Chocolate Orange Fudge Cake
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Chocolate Orange Fudge Cake
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| Servings | Prep Time |
| 10slices | 25minutes |
| Cook Time |
| 50minutes |
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Ingredients
- 125g Butterchopped
- 250g dark chocolatechopped
- 2/3cup Self-Raising Floursifted
- 2/3cup Caster Sugar
- 3 Eggs
- 2tsp Orange Zest
- 1/4cup Orange Juice
- 2tbsp Orange LiquerI use Cointreau
Ganache
- 200g dark chocolatechopped
- 2tsp Orange Zest
- 2/3cup Pouring Creamor cooking cream
Instructions
- Pre-heat a fan forced oven to 160°C (320°F).
- Grease and line with baking paper one 20cm round springform baking pan.
- In a small saucepan over medium low heat, add butter and dark chocolate. Stir until fully mixed and smooth. Remove from heat and set aside to cool for 10 minutes.
- In a large bowl, add self-raising flour, caster sugar, eggs, orange zest, orange juice and orange liquer. Stir to mix through.
- Add chocolate mixture and using an electric mixer, beat for about 2 minutes until fully combined and smooth.
- Pour mixture into baking pan, place in oven and bake for about 50 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean. Remove pan from oven, let cool for about 10 minutes before turning out onto a wire rack to cool completely.
Ganache
- Add dark chocolate, orange zest and pouring cream to a heat-proof bowl.
- Place bowl over a saucepan of simmering water. Stir mixture until fully combined and smooth. Remove from heat and set aside to cool.
- Once ganache has cooled to a spreadable texture, ice the top and side of the cake with ganache.
- Serve when ready.