Chocolate Orange Loaf Cake (Nigella Lawson)
When I saw Joyce of Kitchen Flavours and Jeannie of Baking Diary posted this Chocolate Orange Loaf Cake, I immediately fell in love with it. I quickly bake this cake last week not once but twice. Really, I don’t have regrets making this easy cake, a little crumbly though, not so chocolately but was full of orange fragrance. The cake was so delicious, moist. and soft. If you attempt this recipe, the cake will certainly be gone within a day, trust me!
Chocolate Orange Loaf Cake (Nigella Lawson)
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Author: Ann Low
Ingredients
- makes one 8 x 4½ inches cake pan (lined)
- 1-1/4 sticks Soft unsalted butter (160g)
- 2 tbsp Lyle's Golden corn syrup
- 1 cup Brown sugar (I used slightly more than ½ cup = 70g)
- 1 cup All purpose flour/plain flour, sifted (115g)
- ½ tsp Baking soda
- 3 tbsp Unsweetened cocoa powder, sifted (Valrhona cocoa powder 68%)
- 2 large Eggs
- zest of 2 regular orange and juice of 1 (1/3 cup = 60g orange juice - from one orange)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 165 degrees C and line your loaf pan with parchment paper all sides up.
- Beat the already soft butter with corn syrup and the sugar until you have a fairly smooth cafe Americano cream, though the sugar will have a bit of grit about it.
- Mix the flour, baking soda, and cocoa powder together, and beat into the syrup mixture one tablespoonful of the dry ingredients before beating in 1 egg. Then add another couple of spoonfuls of the dry ingredients before beating in the second egg.
- Carrying on beating in the remaining dry ingredients and then add, still beating, the orange zest and finally, gradually, the juice. At this stage, the batter may suddenly look dimpled, as if slightly curdled.
- Pour and scrape into the prepared pan and bake for about 40 - 45 minutes, though check 5 minutes before and be prepared to keep it in the oven 5 minutes longer if needed. A cake tester won't come out entirely clean, as the point of this cake, light though it may be, is to have just a hint of inner stickiness.
- Let cool a little in the pan on a wire rack, then turn out with care and leave on the rack to cool.
- I added some candied orange peels as topping.
Notes
The Chocolate Orange Loaf Cake can be baked up to 3 days ahead and stored in an airtight container..
巧克力香橙蛋糕
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Author: Ann Low
Ingredients
- 160克 不含盐软牛油，
- 2汤匙 黄金糖浆
- 70克 蔗糖赤砂糖
- 115克 底筋面粉
- ½茶匙 泡打粉
- 3汤匙 可可粉
- 2个 大鸡蛋
- 2粒 香橙皮屑
- 60克 鲜榨橙汁
Instructions
- 预热烤箱摄氏165度。长方形烤盘（8 x 4.5寸）铺上油纸。
- 将牛油，糖浆和糖搅打至滑。
- 面粉，可可粉及泡打粉一起过筛到碗里，然后加入一汤匙粉类和鸡蛋到步骤2里，再继续加几汤匙粉类及鸡蛋和剩余的粉类搅打至均匀。
- 最后加入香橙皮屑和橙汁，搅匀即可。
- 将面糊倒入烤盘内抹平，放进预热烤箱烘烤约40-45分钟或竹签扎入蛋糕内部不沾糊就可以了。
- 让蛋糕连烤盘待凉一下才脱模放在凉架上完全待凉。
- 最后放上一些糖渍橙皮做点缀。
Notes
蛋糕烤好后，密封盒保存，3天内食用.
I’m linking this post to Cook Like A Star, where the featured chef for this month is NIGELLA LAWSON.
Cook Like A Star is an event organized by Zoe from Bake For Happy Kids,
and the co-hosts for this month are
and also submitting to the Little Thumbs Up “Egg” event organized by
吃巧克力是令人很开心的事情,一起时这个蛋糕哦,我相信吃了人一定非常的甜蜜开心!
