Orange, chocolate and olive oil cake
Ingredients
For
6
personnes
- To make this orange, chocolate and olive oil cake, you will need:
- 150 g dark baking chocolate
- 1 orange (untreated)
- 2 eggs
- 160 g of sugar
- 1 yoghurt
- 200 g of flour
- ½ sachet of baking powder
- 10 cl of traditional-style olive oil (PDO Vallée des Baux-de-Provence, PDO Aix-en-Provence, PDO Provence, ...)
- Icing sugar (for decoration)
- Candied orange peel (for decoration)
Tip
To make this orange, chocolate and olive oil cake, choose an ‘old-fashioned’ olive oil from PDO Vallée des Baux-de-Provence, PDO Aix-en-Provence, from PDO Provence, or an oil made from ripened olives – traditional style. Traditional-style olive oils offer notes of cocoa, mushrooms, vanilla and candied fruit, and are completely free of bitterness. They pair perfectly with chocolate desserts. If you’re a fan of the combination of chocolate and orange, do also try the recipe for chocolate and orange regate with olive oil… A delight that’s perfect for rounding off a good meal!
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180°C.
- Melt the chocolate in a bain-marie.
- Zest the orange, then cut the zest into thin strips. Squeeze the juice from the orange.
- Beat the eggs and sugar together, then add half the orange juice, followed by the yoghurt.
- Gradually stir in the flour and baking powder.
- Add the olive oil, followed by the melted chocolate and the orange zest.
- Grease a round cake tin (or a square tin or loaf tin). Pour the mixture into the tin. Bake in the oven for about 30 minutes. Check that it is cooked by inserting a toothpick: it should come out clean.
- Dust with icing sugar and decorate with candied orange peel and sugar stars. Let your creativity run wild when decorating this cake!
Tip
To make this orange, chocolate and olive oil cake, choose an ‘old-fashioned’ olive oil from PDO Vallée des Baux-de-Provence, PDO Aix-en-Provence, from PDO Provence, or an oil made from ripened olives – traditional style. Traditional-style olive oils offer notes of cocoa, mushrooms, vanilla and candied fruit, and are completely free of bitterness. They pair perfectly with chocolate desserts. If you’re a fan of the combination of chocolate and orange, do also try the recipe for chocolate and orange regate with olive oil… A delight that’s perfect for rounding off a good meal!
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