Orange cake

Name: Orange cake
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 10 slices
Ingredients: 300 g flour; 1 tsp baking powder; 1 tsp salt; 175 g butter, unsalted and room tempered; 270 g caster sugar; 4 eggs, room temperature; 1 orange, finely grated peel; 125 ml squeezed orange juice; 150 g milk chocolate, chopped; 75 g dark chocolate, chopped; 5 tbsp caster sugar; 2 egg yolks; 50 ml whipped cream; 50 ml concentrated orange juice; 25 g butter, unsalted

Our juicy orange cake makes a great dessert with its delicate filling of orange-flavoured truffles on dark and light chocolate. Served with lightly whipped cream, the recipe was created by Roy Fares, Swedish Pastry Chef of the Year 2010.

Ingredients

Orange cake

Flour	300 g
Baking powder	1 tsp
Salt	1 tsp
Butter, unsalted and room tempered	175 g
Caster sugar	270 g
Eggs, room temperature	4
Orange, finely grated peel	1
Squeezed orange juice	125 ml

Orange truffle

Milk chocolate, chopped	150 g
Dark chocolate, chopped	75 g
Caster sugar	5 tbsp
Egg yolks	2
Whipped cream	50 ml
Concentrated orange juice	50 ml
Butter, unsalted	25 g

Instructions

Orange cake

Set the oven to 175°C.
Grease and flour a round baking dish 20-22 cm in diameter.
Mix the flour, baking powder and salt in a bowl.
Whisk the butter and sugar until fluffy. Then beat in one egg at a time. Mix the dry ingredients and the orange zest into the batter.
Stir in the orange juice a little at a time and mix well.
Spread the batter evenly in the tin and bake in the lower part of the oven for 25-30 minutes.
Take the cake out and leave it to cool slightly in the tin. Turn out and leave to cool.

Orange truffle

Place the chocolate in a bowl. Mix the sugar and egg yolk in another bowl.
Bring the cream and orange juice to the boil and beat it over the egg yolks, stirring and pouring it all back into the saucepan.
Heat the mixture, stirring, until it starts to simmer without boiling and then pour it over the chocolate. Leave to stand for a few minutes.
Add the butter and mix or whisk until smooth. Leave to cool.
Spread the orange drizzle on the cake and sprinkle with orange zest.