5 December, 2021
Chocolate Orange Loaf Cake
I do love a loaf cake. They are a great way to bake a cake without worrying about fancy decoration! This recipe uses 2 whole Terry’s chocolate oranges & is adapted from the wonderful ‘Jane’s Patisserie’ website. I baked this cake recently for my Mum’s birthday but it would be a great festive alternative for anyone who doesn’t like Christmas cake or pudding.
Ingredients for cake:
- 250g Stork
- 250g light brown soft sugar
- 200g self-raising flour
- 50g cocoa powder
- 5 medium eggs
- 2 tsp orange extract (or zest of 2 oranges)
- 1 Terry’s chocolate orange, chopped
Ingredients for topping:
- 125g unsalted butter
- 250g icing sugar
- 1 Terry’s chocolate orange
Instructions:
- Preheat the oven to 180C/160C Fan & line a 2lb loaf tin with parchment paper.
- Beat the butter & sugar together in a freestanding mixer, until light & fluffy.
- Add the flour, cocoa powder, eggs & orange extract & beat until smooth.
- Fold through the chopped Terry’s chocolate orange.
- Pour the mixture into the tin & bake in the oven for approximately 55 minutes, or until a skewer inserted into the cake comes out clean.
- Leave the cake to cool slightly in the tin & then turn out onto a wire rack to cool fully.
- Melt the second Terry’s chocolate orange until smooth & leave to cool.
- Beat the butter in a freestanding mixer for a few minutes to soften it.
- Add the icing sugar & beat until smooth.
- Add the melted chocolate orange & beat again.
- Using a piping bag, swirl the topping onto the cooled cake & top with more chocolate orange segments & sprinkles.
