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Chocolate, Orange, and Nut Cake

17/11/2023

The chocolate cake with orange and nuts is a rich and fragrant treat, perfect for those who love intense flavors and citrus notes. Here is the recipe.

Ingredients

  • 200 g of dark chocolate
  • 150 g of butter
  • 150 g of sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 100 g of type 00 flour
  • 1 packet of baking powder
  • Grated zest of 1 (untreated) orange
  • Juice of 1 orange
  • 100 g of toasted nuts (walnuts, hazelnuts, almonds, your choice)
  • A pinch of salt

Preparation

  1. Prepare the chocolate: Melt the chocolate in a double boiler or microwave and let it cool slightly.

  2. Mix butter and sugar: In a bowl, cream the softened butter with the sugar until the mixture is smooth and fluffy.

  3. Add the eggs: Add the eggs one at a time, waiting until each is well incorporated before adding the next.

  4. Incorporate the zest: Mix the grated orange zest into the mixture.

  5. Add the chocolate: Pour the melted chocolate into the butter, sugar, and egg mixture, and blend well with a spatula.

  6. Add the orange juice: Also pour in the orange juice and mix.

  7. Add the dry ingredients: Sift the flour with the baking powder and a pinch of salt and gently fold into the mixture.

  8. Add the nuts: Roughly chop the nuts and add them to the batter, reserving some to decorate the surface before baking.

  9. Prepare the mold: Grease and flour a cake mold or line it with parchment paper.

  10. Bake the cake: Pour the batter into the mold, sprinkle the reserved nuts on the surface, and bake in a preheated oven at 180 °C for about 35-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.

  11. Let it cool: Remove the cake from the oven and let it cool completely before removing it from the mold.

Serve this cake as a dessert or for a special snack, perhaps dusted with icing sugar or an orange sauce to enhance its flavor.

Curiosity

The combination of chocolate and orange is a classic in pastry arts, and adding nuts gives it a crunchy texture and toasted flavors that balance the sweetness of the chocolate and the freshness of the orange.

Chocolate, Orange, and Nut Cake