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Chocolate and orange marble cake

Chocolate and orange marble cake

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Love Jaffa Cakes? This one's for you! Chocolate and orange blend together perfectly in this delicious teatime treat

Serves: 8
Prep time: 20 mins
Cooking time: 50 mins
Total time: 1 hr 10 mins
Skill level: Bit of effort
Costs: Mid-price

Child friendly
Romantic
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Ingredients

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175g (6oz) caster sugar
175g (6oz) unsalted butter, softened
175g (6oz) self-raising flour
1tsp baking powder
3 large eggs, beaten
1tbsp fresh orange juice
2tsp finely grated orange rind
1tbsp cocoa powder blended with 2tbsp hot water

For the icing:

100g (4oz) plain chocolate
15g (½ oz) butter
1tbsp golden syrup
Strips of orange rind, for decoration

Method

Put the sugar, butter, flour, baking powder and eggs in a bowl. Beat with an electric whisk for 3 to 4 mins until pale and creamy.
Transfer half the mixture into a second bowl. Into this mixture, fold the orange juice and rind. Fold the cocoa into the first bowl.
Spoon the two mixtures randomly into a greased, lined 18 x 25cm (7 x 10in) cake tin. Draw a knife through the mixture to create the marble effect.
Bake at 180°C (350°F, gas mark 4) for 35 to 40 mins until firm. Remove from the oven and leave to cool in the tin for 5 mins, then turn out and cool completely on a wire rack.
For the icing, place the chocolate, butter and syrup in a bowl over a pan of simmering water and leave until melted. Remove from the heat, stir until smooth and leave to thicken.
Spread over the cake. Cut into 8 slices and decorate with orange rind.

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Nutritional information

Guideline Daily Amount for 2,000 calories per day are: 70g fat, 20g saturated fat, 90g sugar, 6g salt.

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Abi

12:18 PM on 26 May, 2010

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im currently on maternity leave and so bored of putting my feet up 24/7 thanks to swollen ankles that i decided to do something so i was looking for a recipe that didnt involve vanilla escence and found this. Was great as had all the ingrediants i needed except i used orange and mango juice as didnt have just orange. Its currently cooking as i type and i just cheaked on ity and it looks lush cant wait to try it hopefully baby will liek it aswell haha. thanks x

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louisa

2:13 PM on 29 April, 2010

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fantastic - I have been dreaming about making this cake for years (used to eat in at Cafe Dante in London when I was a student). I found recipes which required a special type of tin to separate the two colours (too complicated). This is the best recipe by far - thanks so much for sharing it

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MamaFaMi

2:36 AM on 16 August, 2009

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Thank you for sharing with us this recipe. I've tried it and posted it in my blog with credit given to your site. Thank you. Regards, MamaFaMi http://mamafami.blogspot.com

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Abby

2:50 PM on 10 August, 2007

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hi, i'm only 15 but when i'm at my dad's house i like to bake and see good results. This seems like a simple cake to make and hopefuly it will be. i carn't think of much to say right now but i'm making this cake tomorow (11th August), so i hope it goes well. Thank you!!

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