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Orange Cake with Chocolate Frosting

Prep Time15 minutes

Equipment

  • 1 food processor or nutribullet
  • 1 medium sized mixing bowl
  • 1 Dough whisk
  • 1 20cm round cake tin

Ingredients

Orange Cake

  • 1 orange
  • 180 grams melted butter
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 cup castor sugar
  • 1½ cups self raising flour

Chocolate Frosting

  • 75 grams softened butter
  • 1 cup icing sugar (powdered sugar)
  • 1 tbsp cocoa
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • 2-3 tbsp milk

Instructions

Orange Cake

  • Pre heat the oven to 170℃ and prepare your round tin.
  • In a bowl place the sugar and self raising flour.
  • Quarter the orange and place in your food processor or Nutribullet (skins and all) along with the melted butter and eggs. Blitz until smooth.
  • Pour the orange mixture into the dry ingredients and combine using a dough whisk.
  • Pour into the prepared tin and cook for 35 minutes until a skewer comes out clean.
  • Allow to sit in the tin for 10 minutes before tipping onto a wire rack to cool.
    Ice once cool.

Chocolate Frosting

  • Place the softened butter, icing sugar, cocoa and salt into a cake mixer (or use a hand beater). Mix until all the ingredients have softened and combined. It may appear graining to begin with - but keep at it until it become smooth.
  • Once smooth add the milk, and continue mixing until you get the consistency you wish.