Chocolate Orange Cake recipe

🧂 Ingredients

• 1 large orange

  or 2 small, weighing approximately 375g
• 6 eggs
• 1 teaspoon baking powder

  heaped
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• 2 cups ground almonds

  or almond flour
• 1 cup caster sugar
• ½ cup cocoa powder

  good quality
• 6 ounces dark chocolate
• 1 cup cream
• 1 teaspoon Cointreau
• chocolate orange segment candies

Instructions

• 1 Put the oranges in a saucepan with cold water and bring to the boil before
  reducing the heat and simmering for 2 hours, or until soft. Drain the water and
  set aside to cool. When cool, cut the oranges in half and remove any large pips.
• 2 Grease an 8" (20 cm) springform pan and preheat the oven to 350 degrees
  Fahrenheit (80 Celsius).
• 3 Pulp the orange in a food processor before adding the eggs, baking powder,
  bicarbonate of soda, almonds, sugar and cocoa and processing until you have a
  smooth batter- but still flecked with orange.
• 4 Pour the batter into the springform pan and bake for 1 hour. Check the cake
  after 45 minutes as you may need to cover it with foil to prevent burning before
  the cake is cooked through.
• 5 Let the cake cool in the tin before removing.
• 6 For the glaze, chop the chocolate into small pieces and place into a bowl. Pour
  the cream into a saucepan and heat until almost boiling and then pour over the
  chocolate pieces. Let it stand for 5 minutes before stirring until smooth. Let
  it stand for 10 minutes before decorating the cake with the optional chocolate
  orange slices.

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