This chocolate chip orange drizzle cake is light, zesty and delicious! It’s so easy to whip up for an afternoon treat. A must try for chocolate orange fans! Thank you
Something Sweet, Something Savoury200g caster (super fine) sugar
200g soft butter
finely grated zest of two oranges
3 medium eggs, beaten
1 teaspoon orange extract (optional)
225g self raising flour
100g dark or milk chocolate chips
1/2 tablespoon plain flour (for the chocolate chips)
For the Orange Syrup:
100g Icing (confectioner's) sugar
juice of one orange
Get Ingredients
- Preheat the oven to 180C/160Fan/350F/Gas mark 4.
- Grease and line the base and sides of a 900g (2lb) loaf tin.
- Place the sugar, orange zest and butter in a large mixing bowl
- Beat on high speed for about 5 minutes or until the mixture is very light and fluffy.
- Gradually add the beaten eggs, beating well after each addition.
- Once all the eggs have been added and the mixture is smooth, fold in the orange extract if using and flour
- Take care not to over mix.
- Coat the chocolate chips in the flour (to prevent them from sinking to the bottom of the cake)
- Fold in to the batter.
- Pour the batter into the lined cake tin and bake for 40-45 minutes or until risen, golden and a skewer inserted in the middle of the cake emerges clean.
- While the cake is baking, make the syrup.
- Place the icing sugar and orange juice in a small saucepan
- Simmer on a medium to high heat until the mixture has thickened and starts to look syrupy.
- Remove from the heat and set aside.
- As soon as you remove the cake from the oven pierce it all over with a skewer.
- Slowly and evenly pour the syrup all over the cake, allowing the holes to soak it all up.
- Leave the cake to fully cool in the tin - if you attempt to unmould the cake while it is still warm, it will collapse!
