This is a easy cake recipe from the BBC Good Food. It had good reviews and I made a few changes more because I ran short of a few ingredients. The family loved it. Do try it !
The original recipe is here. The changes I made are in italics at the end of the recipe.
Ingredients:
Butter - softened - 140 g
Self raising flour - 200 g
Baking powder - 1 1/2 tsp
Golden caster sugar - 200 g
Eggs - 3
Milk - 6 tbsp
Finely grated zest of Orange - 1
Topping
Orange juice - 3 tbsp
Golden caster sugar - 50g
Dark chocolate - 50 g
Butter and line the base of a loaf tin. Oven set at 180C
Place ingredients for the cake in a bowl - butter, self raising flour, baking powder, caster sugar, eggs, milk and zest.
Beat with hand whisk or a wooden spoon for 3-5 mins till light and fluffy.
Spoon into the prepared tin and level the top.
Place in oven 40-50 mins till golden brown and done.
As the cake is baking heat the orange juice and sugar gently, till the sugar is dissolved.
Once the cake is done, remove from oven and spoon the orange mixture on it. Leave it in the tin till it cools. Then remove and keep on wire rack.
Prepare the chocolate. Place in bowl and melt over simmering water or in a microwave as per instructions on the pack.
Drizzle over cake and leave to set.
My changes
I had salted butter. I used 100 g ( ran short of butter) and 40 g of refined oil
Since I used salted butter, I used plain flour instead of self raising flour. Take a cup of plain flour, add 1 1/2 tsp baking powder and omitted the salt)
Additional baking powder as per the recipe wasalso added
I used zest and a teaspoon of candied peel
Instead of orange juice, I used orange marmalade for the additional peel that it contained to which a little water was added and gently heated till it dissolved. Poked a few holes in the cake and allowed it to seep inside and also coated the surface.
Plain chocolate was used instead of dark chocolate and I did not drizzle it but applied it to coat the top.
The original recipe is here. The changes I made are in italics at the end of the recipe.
Ingredients:
Butter - softened - 140 g
Self raising flour - 200 g
Baking powder - 1 1/2 tsp
Golden caster sugar - 200 g
Eggs - 3
Milk - 6 tbsp
Finely grated zest of Orange - 1
Topping
Orange juice - 3 tbsp
Golden caster sugar - 50g
Dark chocolate - 50 g
Butter and line the base of a loaf tin. Oven set at 180C
Place ingredients for the cake in a bowl - butter, self raising flour, baking powder, caster sugar, eggs, milk and zest.
Beat with hand whisk or a wooden spoon for 3-5 mins till light and fluffy.
Spoon into the prepared tin and level the top.
Place in oven 40-50 mins till golden brown and done.
As the cake is baking heat the orange juice and sugar gently, till the sugar is dissolved.
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| Cake with the orange marmalade topping |
Once the cake is done, remove from oven and spoon the orange mixture on it. Leave it in the tin till it cools. Then remove and keep on wire rack.
Prepare the chocolate. Place in bowl and melt over simmering water or in a microwave as per instructions on the pack.
Drizzle over cake and leave to set.
My changes
I had salted butter. I used 100 g ( ran short of butter) and 40 g of refined oil
Since I used salted butter, I used plain flour instead of self raising flour. Take a cup of plain flour, add 1 1/2 tsp baking powder and omitted the salt)
Additional baking powder as per the recipe wasalso added
I used zest and a teaspoon of candied peel
Instead of orange juice, I used orange marmalade for the additional peel that it contained to which a little water was added and gently heated till it dissolved. Poked a few holes in the cake and allowed it to seep inside and also coated the surface.
Plain chocolate was used instead of dark chocolate and I did not drizzle it but applied it to coat the top.
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