Bern Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 Chocolate Orange Drizzle Cake recipe as promised. Ingredients for cake 6 oz margarine 6 oz castor sugar 6 oz self raising flour 3 eggs 2 tablespoons of cold milk grated rind of 2 oranges Method Cream sugar and marg, beat in eggs, fold in flour add milk and grated orange rind. Put in a 2lb loaf tin and bake for 1 hour at 350 f Gas 4 until well risen and golden. Allow to cool Orange Syrup Juice of 2 oranges 4 oz sugar Mix the strained orange juice with the sugar over a low heat until the sugar is dissolved. Cut slits in the top of the cake and drizzle the syrup into them. Chocolate topping 4 oz plain chocolate 1/2 oz butter Break the chocolate into small pieces put in a bowl with the butter, melt gently over a pan of hot water. Mix well and spread over the top of the cold cake. Hope you enjoy 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroadScot Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 Bern, Where is the glass of red or white while awaiting the end result! Sounds absolutely delicious I must say! Iain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polly Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 Thanks Bern. Looks delicious ! I will have to consider the topping as the birthday girl has requested topping without butter, however that should be easy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwanR Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 Sounds delicious. Roughly what dimensions is a 2lb loaf tin going to be please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranworthbreeze Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 10 minutes ago, SwanR said: Sounds delicious. Roughly what dimensions is a 2lb loaf tin going to be please? Hi Jean, Here are the approximate dimensions 900g/2 lb loaf tin. Dimensions may vary slightly but should be approximately 23 x 13 x 7 cm (9 x 5 1/2 x 3 inches) Regards Alan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranworthbreeze Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Thanks Bern, I gave it a go this morning, but substituted with gluten free flour, so it maybe it didn't raise as much, but not bad. I also put a couple of cap-fulls of Cointreau and used milk chocolate. Used a fan oven at 175 for one hour. It tasted good, the next slice will be even better when we can wait for the chocolate to fully set Regards Alan 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwanR Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 So the next question is do you do everything by hand or use an electric mixer? Whenever I watch cookery programmes on tv they seem to use a mixer for everything. And many recipes give the same kind of instructions. Don't really have much worktop or cupboard space for gadgets so have never invested in one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranworthbreeze Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 21 minutes ago, SwanR said: So the next question is do you do everything by hand or use an electric mixer? Whenever I watch cookery programmes on tv they seem to use a mixer for everything. And many recipes give the same kind of instructions. Don't really have much worktop or cupboard space for gadgets so have never invested in one. Hi Jean, I blended the margarine and sugar by hand but used a hand mixer for introduction of the eggs. The rest was done by hand. The syrup took some time and because of the extra fluid (the Cointreau) I added a bit more sugar. I forgot to put the milk into the mix but it seems to have turned out OK and the syrup makes the cake very moist. We could almost see the calories piling on Regards Alan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwanR Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Oh dear me yes. I'm not much of a cook, never been that interested ... apart from all the sweet things. I think the only things my mum ever taught me to cook were cakes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gracie Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Oh Alan, that looks absolutely delicious, I'm not very good at baking cakes I'm afraid, I bought a ready made sponge from the shops and iced it myself for a friends birthday, she just assumed I'd baked it myself, it's not really a lie if you don't say anything, now is it? Grace 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bern Posted May 3, 2016 Author Share Posted May 3, 2016 I always use a wooden spoon for mixing and metal for folding in the flour. That's because it takes ages to find the food processor and even longer to clean it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polly Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 Just making it now, wish me luck! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranworthbreeze Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 Hi Polly, I put a loads of knife cuts in the top of the cake so I could drizzle the liqueur into the cake, it takes ages to pour it in but worth it. Good luck by the way. If you get time please could we have a picture. Regards Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JanetAnne Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 Someone say chocolate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polly Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 Ohhhdear! How decadent is that cake? The 'Guinea pigs' liked Mark 1 very much! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polly Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 I will get a pic of Lisa's cake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polly Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 (edited) Lisa's birthday cake, I did 2 of Bern's recipe and the extras are in white chocolate. Edited June 1, 2016 by Hockham Admiral Polly Request 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bern Posted May 31, 2016 Author Share Posted May 31, 2016 Looks delicious Pauline Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hazelgirl Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 It was extremely nice, going to have a go at making it myself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEAMASTER Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 Beautiful. I will have to get the wife some ingredients later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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