Categories: Cake
Ingredients
- Cake
- 4 one-ounce squares unsweetened baking chocolate
- 1 cup frozen orange juice concentrate, melted and at room temperature
- 1/2 cup soft butter
- 2 1/2 cups white sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon orange extract or 1/2 teaspoon vanilla)
- 2 eggs
- 2 cups flour
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 cup chopped pecans (or walnuts)
- Chocolate Glaze
- 1 cup chocolate chips
- 1/3 cup cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Directions
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Cake
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Preheat oven to 325°F, rack in the middle position.
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Grease (or oil, or spray with non-stick cooking spray) the inside of a Bundt pan. Dust with flour, or cocoa, knocking out the excess.
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Put the chocolate and the orange juice concentrate in a microwave-safe bowl and heat it for one minute on HIGH. Stir it and then heat it on HIGH for another minute. Stir until the chocolate has melted. Set the bowl aside to cool.
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The following steps are a lot easier if you use an electric mixer: Combine the butter and sugar, and mix until fluffy. Mix in the baking powder, salt, and orange extract. Add the eggs, one at a time, mixing after each addition.
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Add half of the flour to the bowl. Mix thoroughly. Mix in the milk, and then add the rest of the flour.
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When the chocolate mixture is cool enough to touch, add it to your bowl. Mix thoroughly. Scrape down the bowl with a rubber spatula and then add the nuts. Give a final mix.
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Let the batter rest for several minutes, and then pour it into the carefully prepared Bundt pan.
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Bake at 325°F for 60 to 70 minutes, or until a cake tester inserted in the center of the ring comes out clean.
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Remove to a wire rack and let cool for 25 minutes. Loosen the cake around the outside and inside edges with a sharp knife and tip it out onto the wire rack.
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Let the cake cool completely and then glaze.
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Chocolate Glaze
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Combine in a microwave-safe bowl. Microwave on HIGH for one minute. Stir until chocolate chips are melted. If the glaze is too thick, add a little more cream. If the glaze is too thin, add a few more chips.
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Drizzle the hot glaze over the crest of the cake and let it drip down the sides.