CHOCOLATE ORANGE OLIVE OIL CAKE

CHOCOLATE ORANGE OLIVE OIL CAKE

If you have an intolerance to gluten and your a chocoholic then this maybe thee cake for you! Its intense rich chocolateness, zingy orange and brownie like texture is highly addictive!

INGREDIENTS

- 150ml Olive Oil * or any other cooking oils
- 50g Cocoa Powder
- 125ml Boiling water
- 2tsp Vanilla Extract or 1 Pod
- 150g Ground Almonds
- 1/2tsp Bicarbonate of soda
- Pinch of salt
- 200g caster sugar or light brown muscovado sugar
- 3 eggs
- 1 large orange grated zest
- 200g 70% dark chocolate bar (Gluten free)

HOW TO:

1. Preheat oven to FAN170C/160C/Gas3. Grease a 9” cake tin and line the bottom with baking parchment.

2. Sift cocoa powder into a jug and pour 4oz of boiling water, mix to make a paste. Add vanilla extract or pod and mix through. Set aside to cool a little.

3. In a bowl pour ground almonds, flour, bicarb & salt and mix with a whisk to break up any lumps.

4. Melt dark chocolate in a bowl over a pan of boiling water.. don’t let the bottom of the bowl touch the water. When melted set aside to cool a little.

5. Pour oil, sugar and eggs into a free standing mixer or handheld mixer, beat till thick and creamy, around 3 minuets of mixing on high speed. While the mixture is mixing, grate orange peal and add to the oil, sugar and egg mixture.

6. Turn the speed down and slowly add the melted chocolate, make sure its not too hot. Then add the cocoa paste and beat for 1 minuet.

7. Fold in the dry ingredients until well mixed.

8. Pour into the cake tin and bake for 30 to 40 minuets. Cake is very delicate so will need to be cooled for 10-15 minuets before taking out of the tin.

* perfect warm or cold with good quality vanilla ice cream :)