Orange cake with chocolate frosting
Ingredients
2⁄3 cup + 1⁄2 cup butter, divided
2 oranges
2 eggs
1 cup granulated sugar
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 tsp baking powder
2 tsp vanilla sugar
1⁄2 cup milk chocolate
Cooking instructions:
Preheat the oven to 350°F. Butter an 8 x 12-inch cake pan and sprinkle with a few pinches of flour. Set aside. Heat 2/3 cup butter until it is melted and lukewarm. Set aside. Grate the peel of one orange and juice both oranges; you should have 2/3 cup juice. Reserve.
Whisk eggs and sugar in a medium bowl until mixture is foamy. Add melted butter, orange peel and juice. Stir flour with baking powder and vanilla sugar in a separate bowl and add to the batter. Pour batter into pan and bake on middle rack of oven for 15 to 20 minutes. Let cake cool completely. For the icing, melt remaining 1/2 cup butter with milk chocolate in a small bowl. Spread chocolate mixture over cake a little at time. Let the cake rest until the icing hardens, then cut into squares and serve.
Marble coffee cake
Ingredients
1 cup butter, at room temperature
2⁄3 cup granulated sugar
3 eggs
1 1⁄3 cups all-purpose flour
1 tbsp vanilla sugar
1 1⁄2 tsp baking powder
Peel of 1 orange
1 1⁄2 tbsp orange marmalade
2 tbsp cocoa powder
3 1⁄2 oz milk chocolate, coarsely chopped
1 tbsp water
Cooking instructions:
Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter a 1 1⁄2 litre cake pan and sprinkle with flour. Set aside. Beat butter and sugar in a medium mixing bowl until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition. Mix flour with vanilla sugar and baking powder in a small bowl; add to batter. Divide batter into two parts. Mix one part with orange peel and orange marmalade. Mix the other part with cocoa powder, chocolate and water. Spread the orange batter in the bottom of the cake pan, then spread the chocolate batter on top. Bake cake on middle rack of oven for 55 to 60 minutes. Let cake cool slightly before removing from pan.
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