This is one of my favourite cakes to bake and eat so I was gobsmacked that I hadn’t blogged it already. I searched my blog twice, convinced that I must have already shared such a fab cake with everyone but I hadn’t. MAJOR oversight.
I used a recipe is called ‘Anna Encel’s Wonderful Babka’ in a fav cookbook of mine called ’50 Fabulous Chocolate Cakes’ that gets a major workout in my kitchen.
Like I tend to do I reduced the amount of sugar by half a cup. The original recipe called for 3 tablespoons of drinking chocolate which I changed to melted chocolate. I normally use 100grams of dark chocolate but this time I broke up one of the many milk chocolate Easter bunnies that my girls got for Easter and used that instead. Shhh, don’t say a word….
Gather:
250g butter, melted
3 large eggs
2 ½ cups self-raising flour
1 cup caster sugar
100g melted dark chocolate
1 ½ cups orange juice
½ tsp orange liqueur [optional]
Let’s get to it:
Preheat oven to 180C and thoroughly grease a bundt tin, ensuring you get into all the crevices.
Put all the ingredients except the melted chocolate into the bowl of an electric mixer and beat until well combined.
Pour one half of the mix into the bundt tin then dollop in the melted chocolate. Cover with the remaining batter
Bake 40-ish minutes [depending on your oven you may need another 5 or so minutes]
Allow to cool in tin for about 30 minutes before tipping onto wire rack.
the hungry mum 
LOVE this cake! I should get a bundt tin….
It is one of my very favs! Will bring it over for dinner next week x
Love a good Bundt! Sounds like a great recipe, it even looks pretty when its just batter in the tin x
Bundts are the best! Love too that they don’t need icing!
Fantastic! I’m coming over for a cuppa and a slice of this! 🙂
You’ve got a deal! Love having an excuse to make this cake 🙂
Omg this looks so moist and delicious. Mmmmmmmm. Trying not to eat my computer screen now! haha
Cheers! All that butter is a wonderful thing 🙂
That is such a beautiful cake!
Thank you, it is rather delish 🙂
This looks wonderful! Also, loving that you used the word “gobsmacked”, I don’t think it gets enough of a workout these days!
Am a fan of the under-utilised word! Thanks for the kind words x
yum
Indeed it is, Hungry Bro.
Looks fantastic. Now your’e making me hungry and it’s about 2:30 am…LOL 😀
Thank you. Hope you managed to get some sleep x
ooh this looks lovely. Chocolate and Orange a wonderful combination.
Indeed, it is my favourite combination! Thanks for stopping by.
Beautiful! I love the combo of chocolate and orange!
thanks – I do too 🙂
I need a slice now to with my cup of coffee. Yum!
It goes perfectly with coffee! Thanks
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Cake looks so yummy, have you ever posted no bake cookies i can,t get them right always to running
Thanks. Never posted no-bake anything I don’t think – may have to look into that!
Making this this weekend! I am hunting for left over chocolate now ; )
There’s always left-over choc if you search in the pantry long enough 🙂
So true!
I am wondering if I can drop Nutella instead? I have an entire jar of that!
I reckon that would taste amazing! Did you ever make it – let me know x
I haven’t yet! I will soon and will let you know : )
A delicious excuse to break out the fabulous bundt tin again! Love an orange choc combination and any chance to sneak in Easter chocolate is find by me… We actually have no easter choc left in our house so kudos to you and your girls!
YUM this cake looks fabulous! Chocolate and orange is an awesome combination and I am just dying for a slice of your cake and a good cuppa!
Such a pretty cake! Thanks, I want to try this!
It looks beautiful 🙂 I love how you keep the choc at the top so it bakes perfectly. I haven’t made a bundt in ages but I need to get back on the horse!
Thanks! It is such a delish cake – you’d love it. Bundts are great but greasing the tin is SUCH a faff!
So moist and delicious 😀
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
Cheers CCU ❤
This looks fantastic and I love the chocolate and orange together.
Thank you 🙂 Choc orange is *the* best!
This would make such a great Mother’s Day surprise for next weekend:) I might just have to make it.
Hey, great idea! Might leave my blog page open so the kids see this 🙂
my bundt tin hasnt been used in a while, time to make some choc orange bundt i guess!
I heart bundts – the pretty tins mean you can get away with no icing [score!]
chocolate and orange. fantastic! I love the combo. Glad I found your blog!
I’m glad you found my blog, too! Choc orange rocks my world 🙂
I love the Bundt tin, might need to invest in one of those! They look fabulous, check out my chocolate orange muffins and chocolate orange cake!
You *need* a Bundt tin in your life! The are magical 🙂
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