Carmarthen Viv’s Chocolate
Orange Cake
4 oz. soft margarine*
6 oz. caster sugar
5 oz. S/R flour (sifted)
1oz. cocoa powder
2 large eggs
4 tablespoons milk
Finely grated rind of small orange
Syrup
3 rounded teaspoons icing or granulated sugar (sifted)
Juice of orange
Grease and line a 900g /2lb loaf tin
Pre-heat oven to gas 4/180C
Cream together marge and sugar. Add eggs, flour, rind of orange, milk and
cocoa. Mix well to a soft dropping
consistency. Put into tin and bake for
45-50 mins until firm.
Mix sifted icing sugar and orange juice and pour over cake
as soon as it comes out of oven. Leave
in tin until completely cold before turning out.
*I used softened butter
Mmmm...sounds delicious!
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V x
This looks and sounds very rich and delicious, Simone! Your "boys" are very fortunate to have a baker in the family! xx
ReplyDeleteMmmmm... I've been wanting to bake a cake. Not sure I'd do the orange, but it does look yummy!
ReplyDeleteOh this sounds and looks so good. I will use rice flour to make it gluten free.
ReplyDeleteMy that sounds really yummy, I will give it a go
ReplyDeleteJulie xxxxxx
This looks delicious! A winning combination of chocolate and orange, and easy enough for even me to make. Thank you for sharing.
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