Saw this recipe on newspaper. i tried baking it. YUM! It turned out quite well. Here are the photos.
Below is the recipe:
INGREDIENTS
2 eggs
1/2 cup light oil ( i used canola oil)
3/4 cup honey
1 cup sugar
grated rind of 1 orange
1 cup self raising flour
1 cup plain flour
2 tbsp cocoa
scant teaspoon each of ground cinnamon and mixed spice
1/2 tsp ground cloves
1/2 tsp bicarbonate soda
1 cup boiling water
100g of 60 per cent dark chocolate, grated (optional)(i used dark chocolate chips)
METHODS
- Preheat oven at 180 degrees.
- Grease 9inch round cake time and dust lightly with flour.
- Mix together eggs, oil, honey, sugar and grated orange rind.
- Sift together flour, spices, and cocoa. Add to mixture and stir well.
- Lastly, add bicarbonate of soda to the boiling water, add to mixture and stir in carefully.
- Bake for about an hour or until a skewer inserted in the center come out clean. When cake is ready, the sides will have shrunk away from the edge of the tin.
- Allow the cake to cool to faintly warm before patting on chocolate and stand the cake rack over a tray to catch the fallout.
