Frosted Choc-Orange
Cake.
Ingredients:
Cake
125g butter or margarine
½ cup cocoa
1
tablespoon grated orange rind 3 eggs
1¾ cup self-raising flour
1 1/3 cups castor sugar
½
teaspoon bicarbonate of soda ½ cup orange
juice
¼ cup water
Choc-Orange Frosting.
1 tablespoon grated orange rind.
1-½ cups icing sugar.
2 tablespoons milk.
1 tablespoon cocoa.
½ cup
butter.
Method.
Grease deep19am square cake pan, line base with paper,
grease paper.
Combine all ingredients in large bowl, beat on low speed with electric mixer until ingredients
are combined. Increase speed to medium, beat for three (3) minutes or until mixture is changed in colour and smooth.
Pour into prepared pan, bake in moderate oven for about
1 hour. Stand for five (5) minutes before turning on to wire rack to cool.
Top cold cake with frosting.
Frosting.
Beat butter and rind in a
small bowl with electric mixer until light and fluffy; gradually beat in sifted
icing sugar and milk. Divide frosting in half, stir sifted cocoa into one half,
and mix well. Top cake with spoonfuls of orange and chocolate icing, swirl icing with a knife to give
a marbled effect.
Keeping time two (2)
days.
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