Sunday, April 5, 2009
Chocolate Orange Cake
Ingredient's :
Cake :
2 cups all purpose flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 cup unsweetened choco powder
1 and 1/4 cups granulated sugar
4 tsp Ener g egg replacer /3 eggs
1tsp instant coffee powder
1 tsp orange zest
1/4 cup orange juice
1/4 cup canola oil
2tbs water
1/3 cup sour cream
Frosting
1/2 cup half & half milk
2tbs powdered sugar
Betty crocker chocolate icing
Garnishing
2tbs orange curls
1/2 cup grated chocolate curls
Method:
1) Preheat the oven 325 f and take 8"round baking pan and lightly grease it , dust it with little all purpose flour or choco powder .
2) Shift together all the dry ingredients (all purpose flour ,baking powder,choco powder,sugar,egg replacer ,instant coffee powder) mix it well .
3) Add all the wet ingredients one by one .
4) Then add orange zest and mix together .
5) By using electric mixer, beat all the ingredients to combine together about 2-3 minutes .
6)Pour the batter in to baking pan and tap it to spread evenly.
7) Bake this about 30-45 minutes till the tooth pick comes out cleanly .
8) Leave it in the pan for 10 minutes and leave this on the rack for 1/2 hour to cool down completely .
Frosting
1) I have used betty crocker chocolate icing for frosting ,frost the cake sides and top very evenly .
2) Decorate this with some orange curls ,and grated chocolate curls.Then pipe the design of your choice (using half and half milk and sugar beat this well till it gets good creamy consistency) .
3) Garnish with some orange slices and serve chilled .Enjoi :)
I am sending this wonderful chochlate orange cake to For the Love of Chocolate hosted by Poornima nair .
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35 comments:
very nice mangala..good work:)
awesome cake Mangala
keep up the spirits.
Lovely cake mangala. Love the orange zest n juice in it....
Choc n orange sounds a heavnely combo Mangala..:)..N this looks toooo good too..:)
wow.. lovely cake. wish i cud have them :( gorgeous pics dear.
I love the combination of orange and chocolate. The pair up very well
Such a delicious looking CAKE! I am just drooling here....
Mangala,
It took me some time to take my eyes of the pics ;) they look so irresistable I was drooling..yummy soft n orangy !
U'll make many ladies forget their diet am sure....lol.
Enjoy the cake and have a nice day!
TC
such a gorgeous cake!! I always love it when orange or lemon zest is added to desserts! :)
Wow wat a gorgeous, amazing n fabulous cake mangala...Lovely frosting dear, u did a beautiful frosting as professionals..U r rocking gal!
Slurp! Love the choco orange cake ...looks delicious :D. Pass me some Mangala ;)
Beautiful color of Orange and Chocolate Mangala, love the flavors! :)
wonderful cake.I love zesty orange cakes :)
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=>Superchef ...Thanks for the coemmnt..yeah me too ..i love to play with zests they r sooo cute .
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Thats a lovely cake Mangala...nice decoration...choco and orange sounds wonderful...I am drooling now.
This is awesome..!Great work mangala.. :-)
Wow! toooooo good Mangala.no words.I wish i could get a bite of it...
Wonderfully decorated delicious cake Mangala! Orange & Chocolate sounds fun... love the clicks! :)
Hi Mangala, ur pics r really nice... I really liked the first pic.... happy blogging...
The cake is looking very moist and perfect...love the combination of orange and chocolate
wow...yummy :)
I was lucky to taste this cake that mangala made & it was very delicious & yummy....as always gr8 presentation mangala:)
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looks gorgeous. I love orange & chocolate both
Yummy cakes, Awesome cliks. YOur pictures are so.. inviting.
Thanks soo much Vidhas and deesha ..:) keep visiting :)
Mangala dear, thank you so much for the response :)
Sure da, lemme know whenever possible! Hugs!! :)
very nice work and awesome pics!
hi Mangala..I couldn't find you in orkut..My mail id is varsha.sreekumar@gmail.com..:)
Hi Sweety, Sorry I deleted last comment 'coz I dont wanna publish my personal mail id da... Thanks dear! :) Pls dont publish da, hope you understand! :)
man o man, this cake looks so luciousely yummy! This will be one of the top items to try !
very nice combo cake..i hvnt baked oe till now..
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