Chocolate Orange
Spice Cake
Chef's Special
Ingredients
6 servings
the ingredients
For the Chocolate Orange Spice Cake
- ½ cup Cadbury Cocoa PowderBuy
- ¾ cup sugar
- ⅓ cup oil
- ¾ cup buttermilk / plain chaach
- 1 tsp cinnamon powder
- 1 tsp orange zest
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp baking soda
- 1 cup AP flour
For the frosting
- ¾ cup whipping cream
- 4 tbsp icing sugar
- ½ tsp cinnamon powder
- ¼ tsp orange extract
Steps
01
Take a large bowl. Add Cadbury Cocoa Powder and sugar. Whisk until well combined. Set aside. Preheat the oven to 180C. Lightly grease and line a 6-inch baking tin and set aside.
02
Add the oil, buttermilk, cinnamon powder, orange zest, baking soda, baking powder and AP flour. Mix the ingredients until the batter is of a smooth consistency.
03
Transfer the batter to the prepared tin.
04
Bake for 45 minutes to an hour at 180°C. After 30 minutes of baking, tent the cake with a sheet of foil to prevent the top from browning. Let it bake until it becomes firm and a tester inserted in it comes out clean.
05
Allow the cake to cool in the tin for 15 minutes, then place it onto a wire rack and let it cool completely. Level the top of the cake, if required.
06
Take a large bowl. Add the whipping cream, icing sugar, cinnamon powder and orange extract.
07
Whisk the mixture with an electric hand blender until it forms medium-stiff peaks.
08
Spread the frosting on the top and sides of the cake.
09
Decorate with cinnamon orange cookies and candied orange slices.
