Orange loaf cake with a cocoa bat
An orange loaf cake with a black cocoa bat running through the middle.
Active time1 h
Cooking1 h 15 min
Total4 hResting : 1 h 45 min
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Ingredients
- 1 unwaxed orange
- 310 g unsalted butter
- 7 tbsp milk
- 5 eggs
- 30 g unsweetened black cocoa
- 485 g plain flour
- 1 packet of black and white chocolate cake glaze
- 5 tsp baking powder
- 1 pinch of fine salt
- 250 g caster sugar
- 1 packet of vanilla sugar
Preparation
Let the butter soften. Heat the oven to 180 °C. Grease the tin with 5 g butter and dust with 5 g flour. Beat 100 g soft butter with 100 g sugar and the vanilla sugar. Beat in 2 eggs one at a time. Mix 175 g flour, 2 tsp baking powder and the cocoa. Fold in alternately with 2 tbsp milk. Transfer to the tin.
310 g unsalted butter7 tbsp milk5 eggs30 g unsweetened black cocoa485 g plain flour5 tsp baking powder250 g caster sugar1 packet of vanilla sugar- 25 × 11 cm loaf tin
- mixing bowl
- electric mixer
- oven
Bake for 30 min until a skewer comes out free of raw batter.
- 25 × 11 cm loaf tin
- oven
- wooden skewer
Leave in the tin for 10 min, then turn out onto a rack and cool. Cut into 1.5 cm slices and stamp a bat from each slice.
- 25 × 11 cm loaf tin
- wire rack
- knife
- 8 cm bat cutter
Let the butter soften. Wash the orange and finely grate its zest. Clean the tin. Grease with 5 g butter and dust with 5 g flour. Beat 200 g soft butter with 150 g sugar, salt and zest. Beat in 3 eggs one by one. Mix 300 g flour and 3 tsp baking powder, then fold in alternately with 5 tbsp milk.
1 unwaxed orange1 pinch of fine salt- fine grater
- 25 × 11 cm loaf tin
- mixing bowl
- electric mixer
Spread a little orange batter in the tin. Stand the bats upright in a tight row. Pipe the remaining batter around and over them and gently smooth. Bake for 45 min at 180 °C. Test the pale cake near the edge with a skewer.
- 25 × 11 cm loaf tin
- piping bag
- spatula
- oven
- wooden skewer
Leave for 10 min, turn out and cool.
- 25 × 11 cm loaf tin
- wire rack
Melt the two-colour glaze as directed on its packet. Pour it over the cold cake without spreading to keep the colours separate. Let it set.
1 packet of black and white chocolate cake glaze- saucepan
- spoon
Allergens
- Eggs
- Gluten
- Milk
Sources and credits
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