mins
Cook 55 mins
- Heat oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Grease and line the base of a loaf tin (8 x 21cm/ 2lb) with baking parchment. Beat the butter, sugar, eggs and flour together in a large bowl with an electric whisk or in a food processor until lump free.
- Split the mixture into two bowls, beat the milk, followed by the cocoa powder into one. Beat the orange juice, zest and orange food colouring, if using, into the other.
- Spoon alternate dollops of the mixture into the cake tin, then use a skewer to create a marble pattern by dragging it through the mixture in swirls. Make sure you don't overmix or you won't see the pattern. Smooth the surface if necessary.
- Bake the cake for 45 - 55 mins until golden and risen, and a skewer poked in comes out clean.
- Leave the cake in the tin to cool, then turn out. Melt the chocolate in a bowl over barely simmering water or gently in the microwave. Use a spoon to drizzle the chocolate over the cake.
PER SERVING
397 kcalories, protein 5.6g, carbohydrate 41.5g, fat 23.1 g, saturated fat 13.7g, fibre 1.6g, sugar 26.1g, salt 0.7 g
Recipe from bbcgoodfood.com, February 2013.
Leave a comment or suggestion
http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/2988682/
Difficulty and servings
Cuts into 10 slices
Preparation and cooking times
Prep 15 mins
Cook 55 mins
Ingredients
- 225g very soft butter , plus extra for greasing
- 225g caster sugar
- 225g self-raising flour
- 4 large eggs , beaten
- 2 tbsp milk
- 3 tbsp cocoa powder , sifted
- 1 large orange , zest and 1 tbsp orange juice
- a few drops orange food colouring (optional)
- 50g orange chocolate (we used Green & Black's Maya Gold), broken into pieces
PER SERVING
397 kcalories, protein 5.6g, carbohydrate 41.5g, fat 23.1 g, saturated fat 13.7g, fibre 1.6g, sugar 26.1g, salt 0.7 g
Advertisement









Latest comments and suggestions
07 March 2013
Arose91 rated and commented on this recipe
Flag as inappropriate
Please let us know your name and the reason you find the above comment inappropriate.
12 March 2013
Pumpkinpie rated and commented on this recipe
Flag as inappropriate
Please let us know your name and the reason you find the above comment inappropriate.
13 March 2013
cake expectations commented on this recipe
Flag as inappropriate
Please let us know your name and the reason you find the above comment inappropriate.
16 March 2013
aniotyganda rated this recipe
Flag as inappropriate
Please let us know your name and the reason you find the above comment inappropriate.
22 March 2013
Marian3009 commented on this recipe
Flag as inappropriate
Please let us know your name and the reason you find the above comment inappropriate.
24 March 2013
imfeelingmad rated and commented on this recipe
Flag as inappropriate
Please let us know your name and the reason you find the above comment inappropriate.
24 March 2013
Jayesh rated this recipe
Flag as inappropriate
Please let us know your name and the reason you find the above comment inappropriate.
09 April 2013
Frantic Flapjack rated and commented on this recipe
Flag as inappropriate
Please let us know your name and the reason you find the above comment inappropriate.
18 April 2013
Melinda rated and commented on this recipe
Flag as inappropriate
Please let us know your name and the reason you find the above comment inappropriate.
22 April 2013
Epidote rated and commented on this recipe
Flag as inappropriate
Please let us know your name and the reason you find the above comment inappropriate.
27 April 2013
Niamh commented on this recipe
Flag as inappropriate
Please let us know your name and the reason you find the above comment inappropriate.
08 May 2013
Anita rated and commented on this recipe
Flag as inappropriate
Please let us know your name and the reason you find the above comment inappropriate.