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Whole orange and chocolate cake

Keyword cake, chocolate, chocolate chips, muffins, orange, vegetarian., whole orange
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 50 minutes
Total Time 1 hour

Ingredients

  • 1 whole orang peel and pulp, around 260g – untreated, preferably organic
  • 300 g flour
  • 200 g sugar
  • 16 g baking powder
  • 3 eggs
  • 100 ml vegetable oil
  • 185 ml boiling water
  • 50 g unsweetened cocoa powder sifted
  • 80-100 g chocolate chips optional

Instructions

    • Grease and flour a 23cm cake tin or use baking paper.
    • Preheat the oven at 180/160 (fan assisted)
    • Sift the cocoa powder into a bowl and whisk in the boiling water until it has all dissolved and there are no lumps. Set aside to cool.
    • Wash the orange and cut in quarters. Take all the seeds out (if any are present), then chop everything into small pieces, including the peel, and put it in a food processor to reduce it to a pulp.
    • Transfer the resulting pulp into a bowl, add the eggs and sugar, and beat for a few minutes until you get a light texture.
    • Add vegetable oil, cocoa mixture, baking powder and flour and whisk until everything gets incorporated. Bear in mind that you won't get a smooth texture, but it will look grainy due to the orange peel.
    • Add the chocolate chips if using.
    • Pour everything into the prepared tin and bake in the oven for 50/60 minutes, or until a skewer comes out clean. Check a few times towards the end, as you do not want to overbake to retain that beautiful moisture.
    • Let it rest for a while (if you can resist temptation) and enjoy!
  • If you want to turn this into muffins, just divide the batter into muffin cases and cook for 15-18 minutes. Time will vary depending on the size of the muffins; of course, every oven is different.