Chocolate Orange Cake Recipe

Chocolate Orange Cake is rich, moist, and bursting with both chocolatey and orange flavor. It’s the perfect dessert to enjoy with a cup of afternoon tea!

Chocolate Orange Cake

The recipe is simple: I made a 2 layer sponge cake coated in rich chocolate buttercream and topped with Chocolate Orange slices.

I didn’t use fresh orange, just orange extract, which I found strong enough. To deepen the chocolate flavor, I added chocolate milk, cocoa powder, and milk chocolate chips, then finished with orange chocolate slices on top.

You'll Need

• All purpose flour: Measure your flour correctly! Spoon the mixture into the cup, measure and level with a knife.
• Baking Powder. It helps the batter rise, giving the cake a light texture.
• Caster Sugar. I like to use caster sugar, as it easily dissolves in the mixture.
• Milk Chocolate. Use dark chocolate if you want.
• Cocoa Powder. I recommend using a good quality cocoa powder for best results.
• Buttermilk. It helps create a cake that is light and soft.
• Eggs. I used 4 large eggs.
• Orange Extract. It adds just the right amount of citrus flavor to this cake.
• For the Chocolate Orange Buttercream: Use butter, Icing sugar and milk chocolate, cocoa powder and orange extract.
• For Topping: I used Terry's Chocolate Orange Slices.

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How To Make Chocolate Orange Cake?

Before starting, preheat oven to 180°C/ 350°F and line 2x 20cm cake tins with baking parchment.

1: Microwave the chocolate for 20 seconds or until fully melted, then set aside to cool.

2: In a mixing bowl, mix butter and sugar until fluffy. Mix in eggs, orange extract, chocolate milk and buttermilk.

3: Add flour, baking powder and cocoa powder, mix until well combined.

Tip: Don't overwork the batter! Just make sure that all of the ingredients are properly mixed.

4: Stir in the melted chocolate.

5: Divide the cake mixture between the two cake tins.

6: Bake for 25-30 minutes, then remove them from the oven and let them cool on a cooling rack.

7: Microwave the chocolate for 20 seconds until melt and set it aside to cool completely.

8: Whisk together the butter, icing sugar and cocoa powder.

9: Whisk in orange extract and melted chocolate, then whisk until combined. The buttercream should have a spreadable consistency.

10: Place the first layer of the chocolate orange sponge onto a serving plate.

11: Spread about ⅓ of the chocolate orange buttercream evenly on top of the sponge

12: Add the second layer of the cake and spread ⅓ of the buttercream on top and sides of the cake.

13: Place the remaining buttercream into a piping bag with a star tip. Pipe swirls around the edge of the cake. Finally, place a slice of Chocolate Orange on top of each swirl.

More Chocolate Cake Recipes

For more chocolate cake recipes, check

• 3-Ingredient Chocolate Cake
• Chocolate Sour Cream Bundt Cake With Ganache
• Healthy Chocolate Zucchini Cake

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