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Nigella's Chocolate Orange Cake
« on: July 18, 2013, 07:37:35 am »
This is really similar to the Whole Orange Cake in the EDC but it's gluten free too, and it has chocolate which makes it doubly delicious! It got rave reviews at the office!

Ingredients
 
1 litre water (1000g)
 
2 small thin-skinned oranges, or 1 large (about 375g in weight)
 
1 teaspoon baking powder
 
1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
 
200g almonds
 
250g  raw sugar
 
6 eggs
 
50g cocoa
 
How to
 1. Place water into TM bowl. Insert the steaming basket and put the whole oranges into the basket. Cook for 45 minutes on Varoma temperature on speed 3. When the oranges are ready, set aside until cool enough to handle.
 2. Preheat oven to 180C / 160C fan-forced. Grease and line a 23cm springform pan.
 3. When the oranges are cool, cut into quarters, remove the pips and cut off  the knobbly, gnarly bits of peel at either end.
 4. Mill the raw sugar to caster sugar  for 3 seconds  on speed 9. Set aside.
 5. Put the almonds into the TM bowl and mill for 10 seconds on speed 9. Add the remaining ingredients, including the sugar and the orange pieces to the TM bowl. Mix for 20 seconds  on speed 7.
 6. Pour the mixture into prepared tin and bake for approximately 40-45 minutes  or until a cake tester comes out clean. If it’s still not ready after 45 minutes, cover with foil to prevent it from burning.
 7 .Leave the cake to cool in the tin on a cooling rack.
 8. Remove from the cake from the tin when cool. Decorate with some grated orange zest, candied orange peel or if you really want to push the boat out, some chocolate ganache. However, this cake is stand alone delicious and is divine even when undecorated.

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Re: Nigella's Chocolate Orange Cake
« Reply #1 on: July 18, 2013, 01:36:29 pm »
Yum thanks for posting
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Re: Nigella's Chocolate Orange Cake
« Reply #2 on: July 18, 2013, 02:28:39 pm »
It would taste like a Jaffa cake. Memories of rolling down the aisle in my small country town.  :D ;D
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Re: Nigella's Chocolate Orange Cake
« Reply #3 on: July 19, 2013, 10:21:39 am »
Looks delicious - will try this weekend!

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Re: Nigella's Chocolate Orange Cake
« Reply #4 on: July 29, 2013, 01:41:29 am »
sounds yum, thankyou
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Re: Nigella's Chocolate Orange Cake
« Reply #5 on: August 02, 2013, 10:56:28 pm »
Was just offered some cooking oranges so this might get a whirl for sam's party tomorrow.

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Re: Nigella's Chocolate Orange Cake
« Reply #6 on: August 25, 2013, 01:13:36 pm »
If you try, let me know how you go Thermesa!
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Re: Nigella's Chocolate Orange Cake
« Reply #7 on: October 23, 2013, 10:15:01 am »
Took ages to get back to it. In the oven now with 4 mandarins and 5 extra large eggs. Ring tin plus 5 cupcakes.

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Re: Nigella's Chocolate Orange Cake
« Reply #8 on: October 23, 2013, 10:39:07 am »
i have frozen cooked oranges in the freezer , should be ok right ?  :-))
i don't need a recipe i'm italian

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Re: Nigella's Chocolate Orange Cake
« Reply #9 on: October 24, 2013, 11:10:10 pm »
I am sure frozen oranges would be ok, if they were already cooked. Did you try? What's the verdict?
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Re: Nigella's Chocolate Orange Cake
« Reply #10 on: November 03, 2013, 09:42:24 am »
no i havnt try it yet, the oranges are cooked, will try now  that u think it should be ok
i don't need a recipe i'm italian