Chocolate and orange are one of my top favourite flavour combinations so I love finding new ways to bake with them. This Chocolate Orange Loaf Cake is an easy to prepare chocolate sponge flavoured with orange extract, it’s based on a low temperature for around an hour to make sure it doesn’t dry out. I also stirred some chopped up Terry’s Chocolate Orange into the sponge for awesome extra yumminess. I’ve decorated the top with chocolate orange buttercream

To make the sponge I mixed the butter and sugar together, then whisked in orange extract, eggs and milk.

Then I added self-raising flour and cocoa powder and whisked in. I also folded in half a Terry’s Chocolate Orange that I chopped up.



I poured the mixture into my lined loaf tin and baked it for 1 hour.


I made a chocolate orange buttercream and decorated the top of the loaf cake with it.


To make this awesome Chocolate Orange Loaf Cake extra yummy and tempting I decorated it with Terry’s Chocolate Orange pieces and some orange sprinkles!

The sponge was perfectly light and moist once sliced, and it was full of that chocolate orange flavour I love so much. If you love or you are a fan of chocolate orange you will love this Chocolate Orange Loaf Cake!

Chocolate Orange Loaf Cake
Yummy chocolate orange sponge with chocolate orange buttercream and chocolate orange pieces

 Prep Time: 20 minutes
 Cook Time:  1 hour
Total Time:  1 hour 20 minutes
 Servings 10
 Author thebakingexplorer
Ingredients

  • 200 g butter or baking spread
  • 200 g Caster sugar
  • 2 tsp orange extract
  • 4 Eggs large
  • 1 tbsp Milk
  • 175 g Self raising flour
  • 25 g Cocoa powder
  • 1/4 tsp Baking powder
  • 1/2 a Terry's Chocolate Orange chopped up - optional
  • For the buttercream
  • 150 g Butter or baking spread
  • 275 g Icing sugar
  • 25 g Cocoa powder
  • 1 tsp Orange extract
  • 1 1/2 tbsp Milk