Orange and White Chocolate Birthday Cake
Serves
10
Total Time
2hrs
Calories
560
Zesty orange cake with a sweet white chocolate frosting. Perfect for a birthday party! Decorated with blueberries, or your favourite seasonal fruit.
- Salted butter
175 g (about ¾ cup)
- Granulated sugar
175 g (about ¾ cup)
- Orange
3 (about 600 g)zest of
- Egg yolk
4 (about 80 g)
- Plain flour
100 g (about ¾ cup)
- Baking powder
10 g (about 2 teaspoons)
- Ground almonds
100 g (about ¾ cup)
- Orange
1 (about 200 g)juice of
- Egg white
4 (about 120 g)
- White chocolate
200 g (about 1 ¼ cups)
- Crème fraîche
200 g (about ¾ cup)
- Marmalade
150 g (about ½ cup)
- Blueberries
as needed
INGREDIENTS
- 1. Pre-heat oven - 175°C
- 2. Prepare 2 clean round pans
- 3. Add salted butter, granulated sugar and orange to a clean large mixing bowl
- 4. Cream until light and fluffy
- 5. Add one by one while mixing
- 6. Add plain flour, baking powder and ground almonds to a clean medium bowl
- 7. Mix briefly until combined
- 8. Fold dry ingredients into batter gently
- 9. Add orange to the batter
- 10. Mix until combined
- 11. Add egg white to a clean large mixing bowl
- 12. Whisk until stiff
- 13. Fold batter gradually until completely mixed
- 14. Transfer batter to 2 round pans
- 15. Bake until skewer tests clean - 30 min, 175°C
- 16. Transfer onto cooling rack
- 17. Add white chocolate to a clean small glass bowl
- 18. Melt - low heat
- 19. Add crème fraîche to a clean medium bowl
- 20. Whip until thick
- 21. Fold until combined
- 22. Add marmalade to a clean small bowl
- 23. Assemble
- 24. Decorate with blueberries
- 25. Chill in fridge - 1 hr
METHOD
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