How to Make an Orange Chocolate Dessert

Orange and chocolate can be a great pair when it comes to making desserts. This chocolate orange marble cake is easy to make and a pleasure to eat.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• 2 8-inch round cake tins
• Chocolate:
• 3/4 cup Flour
• 1/6 cup Cocoa
• 2 1/4 tsp Baking Powder
• 1/2 cup Sugar
• 1/2 tsp Salt
• 1/4 cup Oil
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup Milk
• 1/2 tsp Vanilla
• Orange:
• 1 cup Flour
• 2 1/4 tsp Baking Powder
• 1/2 cup Sugar
• 1/2 tsp Salt
• 1/4cup Oil
• 1 egg
• 1/4 cup Milk
• 1/4 cup Orange Juice
• 1/2 tsp Orange Essence
• 1 tsp Grated Orange Zest
• Butter and flour for dusting
• Icing:
• Powdered Sugar
• Up to 12 tsp. Orange Juice
• Orange Food Coloring

How to Make an Orange Chocolate Dessert

1. Sift the dry ingredients (flour, cocoa, baking powder, salt, sugar) for the chocolate portion of the cake into a food processor. Make sure the food processor has a dough blade.

2. Pour the liquid ingredients (oil, milk, egg, vanilla) into the food processor and run for two minutes.

3. Sift the dry ingredients (flour, baking powder, sugar, salt) for the orange portion of the cake into a food processor. Add oil, egg. milk, orange juice, Orange Essence, and grated Orange Zest)

4. Prepare two cake tins. Spread butter around the bottom and sides, then dust with flour.

5. Place spoonfuls of chocolate and orange batter in two cake tins. Alternate between the chocolate and orange for each tin.

6. Swirl the batter using a knife to create a marble effect.

7. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. Place on a wire rack and let cool.

8. Whip powdered sugar with a little bit of orange juice. Add a couple drops of orange food coloring.

9. Spread icing on top of the cooled cake. Serve.

Tips & Warnings

• You can add chocolate sprinkles to the top of the cake for an extra taste of chocolate.
• Don't add the icing before the cake is cooled.

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