this cake has the juice and zest from a blood orange, with dutch process cocoa and cacao nibs and is drizzled with a blood orange glaze.
my kitchen smelt so amazing while this was baking i could not wait to try a slice.
i decorated it with some orange and yellow pansies with are in season now, and edible too.
recipe for one small cake
110g light brown sugar
110g butter
110g self raising flour
2 eggs
6 tbsp dutch process cocoa
zest from one blood orange
juice from half a blood orange
pinch of salt
4 tbsp cacao nibs
3 tsp milk
preheat the oven to 180c 350f
grease a cake tin well i used small bundt style tin (double the recipe for large tins)
in a mixer cream together the butter and sugar then add the eggs one at a time, sift in the flour, salt and coca and fold in.
then add the zest, juice and cacao nibs and fold in.
finally add the milk to loosen the batter.
spoon into cake pan and bake for about 35 minutes
for blood orange glaze
3 tbsp blood orange juice
100g icing sugar
mix well then drizzle over cake.
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Katrina @ Warm Vanilla Sugar says
February 2, 2015 at 3:57 pmAHHH!!!! This is the absolute cutest. I just love the shape…and the flavour. Yum!!
sublimedelights says
February 2, 2015 at 5:39 pmWow- your presentation is awesome as always and I will try this one out!
Marisa Franca @ Allourway says
February 2, 2015 at 6:14 pmThis looks absolutely beautiful. Truly a work of art both the cake and the photography. I'm certainly going to try this out.
La Table De Nana says
February 2, 2015 at 7:00 pmSo beautiful~
Rebecca says
February 2, 2015 at 7:17 pmWay too beautiful to eat.
Berenice Big says
February 2, 2015 at 7:42 pmQuelle merveille !!!
Rochelle Hutchinson says
February 2, 2015 at 11:51 pmWow This cake is stunning. Love the shape of it, it's soo unusual
Jasmin says
February 2, 2015 at 11:57 pmSuch a lovely cake, I almost wish to have it next to my steaming coffee right now 😉
Joanna Tham says
February 4, 2015 at 3:27 amI am so happy I stumbled upon your blog. Your photography is amazing and loving every bit of it. It's hard to find blood orange in my local market here and I sure hope the fruit stalls brings in more of these lovely red ruby gem like oranges. It is indeed a fantastic pairing to chocolate cake. Cheers~
Marigene says
February 4, 2015 at 6:08 pmWhat a beautiful presentation…chocolate/orange is my favorite flavor combo for desserts. I love the shape of the cake…can you point me in the direction to where I can find a similar mold?
Anonymous says
February 10, 2015 at 8:13 pmYou said you used a small bundt style tin, but can you please say how large and deep it was?
Thank you!
Sarah LoCascio says
February 11, 2015 at 3:05 amabsolutely stunning