Chocolate Chip Orange Drizzle Cake

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 Savoury

200g 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!