Chocolate and orange cake

Name: Chocolate and orange cake
Prep time: 120 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 165 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Bake
Ingredients: 2 small thin-skinned oranges; 5 eggs extra-large; 5 ml Baking powder; 2 ml Bicarbonate of soda; 200 g almonds ground; 250 g castor sugar; 50 g cocoa powder; 200 g dark chocolate; 45-60 ml orange juice orange zest or marmalade

6 servings Prep: 2 hrs, Cooking: 45 mins

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Tina Ferreira of Durbanville sent us the recipe for this sensational cake which contains no flour or butter.

By Food24 July 15 2019

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Ingredients (9)

2	small thin-skinned oranges
5	eggs — extra-large
5 ml	Baking powder
2 ml	Bicarbonate of soda
200 g	almonds — ground
250 g	castor sugar
50 g	cocoa powder

GANACHE

200 g	dark chocolate
45-60 ml	orange juice orange zest or marmalade

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Method:

1. Preheat
the oven to 180 °C. grease a ring cake tin and dust with cocoa powder.

2. Cook the
oranges in water for 1½-2 hours. Drain and cool. Chop, remove the seeds but
keep the rind on. Blitz in a food processor until smooth.

3. Add the remaining
ingredients and blend well.

4. turn the
mixture into the prepared cake tin and bake for 45 minutes or until done. Cool
the cake in the tin for a while then turn out on a wire rack to cool
completely.

5. Ganache
heat the chocolate and juice until the chocolate has melted. leave to cool
slightly and pour over the cake. Decorate with zest or marmalade.