Chocolate Orange Bundt Cake
Chocolate Orange Bundt cake with super moist and flavourful Orange cake and delicious, silky chocolate glaze can be the star this Christmas!
Prep Time30 minutes mins
Cook Time1 hour hr
Total Time1 hour hr 30 minutes mins
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Servings: 6
Calories: 607kcal
For the Orange Bundt cake
For the chocolat glaze
- 100 g Semi sweet chocolate
- 15 g Vegetable oil
For the decoration
- 100 g Granulated sugar
- 100 g Water
- 2 Oranges 1 for the candied orange slices, 1 for the orange zest curl
- Cinnamon sticks, Star anise, Nutmeg
Start with making the Orange Bundt cake
Pre-heat oven to 175C / 347F 8no fan) and prepare your chosen cake tin, I am using a Silicone Ring Cake tin Cream room temp butter and granulated sugar with an Electric hand mixer for 5 minutes until creamy and pale Add in egg, one at a time, mix with a hand whisk after each addition
Fold in cream and vanilla bean paste with a Rubber spatula. Fold mixture just until fully combined, do not over mix Sift in dry ingredients: flour and salt
Fold in orange zest and candied orange zest
Pour or pipe batter into Silicone Ring Cake tin Bake for 30 minutes or until a tooth pick inserted into the cake comes out clean
Turn the Bundt cake upside down and Cool the cake on Cooling rack then chill in fridge before glazing
Make the chocolate glaze
Place finely chopped chocolate into a bowl, melt in microwave stirring every 30 seconds
When chocolate is melted (temp reached about 45C / 113F) mix in oil, then cool it down to about 25C / 77F by stirring
Pour chocolate glaze (25C /77F) over the chilled cake (5C / 41F), pop it back to the fridge for a minute, the glaze will set quickly
Decoration
Make candied orange slices by boiling water and sugar
Slice orange into thin and even slices and boil them in syrup for 5-10 minutes, until syrup thickens
Pre-heat oven to 100C / 212F
Place the pre-cooked orange slices onto parchment paper and dry them in 30 minutes. Let the orange slices cool to room temp before using them
Decorate the glazed cake with candied orange slices, some cinnamon sticks, orange curls and star anise pieces. Grate nutmeg on top
Store the cake at room temperature or refrigerated for 2-3 days
Calories: 607kcal | Carbohydrates: 61g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 40g | Saturated Fat: 25g | Cholesterol: 161mg | Sodium: 137mg | Potassium: 212mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 57g | Vitamin A: 1124IU | Vitamin C: 23mg | Calcium: 51mg | Iron: 1mg