你说的很对,有时心情不好的时候,吃上一片巧克力,心情自然会好 🙂
我也有可可蛋糕哟我们来交换吧:)
当然好啦!我们快快来交换 😀
Just awesome, Ann! So creative of you to sprinkle the candied orange peels on top. Great clicks as usual!
Thank you Cheah 🙂
I am drooling over this cake too..looks so moist & chocolati..
Thank you, Cecilia 🙂
Hi Ann, I just used your recipe to bake the Banana Walnut Bread & now you tempt me again with another great recipe, hahaha! Chocolate & orange are very "best friends" & I like it too. Can see that the cake is soft & moist. I like when it isn't too sweet!
Hi Jessie, Your Banana Walnut Bread looks to good! I like those chunk size walnuts on top, makes me want to bake another one again too!This is a very easy recipe to follow, have a try.
Hi Ann,I'm deeply attracted to Joyce's, Jeannie's and your cake too. I love to bake this for your Orange LTU event in Apr 2014!!! :DZoe
Hi Zoe, Thank you for the invitation. Actually I want to keep this recipe for Orange LTU but I just can't wait 😀
Beautiful and yummy cake 🙂
Ann, you have another lovely cake tempting me!!
my thumbs are up for this as well!
Lovely chocolatey cake & love the combo. YUMMY! 😉
Ann , such a pretty cake ! This is a popular cake in Cook like a Star 😀
Chocolate and orange makes for the best combination!
I think chocolate and orange is amazing!! a lovely combo look delicious!!
What I want to know Ann is how you stay away from all the amazing sweets you eat. You are probably thin like a model, huh. Just to make us all even more jealous. I haven't got to bake as much as I would have like lately and I'm having withdrawals just looking at this. Looks so good with that dark chocolate. Hope you are off to a good start this week.-Gina-
Hi Gina, thank you very much for your awesome compliment 🙂 To tell you the truth I'm small size to the American but I'm am consider a L size to the Asian… 😀
Hi Ann, it's already midnight here… torturing me with cake… a chocolate cake some more! Haha. Looks so delicious, wish I can have a slice of it right now!
Hi Ann, I was thinking of baking a loaf cake and I saw this post of yours. Just at the right time! Can I check with you, did you beat the mixture with a mixer all throughout? Thanks!Yin
Hi Yin, yes, I'm using my KA mixer all way through. Hope you'll try this recipe 🙂
The cake tester came out clean and I was worried it was over baked. Initially I baked for 30 mins as the cake was shallower and the middle was wobbly so I continued to bake for another 15 mins that's when I saw the middle collapsed. Would over beating and over folding cause the middle to collapse? Or the size of the cake pan??
Yes I test it while pulling the tray out slightly and poke the skewer inside cake pan with the oven door open. Less than 10 secs..i think 🙂
If the top of the cake is not wet after baked, then it is cooked.
BTW how did you test the cake? Poke the skewer into the cake inside the oven with the door open or take out the cake out of the oven?
Hi Ann, Just want to say thank you for sharing this recipe. I just baked this cake and its really delicious. Its moist and soft and the orange zest and orange juice make the cake just right. I didn't have a loaf pan of that size so I substituted it with a round cake pan and the middle of the cake collapse. Other than that, this recipe is just right for a chocolate craving lover. The recipe is definitely a keeper. I love it! Thanks again!
Hi Little Precious Gems, Glad to hear that you liked this cake. I think you need to bake this cake for another few minutes as the collapsed of the cake in the middle was not fully cooked.
Hi Ann, I would like to bake this into 8" round, 3 tier birthday cake. Do I increase the ingredients by 2 times or more. Appreciate your advice.JJmum
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This looks so amazing. Absolutely delicious. Thanks for sharing.
