Chocolate Orange Cake

Overview

Ingredients

Method

  1. Put orange(s) into cold water, bring to the boil and cook for 2 hours or until soft.
  2. Cut orange in half, remove any large pips and then pulp in a food processor include the peel and pith.
  3. When the oranges are cold, preheat the oven to 180c
  4. butter and line a springform baking tin
  5. Add eggs, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda, almonds, sugar and cocoa to the orange in the food processor and run until it is a cohesive cake mixture, but still with flecks of orange.
  6. Pour mix into the tin and place in the oven for about 1 hour. Check after 45 minutes and cover with foil to prevent burning if necessary. A tester should come out fairly clean when the cake is ready.
  7. Let the cake cool in the tin before taking out. You can decorate with pieces of orange peel if desired.