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Norwegian Orange Cake

This is one of those cakes that is perfect any time of the day. It’s not too sweet and not at all fussy. My kind of cake. It’s very seasonal for the Spring especially in Norway where oranges play an important role in the Easter celebrations. Oh and chocolate. Did I mention it has chocolate in it? Norwegian Orange Cake.

Norwegian Orange Cake 

Print This Recipe Total time Yield 12Source Los Angeles TimesPublished

Ingredients

  • sticks butter
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 3 large eggs
  • zest of 1 orange
  • ⅓ cup plus 2 tablespoons orange juice, divided
  • 1⅓333 cup flour
  • 1½ teaspoon baking powder
  • 3 ounce dark chocolate (preferably 70%), finely chopped
  • .75 cup powdered sugar
  • candied orange peel as garnish

Directions

Heat the oven to 350 degrees. In the bowl of a stand mixer using the beater attachment, or in a large bowl using a hand mixer, beat the butter and 1 cup sugar until light and fluffy, 3 to 5 minutes. Add the eggs, one at a time, until thoroughly incorporated. Beat in the orange zest and one-third cup juice.

In a medium bowl, sift together the flour and baking powder. With the mixer running, slowly add the flour mixture until combined to form the cake batter. Fold in the chopped chocolate.

Place the batter into a greased and floured 9‑inch bundt pan, smoothing the top of the batter. (The batter will come slightly less than halfway up the sides of the pan.)

Bake the cake until puffed and lightly browned on top and a toothpick or cake tester inserted comes out clean, 45 to 55 minutes. Remove from the oven and cool in the pan on a cooling rack, then remove from the mold. The finished cake will be about 3 inches tall in the center.

While the cake is cooling, make the icing: In a medium bowl, sift the powdered sugar. Add the remaining 2 tablespoons orange juice and whisk to form the icing.

Drizzle the icing over the cooled cake, then garnish with the candied orange.