Hi Ann,Wow! i a falling in love with this too!!must try bake this:Dmui
yeah, i remember reading joyce and jeannie's very good remarks about the cake. NOw you are the 3rd one…this must be one fantastic pound cake!
I am sure will love this cake too!
Hi Ann, lovely cake. The combination of orange and chocolate is really delightful. Thanks for sharing the recipe. Regards.
Ann, the cake looks moist, chocolate cake is always the favourite 😀
Jess, I tried 3 of Nigella's recipes and I love all of them. You must try this too!
Ann, I feel like baking this cake too!
nice crack on the cake, and looks very moist
Thank you 🙂
Love this cake, gave some to my neighbours and they were very happy with it too!
Yes, I also gave one to my friend and she loved it very much.
Gorgeous cake ^.^
哈哈哈 ~ 还有那个紫色纸巾,很熟悉的样子也。其实非常好看。好好用。
呵呵呵。。。被你发现了!:D
Chocolate and orange are good friends. Aren't they?
Hi Angel, How are you? Totally agree with you, chocolate and orange are best combination.
The texture is so moist crumbly and I love the deep brown colour.
Ann姐姐。。。香得把一直在潜水的莎莎,引诱浮上来咯~~~~
呵呵呵。。。莎妹妹,很喜欢你的引用词哦 :D那我看到你上的美味佳肴,又吃不到,我也一直潜下去咯!
我也看中两个Nigella Lawson的食谱, 还没动手做!你的这个巧可力的也不错, 我又看中了你的, 呵呵!
I am going to invite myself to join you for the afternoon tea, Ann. The cake looks super!
Ann, this cake's texture looks moist and soft. Jaffa flavour is always my favorite. Love it
Ann, your chocolate cake looks perfectly!!!Thumbs up for you!
Hi Ann, phew after refreshing a few times, I can finally drop you a comment. Beautiful cake and lovely styling.
Hi Yen, Really don't understand what is the problem. 🙁 Can you please tell me which browser are you using?
哇!chocolate 蛋糕。 非常 ngam 我。哈哈哈 。。
呵呵呵。。。 那就快快动手吧!
Hi Ann,This is one delicious cake! I was just planning to bake one tomorrow for a friend. Thank you for linking to CLAS!
Thumbs up!
Easy ingredients, suits me, hehe..Bookmarked! ^^Ann, any replacement for the golden corn syrup?
Hi Ah Tee, Can use treacle and perhaps honey can be used too.
I am tempted looking at this.
Edith, Have a try. This cake is very soft and moist.
The cake tester came out clean and I was worried it was over baked. Initially I baked for 30 mins as the cake was shallower and the middle was wobbly so I continued to bake for another 15 mins that's when I saw the middle collapsed. Would over beating and over folding cause the middle to collapse? Or the size of the cake pan??
If the top of the cake is not wet after baked, then it is cooked.
BTW how did you test the cake? Poke the skewer into the cake inside the oven with the door open or take out the cake out of the oven?
Yes I test it while pulling the tray out slightly and poke the skewer inside cake pan with the oven door open. Less than 10 secs..i think 🙂
Hi Ann, Just want to say thank you for sharing this recipe. I just baked this cake and its really delicious. Its moist and soft and the orange zest and orange juice make the cake just right. I didn't have a loaf pan of that size so I substituted it with a round cake pan and the middle of the cake collapse. Other than that, this recipe is just right for a chocolate craving lover. The recipe is definitely a keeper. I love it! Thanks again!
Hi Little Precious Gems, Glad to hear that you liked this cake. I think you need to bake this cake for another few minutes as the collapsed of the cake in the middle was not fully cooked.
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Hi Ann, I would like to bake this into 8" round, 3 tier birthday cake. Do I increase the ingredients by 2 times or more. Appreciate your advice.
JJmum
This looks so amazing. Absolutely delicious. Thanks for sharing.
Hi Ann,
Wow! i a falling in love with this too!!
must try bake this:D
mui