CAKE: orange chocolate with chocolate butter cream frosting











batter 

large eggs

2 cups sugar

1 cup olive oil or avocado 

2 cups (250 g) all-purpose flour

1 cup (95 g) almond meal or almond flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 teaspoon kosher salt

1 cup milk, alt milk, water, soda water

cocoa powder mix

1/2 cup (50 g) cocoa powder

1/2 cup (100 g) sugar

1/3 cup warm water

orange zest mix 

zest of 2 oranges

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

1 TB sugar

MAKE 

Heat oven to 350°F. 

Oil and flour a Bundt pan or pan of choice, and if flat bottomed place parchment paper. 

cocoa powder mix: In a bowl, add 1/2 cup sugar, cocoa powder and water to a medium mixing bowl and stir to combine. Place to the side for assembling the cake. 

orange zest mix: to a mixing bowl and zest the oranges and vanilla. Stir to push m orange oil out of the zest.


dry: In a large mixing bowl, add the flour, almond meal, baking powder, and salt and whisk to combine.


batter: Add the sugar and eggs to 
the mixer bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment. mix on high for 5 minutes. 

Mix the eggs and sugar on medium-high speed until pale and ribboning, around 4-5 minutes.

Add the oil in a slow stream while mixing to incorporate. 



Next, add the 1/3 of flour mixture to the bowl of the stand mixer and mix on low speed. Now add 1/3 of the milk/liquid and mix on low then repeat with the remaining flour & liquid. 

Mix until the flour is almost incorporated, the batter can look a bit chunky. 

DO NOT OVER MIX.  

Place three cups of batter into the cocoa mix bowl and stir in to combine, it should turn a dark chocolatey color.

Now, add the vanilla and orange zest mixture into the remaining batter and stir to combine. 

To place the batter into the Bundt pan, add of the orange batter to the bottom and then add a third of the chocolate batter over it, repeat with the rest of both batters. 

Bake until a toothpick placed in the center of the cake comes out clean, about 1 hour and 10 minutes.

Let cool in the pan for 15 minutes before turning out onto a wire rack to cool completely. 

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