Chocolate-orange cake

Preparation

1. Juice and zest the oranges
2. Sift all the dry ingredients into a bowl and gently stir together
3. Use a spoon to push 3 even spaced depressions in the dry mix
4. Add the oil to 1 depression, the orange juice into another and the essences & triple sec into the third
5. Add the eggs and orange zest on top of the mix
6. Blend the mix in a food processor on low-medium speed
7. Pour the mix into a medium cake tin (pre-greased)
8. Sprinkle the chocolate drops on top and stir into the top half of the cake with a spoon (they’ll sink while cooking)
9. Cook for 30-40 mins at 200°C
10. To check the cake is cooked push a knife into the top and withdraw – the knife should come out clean

Notes

Ingredients

• 400g plain flour
• 400g sugar
• 200g cocoa
• 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
• ½ tsp salt
• 5 tbsp canola oil
• 1 tsp vanilla essence
• 1 tsp orange essence
• 2 large oranges
• 25ml triple sec
• 2 Eggs
• 100g chocolate chips

Equipment

• Cake tin
• Weighing scales
• Sieve
• Food processor

Nutritional Facts

• Serving size: 120.6जी
• (16% / 21%)   Calories: 411kcal
• (22%)Total fat: 12जी
• (18%)   Saturated fat: 3.5जी
• (21%)   Unsaturated fat: 7.4जी
•     Mono: 5.6जी
•     Poly: 1.8जी
• (14%)   Cholesterol: 41mg
•   Trans Fat: 0जी
• (25%)Total carbohydrates: 76जी
•   Starch: 0जी
• (133%)   Sugars: 40जी
•     Sucrose: 33जी
•     Glucose: 0जी
•     Maltose: 0जी
•     Lactose: 0जी
•     Fructose: 0जी
•     Galactose: 0जी
• (32%)   Fibre: 7.9जी
• (18%)Protein: 9जी
• Salts
• (8%)   Sodium: 165mg
• (11%)   Potassium: 369mg