Orangey chocolate cake
- Preparation and cooking time
- Total time
- Easy
- Serves 6
Ingredients
- 1 cup of flour
- 1 cup of castor sugar
1 cup of refined vegetable oil+a little extra for greasing the microwave safe dish
- 3 medium sized eggs
- zest of 2 oranges
- 1 whole orange
- 30gm cocoa powder
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- a handful of almonds and walnuts,crushed
Method
- STEP 1Zest 2 oranges.Pulp one of them and remove the large sized pips. Then grind in a mixer grinder till only the juice and some pulp remains. Keep aside.
- STEP 2Sift together the flour,castor sugar,cocoa powder and baking powder in a bowl. Also add the zest.
- STEP 3Crack the eggs in another bowl. Beat them till fluffy. Add to it the oil. Beat again or whisk with an electric whisk. Now add the juice and pulp of orange. Whisk till everything is combined.
- STEP 4Add the flour mixture to the egg mixrure little by little and continue whisking till a smooth batter is formed.
- STEP 5Grease a microwave safe dish. Tip in the cake mixture. Add the crushed nuts on top. Keep in the microwave and microwave for 7 minutes at high.
- STEP 6Check with a skewer if the cake is cooked through. Cool and serve.
