Name: Chocolate orange fudge cake
Cook time: 75 min
Total time: 75 min
Yield: 10
Ingredients: 125 gram butter, chopped; 250 gram dark eating (semi-sweet) chocolate, chopped; 2/3 cup (100g) self-raising flour; 2/3 cup (150g) caster (superfine) sugar; 3 eggs; 2 teaspoon orange rind, finely grated; 1/4 cup (60ml) orange juice; 2 tablespoon orange-flavoured liqueur; 200 gram dark eating (semi-sweet) chocolate, chopped; 2 teaspoon finely grated orange rind; 2/3 cup (160ml) pouring cream

Ingredients

125 gram butter, chopped

250 gram dark eating (semi-sweet) chocolate, chopped

2/3 cup (100g) self-raising flour

2/3 cup (150g) caster (superfine) sugar

3 eggs

2 teaspoon orange rind, finely grated

1/4 cup (60ml) orange juice

2 tablespoon orange-flavoured liqueur

200 gram dark eating (semi-sweet) chocolate, chopped

2 teaspoon finely grated orange rind

2/3 cup (160ml) pouring cream

Method

1.Preheat oven to 180ºC (160ºC fan forced). Grease deep 20cm (8 inch) round cake pan, line base and side with baking paper.

2.Combine butter and chocolate in medium saucepan, stir over low heat until smooth. Transfer to large bowl, cool 10 minutes.

3.Add sifted flour, sugar, eggs, rind, juice and liqueur to chocolate mixture, beat on low speed with electric mixer until ingredients are combined. Increase speed to medium, beat about 2 minutes or until mixture is smooth and paler in colour.

4.Pour mixture into pan, bake about 1 hour. Stand cake in pan 5 minutes before turning, top-side up, onto wire rack to cool.

5.Make choc-orange ganache. Combine chocolate and rind in medium bowl. Bring cream to the boil in small saucepan. Pour hot cream over chocolate mixture, stir until smooth. Stand 15 minutes or until ganache is spreadable.

6.Spread cold cake with ganache.

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