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Orange Chocolate Cake

The fluffy, buttery texture of this cake is a never fail, with a delicate flavor from the orange, blending with the sharpness of the chocolate. One of the easiest cakes, with little, but elegant decoration. I love the flavor, texture, and ease of this cake!
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Prep Time 25 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Servings: 8 People
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 1/4 Cups cake flour
  • 2/3 Cup granulated sugar
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 5 Tablespoons unsalted butter room temperature, cubed
  • 1 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 2 Tablespoons orange zest
  • 1/2 Cup whole milk room temperature, divided
  • 1 egg room temperature
  • 1 Tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 3 Tablespoons fresh orange juice
Toppings
  • 8 Oz semisweet chocolate chopped
  • 1 Cup heavy cream
  • candied orange slices *

Method
 

  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F. Grease an eight inch pan with butter, line with parchment paper round, then grease the parchment paper.
  2. Sift the cake flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in a large mixing bowl. Add the butter, vanilla, orange zest, and 1/4 cup of the milk and mix on medium speed until everything is moistened, around one minute.
  3. In a small bowl, whisk the remaining milk, oil, eggs, and orange juice until combined. With the mixer running on low speed, add the egg mixture to the batter in two additions. Mix for around fifteen seconds between the two. A few lumps is ok.
  4. Pour the batter into your prepared cake pan and bake for 20-22 minutes. The cake should bounce back when poked, and an inserted toothpick will come out clean.
  5. Let the cake cool completely in the pan on a wire rack.
Meanwhile, make the chocolate ganache
  1. Heat the cream over medium heat until simmering. Make sure it doesn’t boil, because that’s too hot! Pour the cream over the chocolate and let it rest for 3 minutes. Then mix it slowly with a spoon or spatula until combined. Pour over the completely cooled cake and top with candied orange slices or orange zest.
  2. Enjoy!

Notes

*Candied orange slices: I got my recipe form https://www.simplysated.com/candied-orange-slices/