RICH CHOCOLATE ORANGE CAKE

RICH CHOCOLATE ORANGE CAKE

Ingredients

350 g(13oz) butter
300 g(10oz) castor sugar
300 g (10oz) flour, sifted
50g (1 ½ oz) cocoa, sifted
6 eggs
Juice of 2 oranges
Rind of 1 orange, grated
1 tbsp ginger juice concentrate
1 tbsp rum or ginger wine
Salt
1 ¾ tsp baking powder, sifted
¼ tsp bicarbonate of soda
Pinch mace
2 tsp vanilla essence

Decoration: Fresh whipped cream, orange slices, maraschino cherries

Method

Cream butter and sugar until light, add eggs beating 1 minute for each egg and slowly adding sifted flour to mixture to prevent curdling. Sift together all dry ingredients and add alternately with the orange juice, blending well. Add ginger wine/rum and vanilla. Pour mixture into greased and lined cake tin, baking in a pre-heated oven at 170˚C till firm. Cool on rack before decorating.