Orange Chocolate Cake
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cup flour
- 1 1/4 cup castor or icing sugar
- 1/4 cup cocoa powder
- 2 small eggs
- 1/2 cup oil
- 1/2 cup yoghurt
- 1 tsp orange essence
- 80 ml fresh orange juice
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 40 ml water
- 2 to 3 tbsp grated orange rind
Servings:
Instructions
- Grate the orange rind before squeezing the fresh orange juice to get 2 to 3 tablespoons of rind.
- Cut the oranges into 2 and extract 80ml juice
- Sift flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, icing sugar and salt twice. Transfer to a mixing bowl.
- Mix together oil, eggs, yogurt and orange essence. Add to the flour mixture and beat until mixed.
- Heat orange juice and water until warm.
- Add to the flour, egg and oil mixture and beat until smooth
- Pour into greased and floured cake tin and bake for 40 minutes or until done in a medium oven.
- Cool and remove from cake tin. It should be moist but done.
- Serve plain without frosting.
Recipe Notes
1 cup – 240 ml