May 13, 2015
Terry’s Chocolate Orange Bundt Cake!
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Chocolate & orange zest bundt cake with chocolate orange drizzle, and a dash more of Terry’s chocolate orange!
Chocolate + orange = heaven!
I have put up a few bundt cake recipes in my time now, including lemon and poppyseed or my rocky road bundt cake recipe, but something about chocolate and orange together is a marriage made in heaven.
My recipe for my chocolate orange cookies is amazingly popular, and is one of my favourite recipes ever! After the success of the cookies, I thought I would develop a cake version that would be perfect for afternoon tea, or just a cake for the week!
Bundt cake
This cake has a delicious light and moist sponge even with the flavouring – using cocoa powder gives you the flavour of the chocolate without making the cake too dense, and the orange gives it a nice citrusy zing! People often struggle with bundt cakes as they come apart in the tin, or they don’t come out at all.
There are various ways you can prepare them such as cake release spray, or melted butter and flour, or just butter and flour. I prefer the ‘low-fat oil spray’ you can get for cooking these days, and then a tablespoon of flour on top and coated.
Recipe
I find that this recipe is easy to follow, and is totally worth it in the end! I spent ages researching into chocolate bundt cake recipes, even looking at my own, but I wanted to try something else – this one is perfect for the orange flavouring! I hope you all like it too!
You can use a simpler cake recipe by using 350g of butter, and caster sugar, with 7 medium eggs, and 300g self raising flour, and 50g cocoa powder, and bake for 55 minutes at the same temperature!
Tin and bake
For this Cake, I used the Nordic Ware Cathedral cake tin, as I just thought the shape of it would also suit the segment shapes. You can use simpler cake tins or other Nordic Ware Bundt Tins, but this size is the correct size. In Nordic Ware terms, its a 9 cup batter tin. I just think using Nordic Ware tins makes things so much more special!
I bake my cake for approximately 45 minutes, making sure there are no bubbling sounds coming out of it, and testing it with a skewer to make sure its baked fully. Leave the cake in the tin for 10 minutes and then turn it out onto a wire rack to cool fully! Sometimes cakes can get a little stuck, but leave it with the cake bottom side down, and wait to see if gravity helps! Good luck!
Terry's Chocolate Orange Bundt Cake!
Ingredients
Cake Ingredients
- 350 g unsalted butter
- 350 g light brown sugar
- 7 medium eggs
- 300 g self raising flour
- 65 g cocoa powder
- 2 tsp baking powder
- Zest of 1 large orange
Decorations
- 2-3 tbsp orange juice
- 15 g cocoa powder
- 150 g icing sugar
- Orange zest
- Chocolate orange segments
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 180C/160C Fan and grease and flour a bundt/ring tin well – Mine was the 9 Cup Nordic Ware vaulted dome pan!!
- Cream together the unsalted butter and light brown sugar until light and fluffy
- Mix the eggs, cocoa powder, and flour together with the sugar and butter mixture for 1 minute until combined, make sure to scrape the sides of the bowl half-way through to catch everything - I used my Kitchenaid stand mixer.
- With the mixer on a low speed, add the orange zest and baking powder and mix until combined.
- Pour into the tin, smooth over and bake in the oven for 45-50 minutes until risen and a skewer comes out clean!
- Leave to rest for 10 minutes then turn onto a wire rack to cool fully.
Decoration
- Once the cake is cooled, mix together the icing sugar, cocoa powder and orange juice until you reach a smooth consistency
- Pour over the bundt cake and smooth/spread over. Add on a few chocolate orange segments and sprinkles over some orange zest. Serve, and eat it all!
Notes
- I sometimes put in chopped up chunks of chocolate orange into the cake as well, but I wouldn’t put more than 1 as it might moisten the cake too much and make it hard to get out of the tin!
- This will last in an airtight container for 4-5 days at room temperature!
- I used the 9 Cup Nordic Ware vaulted dome pan!
- Original recipe
- Cake: 100g cocoa powder, 200ml boiling water, 5 medium eggs, 1tbsp vanilla extract, 275g unsalted butter, 340g self raising flour, 2tsp baking powder, 500g caster sugar, Zest of 1 orange. Decoration: Zest of 1 orange, 1 Terrys chocolate orange (melted), Chocolate orange segments, Sprinkles
- Mix the cocoa powder and water together to create a paste and leave to the side. Mix the eggs, vanilla and butter together with the cocoa powder mixture until combined. Whilst mixing, add the self raising flour, sugar, orange zest and baking powder and mix until combined. Pour into the tin and bake in the oven for 45-50 minutes. Leave too cool fully. Once cooled, melted the chocolate orange and pour it over the cake. Add a few chocolate orange segments for decoration and some sprinkles and zest and ENJOY!
