Round Chocolate Orange Marble Cake

However the main factor that lifts this above other marble cakes for flavour is that melted chocolate as well as cocoa is added to the chocolate cake mix.

Round chocolate orange marble cake.

This recipe titled simple cake in my mum s greek cookery bible was baked on both on special occasions and on weekday evenings. As soon as the done cake is removed from the oven stir together the remaining 1 4 cup sugar the orange juice and the orange liqueur and pour over the still hot cake. Transfer half the mixture into a second bowl. Chocolate orange marble cake 63 ratings 4 6 out of 5 star rating for a deliciously nostalgic cake combine a classic flavour combination of orange and chocolate in this retro two tone bake.

My mum varied the recipe a lot sometimes making a vanilla cake with a white glaze more often a chocolate marble cake with rich chocolate icing. Let the cake finish cooling on a rack before serving. Lightly grease a 9 inch round or square cake pan and pour the batter interchangeably to get a marble or swirl effect this is where you can get creative. My younger brother requires a constant supply of this while he s revising for his exams.

As i was getting the ingredients for this cake ready i was reminded of the very artificial flavored orange marble cake of my schooldays i think it was called wondercake beautiful patterns in orange colour and chocolate it used to taste delicious then and was regular picnic fare as it was easy to carry and many flavors to choose from. A taste of home. Grease and line the base of a loaf tin 8 x 21cm 2lb with baking parchment. If you don t like the chocolate orange combination then you could add vanilla to the cake mix before dividing then leave the white mix plain.

Chocolate orange marble cake 3 50 min. Beat the butter sugar eggs and flour together in a large bowl with an electric whisk or in a food processor until lump free. Put the sugar butter flour baking powder and eggs in a bowl. Next pour half of the batter into a separate bowl and add cocoa powder to it if the cocoa mixture has a thicker consistency then you can add a little bit of orange juice to thin it out.

Beat with an electric whisk for 3 to 4 mins until pale and creamy.