Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Tuesdays with Dorie: Choc-Orange Bundt Cake

This week Erin of When in Doubt ... Leave it at 350 chose Dorie's Mocha-Walnut Marbled Bundt Cake. As tasty as that sounded, with all the chocolate that would be sitting around over the Easter weekend I wanted to make something a little lighter and fresher. So I chose to make a Choc-Orange Bundt cake instead.

I used ground almonds, replaced the coffee with orange juice and rubbed the zest of a whole orange into the sugar. The resulting cake was a gorgeous colour and richly fragrant with citrus.

As you can see from the photo I need to work on my marbling skills! I didn't want to overmix it so I pretty much ended up with a choc-orange layer cake instead.

I only made half the recipe but did it in a full-size bundt pan. It just made a flattish bundt that cooked in 30 minutes.

The taste test ...

Yum! I adore citrus so of course I was going to enjoy this. The orange flavour really shone through and paired perfectly with the chocolate. I don't know whether it was just because of the changes I made but this cake had the texture of a pound cake. Really moist and dense. I loved it!

Thanks for a great pick Erin! I'm sure the Mocha-Walnut original was great but I'm really happy with my orange version. You can find the recipe on Erin's blog.

15 comments:

  1. I love the flavors of orange and chocolate. I made the mocha-walnut, but might have to make your version once this is gone. :)

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  2. What a lovely flavour choice. Glad you liked this cake.

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  3. Wow! I love the look of your cake. It looks so light and yummy. Great job.

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  4. I assumed that you didn't marble on purpose. I love the look of your cake. Knowing that the orange essence permeates everything makes it that much better.

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  5. I'm with Susan, chocolate and orange are tops in my book. I love how you got very defined layers!

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  6. I love chocolate and orange together, great idea. It looks beautiful and delicious. I also like the idea of making 1/2 recipe--there are only 2 of us now and I don't need a whole bundt staring at me. I have no willpower.

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  7. I've got to try this combination! Looks wonderfully delicious. I do like the look of the separate layers this way! Well done!

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  8. I didn't even think about putting a fruit-twist on this- that sounds delicious!

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  9. Orange and chocolate: the perfect combination!!

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  10. nice twist! also, i like the split layered look.

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  11. Great idea using orange in your bundt cake. It looks incredible! I made muffins!

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  12. I love how your cake is shinny on top!! Orange and chocolate sounds like a really tasty combination!

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  13. Oh chocolate orange! One of my favorite combinations - looks amazing!

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  14. Haha...mine didn't marble either...I was paranoid of over mixing together. I'm going to have to try the orange, that's a great change.

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  15. yummy :)
    I love chocolate and orange together.

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