Serves 8-10
This loaf is awesome orangeness! It will keep up to a week (although I doubt it will last that long,) and it’s also freezer friendly! This is one bowl wonderful but I’ve added a Thermomix conversion, just in case!
Ingredients – Traditional
140g butter , softened
200g self-raising flour
1 1⁄2 teaspoons baking powder
200g caster sugar
3 large eggs
6 tablespoons milk
finely grated zest 1 large orange
TO FINISH
3 tablespoons orange juice
50g caster sugar
50g dark or milk chocolate
How to – Traditional
- Heat oven to 180C/160C fan-forced. Butter and line the base of a large loaf tin.
- Put all the cake ingredients into a bowl and beat with a hand whisk or wooden spoon for 3-5 minutes, until light and fluffy.
- Spoon the mix into the tin and level the top.
- Bake for 40-50 minutes, until golden brown and firm to the touch.
- Meanwhile, heat the orange juice and sugar gently in a small pan, stirring until dissolved.
- When the cake is cooked, take it out of the oven and spoon over the orange syrup. Leave to cool in the tin, then remove and cool completely on a wire rack.
- Break up the chocolate and melt over a pan of simmering water or in the microwave for 1-2 minutes. Drizzle over the cake with a spoon and leave to set.
Ingredients – Thermomix
zest 1 large orange
200g raw sugar
140g butter , softened
200g self-raising flour
1 1⁄2 teaspoons baking powder
3 large eggs
6 tablespoons milk
TO FINISH
3 tablespoons orange juice
50g raw sugar
50g dark chocolate
How to – Thermomix
- Heat oven to 180C/160C fan-forced. Butter and line the base of a large loaf tin.
- Place orange rind in TM bowl. Grate for 2o seconds on speed 8. Scrape down sides of bowl.
- Add the sugar and mill for 3 seconds on speed 9. Set aside.
- Insert the butterfly. Add the butter to the orange sugar mixture and mix for 1 minute on speed 4. Scrape down lid and sides. Repeat and mix for 1 minute on speed 4
- Add the flour, baking powder, eggs and milk to the TM bowl. Mix for 10 seconds on speed 4 until light and fluffy. Repeat and mix for another 10 seconds on speed 4.
- Spoon the mix into the tin with the spatula and level the top.
- Bake for 40-50 minutes, until golden brown and firm to the touch.
- Meanwhile, mill the sugar for the decoration for 5 seconds on speed 9. Add the orange juice and heat for 2 minutes at 100C on speed 2.
- When the cake is cooked, take it out of the oven and spoon over the orange syrup. Leave to cool in the tin, then remove and cool completely on a wire rack.
- Break up the chocolate into pieces and grate for 10 seconds on speed 8. Scrape down bowl. Melt for 1 minute at 50C on speed 3. Drizzle over the cake with a teaspoon and leave to set.
Other info
Prep time: 10 minutes Cooking time: 40-50 minutes
