ONE MY FAVOURITE PINTEREST RECIPES

DECADENT CHOCOLATE ORANGE CAKE

When I’m feeling ambitious I love baking this 4 layered marmalade cake, filled with cream cheese frosting and indulgent chocolate ganache. Find the full recipe here.

 
Close up of a jar of homemade marmalade

1. Blitz marmalade, sugar and orange peel in the food processor.

Chunks of butter and marmalade mixture in a bowl.

2. Add marmalade mixture with the butter in a large bowl.


3. Cream the marmalade mixture with the butter.

3. Cream the marmalade mixture with the butter.

4. Add eggs one by one.

4. Add eggs one by one.


5. Sieve the flour with the baking powder and bicarb and add to the mixture with the orange juice.

5. Sieve the flour with the baking powder and bicarb and add to the mixture with the orange juice.

6. Mix until smooth.

6. Mix until smooth.


7. Separate mixture between 2 tins and bake for 35 minutes.

7. Separate mixture between 2 tins and bake for 35 minutes.

8. Once fully baked remove from the oven and leave cakes to cool.

8. Once fully baked remove from the oven and leave cakes to cool.


9. Heat the cream in a pan, and add the butter and chocolate.

9. Heat the cream in a pan, and add the butter and chocolate.

10. Slowly stir the butter into the chocolate to make a ganache.

10. Slowly stir the butter into the chocolate to make a ganache.


11. Once the cakes are cool, cut each cake into 2 layers.

11. Once the cakes are cool, cut each cake into 2 layers.

12. Make the cream cheese frosting by blending the cream cheese with marmalade and sugar.

12. Make the cream cheese frosting by blending the cream cheese with marmalade and sugar.


13. Spread a layer of cream cheese frosting over a layer of cake then follow with ganache.

13. Spread a layer of cream cheese frosting over a layer of cake then follow with ganache.

14. Carry on layering the cake with the cream cheese frosting and ganache.

14. Carry on layering the cake with the cream cheese frosting and ganache.


15. Cover the layered cake in the remaining ganache.

15. Cover the layered cake in the remaining ganache.

16. Decorate the top if desired and then place in the fridge to set.

16. Decorate the top if desired and then place in the fridge to set.


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