Chocolate Orange Cake
Chocolate orange cake whips up in a matter of minutes, is filled with chocolatey and zesty flavors, and is drizzled with a homemade orange glaze.
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Servings: 12
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 1 tablespoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 cup 2 sticks butter, softened
- 1 ½ cups maple sugar
- 4 eggs
- 1 teaspoon orange zest
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup plain yogurt
- ½ cup orange juice
Optional Glaze:
- ½ cup orange juice
- 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
- Juice of ½ lemon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Butter or spray with vegetable oil a 10-inch bundt pan.
- In a medium bowl, mix together flours, baking soda, salt, and cocoa.
- In a second bowl, beat together butter and sugar with an electric hand mixer or stand mixer.
- Add eggs, one at a time, beating well.
- In a small bowl, whisk together zest, vanilla, yogurt, and orange juice.
- Add 1/3 of the dry ingredients to the butter/sugar mixture and mix by hand then add 1/3 of the yogurt mixture and mix by hand. Alternate in this way until all ingredients have been mixed together.
- Pour mixture into bundt pan and bake, 50 to 60 minutes, till a knife or toothpick inserted comes out clean.
- Allow to cool for 15 minutes before inverting onto a plate or wire rack then continue to cool.
- Optional glaze: Add orange juice, sugar, and lemon juice in a small sauce pan over medium-high heat. Bring to a boil then lower heat and simmer, uncovered, for 3 minutes. Pour the hot glaze over the cooled cake and allow to stand for 15 minutes before slicing.