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I’m a big fan of orange chocolate but you can flavour this however you like: or not at all!

Orange chocolate cake Rating 4 star

Ingredients:

• 2 1/4 cups flour
• 1/4 cup cocoa powder
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda

• 1 1/2 tablespoons white vinegar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• Finely grated rind of 1 orange
• 1/2 cup macadamia oil (You could use vegetable or olive, though I find they have too strong a taste)
• 1 1/2 cups cold water

Preheat the oven to 180°C.

Combine the dry ingredients and mix well. Add the wet ingredients and stir quickly. Once smooth, pour the mix into the pan and bake for 30 minutes. (As each oven is different, after 20 minutes, check the cake by inserting a fork or knife into it. If the utensil comes out clean, it’s done! Mine takes over 40 mins when using a deeper round tin)

Icing

• 75 gms fair trade dark chocolate
• 1 tablespoon orange essence
• 1 tblspn fair trade cocoa (very rich and beautiful!)
• 2 tblspn icing sugar
• splash soy milk
• splash water

Melt the dark chocolate in a saucepan over a pot of boiling water (use a double boiler if you have one). This method keeps the chocolate from burning. Add everything else until you’re happy with the consitency.

Long pieces of grated orange rind on top is a nice decorator!