Chocolate chip orange cake with soft buttercream
Easter eggs, mini eggs, and other chocolate nibbles make impressive and easy to prepare cake decorations. Pile them generously on top of the cake, the buttercream will hold them in place.
SERVES
12
PEOPLE
PREP TIME
40
MINUTES
COOKING TIME
60
MINUTES
Ingredients
250g soft butter
310g golden caster sugar
the zest of 4 oranges and 175mls fresh orange juice
4 eggs, lightly beaten
300g self-raising flour, sieved
100g dark chocolate, broken into small even-sized pieces
To decorate:
300g icing sugar
150g soft butter
150g dark chocolate, melted
2 tbsp milk chocolate
Mini eggs
Chocolate shavings
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