Chocolate Orange and Almond Cake

by | Nov 6, 2015 | 6 comments

I love the combination of orange and chocolate. This is a beautiful dessert for a special occasion.

Yields8 ServingsDifficultyBeginner
GF, DF, GrF
 2 organic oranges
 4 organic eggs
 3/4 cup Honey or 1 cup Changing Habits Rapadura Sugar
 2 1/4 cups Almond meal
 1/4 cup Coconut oil, butter or ghee
 1 tsp Baking soda
 A mixture of melted coconut cream, cacao melts and honey to taste.
 Sliced oranges for garnishing
1

Wash the oranges and boil them whole for 1 ½ hours, or until soft.

2

Preheat the oven to 180C. Grease and line a cake tin.

3

Place whole oranges (peel and all) in a thermomix or food processor and blend until smooth.

4

Process in eggs, coconut oil or butter, sugar or honey, almond flour, salt and baking soda until combined.

5

Pour batter into the cake tin and bake for 45 Minutes to 50 Minutes, until golden brown and cooked through. Do not overcook as you want this to be moist.

6

Once ready, remove from the oven and allow to cool in the tin.

7

Meanwhile, make the ganache. Once it is ready spread over the cooled cake and top with sliced oranges. Place in the fridge to set.

8

Slice, serve and enjoy! You can serve with whipped cream, yoghurt, kefir, fruit or plain.

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Ingredients

GF, DF, GrF
 2 organic oranges
 4 organic eggs
 3/4 cup Honey or 1 cup Changing Habits Rapadura Sugar
 2 1/4 cups Almond meal
 1/4 cup Coconut oil, butter or ghee
 1 tsp Baking soda
 A mixture of melted coconut cream, cacao melts and honey to taste.
 Sliced oranges for garnishing

Directions

1

Wash the oranges and boil them whole for 1 ½ hours, or until soft.

2

Preheat the oven to 180C. Grease and line a cake tin.

3

Place whole oranges (peel and all) in a thermomix or food processor and blend until smooth.

4

Process in eggs, coconut oil or butter, sugar or honey, almond flour, salt and baking soda until combined.

5

Pour batter into the cake tin and bake for 45 Minutes to 50 Minutes, until golden brown and cooked through. Do not overcook as you want this to be moist.

6

Once ready, remove from the oven and allow to cool in the tin.

7

Meanwhile, make the ganache. Once it is ready spread over the cooled cake and top with sliced oranges. Place in the fridge to set.

8

Slice, serve and enjoy! You can serve with whipped cream, yoghurt, kefir, fruit or plain.

Notes

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6 Comments
  1. Fiona Hill

    Please confirm whether the butter/coconut oil is meant to be in the cake? There is no mention of it in the method.

    Reply
    • Kayla-Changing Habits

      Hi Fiona,
      The coconut oil is processed in along with the rest of the main ingredients in step 4

      Reply
  2. Carmel

    Is it 180 degrees if it is a fan forced oven or 160 ?

    Reply
    • Jordan Pie

      Hi Carmel, either should work fine, but we do usually use 180C fan forced.

      Reply
  3. Nicole

    IN the process of making this one this morning for my sons birthday cake tonight!
    Along with the Thai Fish Cakes and Salad

    Reply
  4. Trish

    I have made this lovely cake today…..and am about to ganache it!! However the recipe does not give any measurements for: Coconut cream; cacao melts, the honey to add to them? Thank you, measurements please.

    Reply

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