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Easy Chocolate Orange Cake

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Easy Chocolate Orange Cake is made using the all-in-one method and is perfect for inexperienced bakers or kids to make! Yummy and moist, you’ll want to make this again and again.

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When I was at school the first all-in-one cake I ever made was called Lemon Crisp.

So I thought I would re-invent the cake today by adding cocoa and changing the lemon juice for orange juice to make Easy Chocolate Orange Cake.

After suffering the day from hell, having the car pebble dashed by a digger on a building site and then having the car dented by a runaway shopping trolley 2 minutes later, my children and I were happy to sit down with a cup of tea and a slice of cake at the end of a horrendous day!

Who says lightning doesn’t strike twice?

A friend of mine from Australia recently e-mailed me to say that my blog looked great but it was too bad that she couldn’t cook.  Well this one’s for you Julie, no skill required, just reading and whisking!

This cake would be the ideal cake for children to make for Father’s Day and would also be great for a school cake bake.  It stays really moist and  tastes just a good on day 3 as it does on day 1.

I never fail to get excited when I see a bowl of ingredients  like this ….

turn into this…

and after a sugar orange glaze, this.

After all the excitement of the day I forgot to cut the cake up into 3 rows of 4 slices for the photo but you could do it how you like!

More Easy Cake Recipes

I do hope you try my Easy Chocolate Orange Cake but for more easy cake inspiration you might like:

  • Easy Iced Lime Cake
  • Easy Ginger Avocado Cake with Lemon Drizzle
  • Vegan Banana Cake
  • Spelt Banana Bread
  • Spiced Apple & Ginger Cake
  • Birthday Cake (All-in-One Vanilla Sponge)

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Easy Chocolate Orange Cake

Easy Chocolate Orange Cake - all in one chocolate cake moistened with orange juice with a crispy sugar topping.
Course Snack
Cuisine British
Keyword cake, Chocolate, orange
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Servings 12
Author Camilla Hawkins

Ingredients

  • 175 g / 6oz Margarine or butter softened
  • 175 g / 6oz Caster sugar
  • 160 g Self-raising flour
  • 1 tsp Baking powder
  • 15 g Bourneville cocoa powder
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 tbsp milk
  • Orange sugar topping:
  • 50 g / 2oz Caster sugar
  • 2 dsp Orange juice freshly squeezed

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 180°C.
  • Grease and line a 23 x 23cm 9” x 9” baking tin.
  • Sift together the flour, cocoa and baking powder.
  • Add the rest of the ingredients and whisk for a couple of minutes with an electric mixer or 3 minutes with a whisk.
  • Bake for 40 minutes or until the cake is springy to the touch.
  • Allow the cake to cool in the tin for 5 minutes before transferring it to a wire rack.
  • Mix together the orange juice and caster sugar and spread over the top of the cake.
  • When the topping has set cut the cake into 12 slices.

Notes

For the original Lemon Crisp version use 175g self-raising flour and leave out the cocoa. Then for the topping use lemon juice instead of orange juice.

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  1. Candace

    25/04/2018 at 2:24 pm

    This sounds lovely. Sometimes chocolate cakes can be very rich but I imagine adding the orange helps

    Reply
    • Camilla

      26/04/2018 at 4:49 pm

      Thanks Candace, it is a lovely light cake:-)

      Reply
  2. plasterer bristol

    11/09/2016 at 7:40 am

    This sounds delicious, been looking for a decent cake recipe to make, thanks for sharing.

    Simon

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    • Camilla

      11/09/2016 at 2:29 pm

      Thanks Simon:-) Enjoy!

      Reply
  3. Alison Johnson

    06/11/2015 at 8:43 pm

    Going to have to cook this for my son. Chocolate Orange is his favourite flavour combination & he loves cakes!

    Reply
    • Camilla

      06/11/2015 at 9:28 pm

      Great, I can’t remember if there’s any grated orange rind in the mix but would be great to pep up the orange flavour:-)

      Reply
  4. tiggerific1973

    18/05/2015 at 8:29 pm

    The sticky top looks lovely!

    Reply
  5. Paul Wilson

    22/12/2014 at 12:04 am

    The orange definitely adds an extra dimension.

    Reply
  6. Esther

    16/12/2014 at 11:48 pm

    Hi

    Thank you for such a simple recipe. I think there was a typo – please can you confirm the quantity of orange juice to use? Many thanks,
    Esther

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    • Camilla

      17/12/2014 at 9:25 pm

      Hi Esther, I have just been to the garage to get out my old school excercise book (the recipe is based on this) and the recipe is correct just old fashioned, it is 2 dsp ie dessert spoons:-)

      Reply
    • yvonne

      15/07/2019 at 11:06 pm

      The DSP stands for dessert spoons I believe.

      Reply
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