Orange & chocolate cake

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• CathyS

  2007-12-23 14:06:31.336582

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  made this as my birthday cake with slight variation - nut allergic child, so used Doves Gluten Free Flour. MMMMMMMM! am about to make again for extra dessert at Christmas!

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• CathyS

  2007-12-23 14:07:08.198398

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• christine

  2008-01-02 17:32:47.023199

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  took this to a friend's house to save her making pudding at her dinner party - it was easy to carry there as it's so compact, and ensured my popularity for the year ahead!

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• Sarah

  2008-03-05 09:50:47.077281

  Sarah commented on this recipe

  Made this on the weekend for a dinner party. Everyone loved it even after I told them it was wheat free!!

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• miss kay

  2008-06-22 19:00:16.097975

  miss kay commented on this recipe

  can anyone tell me how much baking powder to use

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• wagga mama

  2008-07-07 22:36:53.491719

  wagga mama rated and commented on this recipe

  

  FANTASTIC !! Good lasting orange flavour without being overpowering.

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• sal

  2008-07-21 03:23:34.153037

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  I used 1 teaspoon of baking powder (a guess!) and works ok, have made this cake 4 times now and love it more each time!

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• Ermintrude75

  2008-07-21 10:48:14.136249

  Ermintrude75 commented on this recipe

  Yes, 1-1.5tsp of baking powder worked for me too. I had to pass the orange puree through a sieve, because my processor left obvious lumps of pith in there. And there was no liquid left with my orange (microwaved) so I had to loosen the puree with water. But overall the cake came out wonderfully.

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• stefania

  2008-08-17 11:18:18.406121

  stefania rated and commented on this recipe

  

  very moist and tastey. considering there is a whole orange the flavour is well balanced with the chocolate and neither over powers the other.

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• pauline

  2008-08-17 12:03:27.586896

  pauline rated and commented on this recipe

  

  What a flop, didn`t rise, sunk when finished, too moist, if i make this again i`l use more baking powder as suggested. Nice favours I used the leftover orange juice to make butter icing & covered the top it was edible in small amounts.

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• lurvlyloz

  2008-09-15 15:27:18.885912

  lurvlyloz rated and commented on this recipe

  

  for some reason my didnt rise... althought im not that good at making cakes.. so i lied and told people i had made chocolate brownie :) very nice :)

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• Jessie

  2009-04-15 21:57:43.88733

  Jessie rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I made this cake for a girls night as one of the girls has a wheat allergy and it went down a treat! Everyone wants the recipe! It was moist, delicious, chocolatey and you can really taste the orange but without it being too overpowering. Will definately be a firm favourite to make again.

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• centauri

  2009-08-16 19:05:58.263156

  centauri commented on this recipe

  Could anyone clarify if you blitz the whole orange or scoop out the insides and just blitz that?

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• peacock

  2009-09-02 13:30:55.892887

  peacock commented on this recipe

  centauri - you blitz the whole orange

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• ella

  2009-10-22 07:49:03.790024

  ella commented on this recipe

  Can anyone tell me if you peel the orange in step 1??

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• LisaValo

  2009-10-23 20:09:40.318932

  LisaValo rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Lovely recipe, not too difficult to make really. However as previous comments have stated this doesn't rise much I instead poured the mixture into a 14cm cake tin which worked out great as I didn't want it to look too thin. Not too rich and sickly, just lovely.

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• Beth

  2010-02-28 16:50:11.970581

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• Isabel

  2010-08-29 20:47:03.811414

  Isabel commented on this recipe

  Made for the first time today - will use more baking powder next time. Difficult to know whether it was done or not as recipe gives no guide as to what to look for at end of baking time.

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• Emmzaa

  2010-09-24 14:04:07.389696

  Emmzaa commented on this recipe

  does anyone know whether or not to peel the orange?

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• teapot

  2010-12-01 14:24:31.184297

  teapot rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Tastes very christmassy! We used a heaped teaspoon of baking powder after reading the comments, and it worked quite well. Tastes even better the next day. The time indication on top of the page though where it says 40 minutes + cooling is incorrect though, it takes an hour to bake plus the preparation time.

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Ingredients

• 1 whole orange
• 125g caster sugar
• 200g dark chocolate , melted
• 100g ground almonds
• 3 eggs , separated
• ½ tsp baking powder

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Serves 8

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Ready in 40 minutes + cooling

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• 1 whole orange
• 125g caster sugar
• 200g dark chocolate , melted
• 100g ground almonds
• 3 eggs , separated
• ½ tsp baking powder

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307 kcalories, protein 6.9g, carbohydrate 34.7g, fat 16.9 g, saturated fat 5.2g, fibre 1.9g, salt 0.19 g

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