Ingredients to make chocolate and orange cake step by step:
- 1 glass of unsweetened natural yogurt
- 2 cups of wheat flour
- 2 glasses of sugar
- 2 glasses of Cocoa powder
- 1 glass of olive oil
- 4 eggs
- 1 envelope of baking powder or chemical yeast
- 1 orange (juice and zest)
- candied orange
- 1 pinch of salt
How to make Chocolate and orange cake step by step:
- Obtaining the measurements to prepare our chocolate cake is very easy, as it is a yogurt cake, we will use the yogurt glass to measure the rest of the ingredients. This means that the measuring “glass” will be the same glass of yogurt, whatever its size.
- To get a cake of about 8-10 portions, the measure of yogurt is 125 grams. As for chemical yeast, the sachet is 16 grams, but if you want to know more, checks out the article on how many grams are in a Royal yeast sachet.
- Bearing this in mind, we begin by beating the yolks with the sugar until they double their size, this process is known as blanching. We reserve the whites.
- Then, we add the yogurt along with the oil and continue beating until the ingredients are fully integrated. To finish with the mixture of liquid ingredients, add the orange juice, the zest and beat again until a homogeneous mixture is obtained.
- Next we are going to incorporate the dry ingredients. Then sift the wheat flour along with the cocoa and baking powder. Go adding this to the mixture little by little and beating constantly so that lumps form.
- If you want to prevent the chocolate and orange cake from sticking together, it is very important to mix each of the mixtures well, first the liquid ones and then the dry ones.
- Finally, and to give that sponge touch to our orange and chocolate cake, you must mount the egg whites until stiff with a pinch of salt. When you have them, add them to the bowl with the cake batter and gently beat with encircling movements until integrated.
- Prepare a mold by lining it with parchment paper or greasing it with a little butter or oil and pour the previous mixture into it. Tap the mold a few times to make sure there are no air bubbles inside and place a few pieces of candied orange, these will fall during cooking and will remain in the center of the cake.
- Then, put it in the oven and cook at 180ºC for about 40 minutes or until the cake is done, to check it you can do the toothpick test.
- Trick: Remember to put the orange cake in the center, with heat above and below, and do not open the door during the first 15 minutes of cooking.
- When it is ready, let it cool on a rack until it is no longer hot, then you can decorate the chocolate and orange cake step by step to your liking, with a chocolate coating or with some slices of orange in syrup
