It has been a while since I wrote in my blog. I have been
very busy, still I am, but I thought it was about time to give an update on how
things are going and also add a new recipe!
Well the summer has fully arrived to The Netherlands, we had
no spring unfortunately. Oh well I shouldn’t complain now is nice and that is
what it counts. The last few weeks we had already barbecue a couple of times,
we are having dinner in our garden almost every day and we are enjoying summer
food as well.
Last weekend we went to visit our friends that live about
140 km from our house. I made a nice chocolate-orange cake to bring with us and
that was absolutely a good idea, you should try this at home!
The ingredients you need for a cake from about 20 cm
diameter:
- 175 gr. caster sugar
- 175 gr. butter
- 3 eggs
- 175 gr. self risen flour
- 2 tablespoons cacao powder
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 3 tablespoons orange juice
- Zest of half orange
First of all using a mixer, mix the sugar and butter until
very light and smooth, then add with the machine still working one beaten egg
at the time, wait until is well mix before you add the next egg, after that sieve
the flour in the bowl and scoop slowly until is well combine.
Divide the dough in two, one of the parts mix with the cacao
and the milk, the other part mix with the orange juice and the orange zest.
Put first the chocolate dough into the grease baking tin,
then the orange dough, using a knife stir a bit to give a mix color to the
cake. Bake for about 25 minutes in a 190 degrees preheated oven. When ready
leave it for about 5 minutes in the tin before you take out and then put in
roaster to cool down completely.
Of course this cake needs a glace, very easy to prepare. You
just need 175 gr. glazing sugar and about 2 tablespoons of orange juice. Sieve
first the sugar, then add orange juice while mixing, don’t make it too wet otherwise
it will be to runny. Spread the glace on the top of the cake, wait until is
hard and then you can decorate with some melted chocolate, like on the picture
below.
