Orange & Dark Chocolate Cake

A chocolate sponge cake topped with dark chocolate and marmalade.

Posted by Cat Morley

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My Dad loves dark chocolate so I made him this cake for his birthday.

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You Will Need (11 things)

  • 2 cup Plain Flour
  • 1 cup Sugar
  • 4 tbsp Cocoa
  • 2 tsp Baking Powder
  • 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
  • ¼ tsp Salt
  • 1 cup Milk
  • ¼ cup Butter
  • 4 Egg(s)
  • 200 g Dark Chocolate
  • Marmalade

Steps (6 steps, 50 minutes)

  1. 1

    Whisk together the eggs and sugar until light fluffy and then add the vanilla.

  2. 2

    Sieve together the flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt in a separate bowl and then combine with the sugar and egg mixture.

    Melt down the butter with the milk and then add to your mixture.

  3. 3

    Place in to greased baking tins and bake in an oven set to 350' for 10 minutes. Leave to cool.

  4. 4

    Melt down the chocolate and cover both tops of the cake. Leave the chocolate set.

  5. 5

    Cover the bottom half in marmalade.

  6. 6

    Place the second half on top and it's ready to eat.