Easy Terry's Chocolate Orange Cake

This Easy Terry's Chocolate Orange Cake is perfect for special occasions! Each sponge has rich, chocolatey flavors and hints of orange flavor. To finish this yummy cake add chocolate orange ganache between each layer and decorate it with Terry's Chocolate.

Whether it's a birthday, Christmas, or a special occasion, this chocolate orange cake is always a fantastic option! I've made it for birthdays and during New Year's, and even the pickiest eaters line up for seconds. The contrast between the rich chocolate flavors from the cake and the citrusy orange is simply mouth-watering.

Terry's is a famous British chocolate created in 1932. It combines cacao powder, fresh orange juice, and zest. The chocolate is shaped like an orange ball and can be eaten in segments. You can purchase it in supermarkets or online.

I decided to serve this chocolate orange cake with ganache. The ganache includes a few spoons of orange extract to mirror the flavor of Terrys' chocolate and it is absolutely delicious! Of course, you can use plain milk chocolate ganache but I would definitely suggest you add the orange extract.

For more candy-themed cakes, try my Easy Chocolate Twix Cake, Chocolate Bourbon Biscuit Cake, Kinder Bueno Cake Roll and Easy Chocolate Kitkat Cake with Border.

Why You Should Try This Recipe

• This is the best chocolate orange cake recipe because it is easy to follow and tastes amazing.
• This cake is a stunning centerpiece and a great addition to any dessert.
• Despite the look and the name, this is a fairly easy chocolate orange cake recipe. You only need a few easy-to-find ingredients.
• When it comes to decorating each chocolate orange sponge you have a lot of options. You can keep things pretty simple and serve it plain and dust some icing sugar on top or you can go for chocolate buttercream.

Easy Terry's Chocolate Orange Cake Ingredients

• Unsalted butter: For best results, the butter should be at room temperature. If you’d like some salt to balance the sweetness in your cake, you can substitute it with salted or semi-salted butter.
• Caster Sugar: Sift the sugar to remove any lumps or excess dirt.
• Eggs: The eggs must be at room temperature before mixing. This will ensure that the ingredients for the cake batter combine properly.
• Self-raising flour: Contains raising agents that help the cake to rise. Do not swap it with plain flour.
• Cocoa powder: Feel free to use natural or Dutch-processed cocoa powder for your recipe.  
• Baking powder: To help the cake rise.
• Orange extract: Use good quality orange extract ( not flavor essence) for best results.

Chocolate Orange Gananche

• Milk chocolate: Use good quality milk chocolate and break it into small chunks before melting.
• Double cream: Substitute it with heavy cream or whipping cream. It is combined with the chocolate to make the ganache frosting.
• Orange extract: This will add a delicious citrusy flavor to the chocolate ganache.

Tips and Substitutions

• Room-temperature: Your butter, eggs and milk should be at room temperature for the best results with the recipe.
• Cake batter: Do not overmix your cake batter. Mix just until combined. Overmixing can overwork the gluten in the flour leading to tough cakes as opposed to light, soft airy cakes.
• Creaming: Beat the butter and sugar on medium speed to allow enough air to be incorporated into the batter which leads to light, airy cakes.
• Shelf: Bake the cakes on the middle shelf of the oven. Most ovens have the best heat circulation on the middle shelf, ensuring your cakes bake evenly.
• Decoration: Feel free to decorate your cake with chocolate buttercream, ganache or a simple dusting of icing sugar. The choice of frosting depends on what the cake is for. For a simple dessert, dust icing sugar on top but for a celebration cake, decorate with chocolate buttercream or ganache.

How to Make Easy Chocolate Orange Cake

1. Preheat your oven to 170C/340F and prepare two cake tins by greasing and lining them with parchment paper. In a bowl, mix together the flour, cocoa powder and baking powder until combined and set aside for later.

2. In a separate bowl, beat the butter and sugar with a stand/hand mixer for about 5 minutes. The mixture should be white or pale yellow after you are done.

3. In a clean bowl, crack the eggs and add the orange extract to the eggs. Add the egg, one at a time, into the butter mix until it is combined.

4. Once the eggs have been added, add half of the flour mixture and fold in with a whisk or spatula. Add half of the milk mixture to the batter, too. Continue adding the flour and milk alternately until you are done. Mix everything once again, but do not overmix the batter.

Divide the batter into the prepared tins and bake in the preheated oven for 20-25 minutes. Once the cakes are done, a skewer inserted into them should come out clean.

5. Remove from the oven and cool in the pan for 10- 15 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack to cool completely. 

6. Once the cakes have cooled, add chocolate orange ganache in between both cake layers, add more ganache to the top of the cake, and decorate with Terry's chocolate. Serve Terry's Chocolate Orange Cake during birthdays and other special occasions.

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