ENJOY!
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Hiya,
Would this work in the tin that’s used for your lemon and blueberry Bundt cake ?
Thanks 😊
Hiya! Yes as long as the bundt tine is the same size, any will work!
I was told the cake was a little dry so next time I’m going to follow your suggestions and make a paste from the cocoa powder and put a chocolate orange in it as well. The tin is fantastic thanks for recommending it and I used the PME cake release simply brushed in and it worked a treat.
Hi Jane .
Can this chocolate orange cake be frozen please.?.
Hiya! Yes absolutely, for up to 3 months! Hope this helps! x
Hi, could a hand held electric whisk be used instead of an electric mixer? I don’t have one and want to make sure this won’t affect the recipe significantly. I love your recipes by the way 🙂
Hi, I have large eggs not medium can I use instead and how will affect the recipe quantity please.
Thanks
Hiya! Use 4 large eggs instead and this should be fine! Enjoy! x
Hi
I’ve now tried twice to do a Bundt cake – the lemon/poppy and chocolate orange. Both times I’ve been unable to get the cake out whole from the Bundt tin (Nordic) without it all breaking up? The first time I used oil spray & flour and the second time I used melted butter and icing flour 😞
Have a look at Nancy Birthwhistles lining paste recipe – it’s a homemade paste and it works well!
Made this for Christmas Day pud this Christmas…first time making a Bundt Cake so was VERY worried!however this was a very easy recipe to follow,if a little bit laborious.However,it was SO worth it.gorgeous cake that everybody enjoyed
Hi Jane, do you know if it’s possible to amend the recipe for a mini bundt cake tin? If yes, by how much would you suggest reducing any of the ingredients and cooking time?
You can use the recipe for that, but the timing/ingredients depends on the tin unfortunately!
You say that you put choc chunks in but no more than 1. Do you mean 1 whole choc orange?
Yes one chocolate orange, chopped up!
Hi Jane, do you have a recipe for a fudgy choc Yule log baked in the Nordic Yule log tin please?
I would use any recipe I have for a bundt tin, such as this one!
Hi Jane, do you have a recipe for the chocolate log Bundt tin please?
I know this may sound silly, but I don’t have a tin like this could you bake it in a normal round tin xx
Yes you can!
I just tried this using the same tin but it took 1 hour 15 mins to pass the skewer test. Also part of it stuck and I’ve managed to piece it together without it being noticeable. Do you think it will still last? Hoping to use it for a friends birthday on Friday . Thanks x
Yeah I’m sure it will still last in a container. x
Hi Jane,
Looks fabulous. Is it possible to use melted chocolate in this cake rather than cocoa powder? I sometimes find cocoa powder makes a cake dry.
The cake won’t be dry – I would stick to the recipe. You make a paste out of the cocoa powder, so it prevents any ‘dryness’
Hi Jane,
I made this cake and took it on holiday. My family loved it! Perfectly moist.
I keep seeing recipes for chocolate and orange, it must be the “IT” combination of the season, and for good reason! They really are a match made in heaven 🙂 Looks delicious!
Thank you! And I agree, it’s like a sort of obsession at the moment, but I’ve always loved it!
I was just going to say the same thing! For some strange reason chocolate and orange go really well together…
So creative! This looks great.
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Thank you!
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As Jane says, Chocolate + orange + cake = YES! Definitely going to try this one 🙂
Hello
I’ve just tried to make this, I used a silicone mould and it stuck badly and all came apart, do you have any idea why it happened?
If the silicone mould wasn’t greased correctly it can stick – but generally I prefer using real tins to silicone!
I’m crazy about combining. Chocolate and orange! Your cake looks fantastic 😉
Thank you so much! And combining flavours is so good!
My mouth is watering! x
Thank you so much, Sharon!! x
My mouth is watering! This is so unfair, I want to just pluck the cake out from the screen! :’D
If that was possible I think I would be the happiest person on earth haha, thank you!
Perfection!
Thank you, Mel! 🙂
It seems you are very fond of desserts like me!
Definitely!
Oh my goodness! My mouth is watering, this looks amazing.
Thank you so much!! 🙂 it was so delicious!
Looks gorgeous.
Thank you! 🙂
that looks lovely!
Thank you!!
Ok, I will bring the tea and I will order an extra large slice haha. Have to have my vitamin C!?
YES I love that excuse! I will use that from now on!
Brilliant! Hahaha Good health comes first!???
It really does!
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Oh wow! I could do with a slice of this and a nice cup of tea!
Haha thank you!! I must say, its a delicious combination with a cuppa! 🙂
Looks delicious =)
Thank you so much!!