Triple Orange Chocolate Cake: It’s Party Time
This triple orange chocolate cake recipe is one for the chocolate orange fans out there. It’s rich and zesty with a divine orange chocolate cream cheese filling and it’s topped with a sumptuous orange chocolate glaze. Perfect for birthdays and other celebrations.
When I received a pair of glamorous little white chocolate shoes, I knew immediately they would have to adorn a cake. And adorn the gorgeous citrussy cake that I made for last week’s tea party they did.
Triple Orange Chocolate Cake
Given the theme of this month’s We Should Cocoa, that cake had to be an orange one. But as it was for an afternoon tea party, it couldn’t just be any old orange cake. No I needed something even more tempting. And thus it became a triple orange chocolate cake.
I had a jar of bitter orange syrup left over from making candied orange peel, a bar of orange milk chocolate from Divine and some organic oranges, so with those all gathered up, I set to.
I made two moist chocolate cakes infused with orange zest. A melted bar of orange flavoured milk chocolate turned a tub of cream cheese into an absolute dream. I sandwiched the two cakes with it, then poured a shiny chocolate orange glaze over the top.
Three types of orange and three types of chocolate had the desired effect and this cake was truly delicious. The photographs are not of the best due to the poor light, but the cake had a real wow factor with those shoes strutting their stuff.
Although this cake was undoubtedly gorgeous and has to be my entry for We Should Cocoa, the orange and chocolate mince pies I made for the same party were absolutely delicious too and would otherwise have been a strong contender.
Other Chocolate Orange Cake Recipes You Might Like
- Another bloody orange chocolate cake
- Cardamom chocolate orange cake
- Chocolate orange marble cake
- Easter bundt cake
- Orange poppy seed cake with white chocolate
- Rhubarb & orange chocolate cake
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Triple Orange Chocolate Cake. PIN IT.
Triple Orange Chocolate Cake
Ingredients
Cake
- 225 g unsalted butter softened
- 125 g golden caster sugar (I used vanilla sugar)
- 100 g dark muscovado sugar (I used molasses sugar)
- 1 organic orange zested and juiced
- 4 medium eggs
- 200 g flour half wholemeal, half plain
- 1 tbsp mesquite powder optional
- 25 g cocoa powder
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 1 pinch fine sea or rock salt
- 2 tbsp Greek yoghurt
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
Filling
- 100 g orange milk chocolate (I used Divine)
- 200 g cream cheese
Glaze
- 50 ml orange syrup (see note below)
- 80 g dark chocolate chopped (I used 60%)
- 10 g unsalted butter
Instructions
Cake
- Set the oven to 180℃ (160℃ fan, 350℉, Gas 4).
- Cream the butter with the sugars until pale and fluffy. I do this by hand, but use an electric mixer if you prefer.225 g unsalted butter, 125 g golden caster sugar, 100 g dark muscovado sugar
- Grate in the orange zest and cream some more.1 organic orange
- Beat in the eggs, one by one, alternating with some of the flour if needed.4 medium eggs
- Sieve in the dry ingredients and stir it in with the yoghurt, orange juice and vanilla extract until everything is thoroughly incorporated.200 g flour, 1 tbsp mesquite powder, 25 g cocoa powder, 1 tsp baking powder, ¼ tsp bicarbonate of soda, 1 pinch fine sea or rock salt, 2 tbsp Greek yoghurt, ½ tsp vanilla extract
- Spoon into two 23 cm (9 inch) lined round sandwich tins. I use silicone moulds as there’s no need to line them. Bake for 25 minutes until risen and firm to the touch.
- Leave in the tins for 10 minutes then turn out onto wire racks to cool completely.
Filling
- Melt the chocolate in a bowl suspended over a pan of hot, but not boiling water.100 g orange milk chocolate
- Allow the chocolate to cool a little, then beat it into the cream cheese.200 g cream cheese
- Spread over one of the cooled cakes and place the other on top.
Glaze
- Warm the syrup in a small pan, but don’t bring it to the boil.50 ml orange syrup
- Add the chocolate and butter, leave to melt for a few minutes, then stir until smooth.80 g dark chocolate, 10 g unsalted butter
- Allow the glaze to cool a little, then pour it over the cake.
- Decorate with a pair of chocolate shoes, if liked.
Wowsers, what a cake. Did you eat the shoes in the end?
I love how the shoes inspired the cake, which looks incredible by the way!
This cake looks AMAZING! I will defo be trying it out. And the shoe idea is fab too. Just the sort of thing I would do too.
awesome cake and the shoes are adorable! you make my chocolate orange cake look bad hahaha.
Those shoes are just too cute!!! The perfect topper for a tea time treat like this cake. Yum ;0)
What an awesome looking cake and I’m sure it tastes divine too. Loving the shoes!
What a great cake topper! Love those chocolate shoes. Also love that you used 3 types of orange in this cake!
lovely cake – just right for christmas – and I love your colourful table and of course those darling shoes – hope you have had a lovely christmas
wow this looks gorgeous! love the decoration on the top too. Chocolate and orange is such a winning combination that I am sure you will have a bumper month for entries
Merry Christmas Choclette.
Gorgeous and Gorgeous to cake and shoes. Happy Christmas to you and CT xx
This cake looks FAB!!
delicious chocolate cake!! Wishing you a very merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
I love the shoes! Especially in the final shot where they look like they’ve been tramped through a muddy field 🙂
You have combined two of my favourite things chocolate and shoes! What a great cake! Merry Christmas. Jude x
Looks lovely – and I really like the way you’ve packed the orange flavour in – great use of ingredients you had around like that orange syrup. Yum, I love a good chocolate orange combo.
Now that’s what I’d call a serious chocolate cake. I certainly wouldn’t step on it. Have a really happy Christmas.
excuse my french but this cake looks fucking AMAZING!!!… i NEED a slice NOW… now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am a huge shoe fan and have never seen anything like these before! Your triple chocolate cake looks like it has am amazing texture and who could resist a choc/orange combo at this time of the year:-) xx
LOL! I LOVE this, but the shoes look like the owner stumbled back from the pub and abandoned them on your cake…..it’s the rakish angle! LOVELY LOVELY looking cake I now want some new shoes for ALL my posh cakes!
Karen
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I wouldnt expect anything less from you ;P Great entry indeed and it sounds absolutely delicious. Love the shoes too! Did they get eaten? Have a happy Christmas! Look forward to more we should cocoa goodness next year x
The cake sounds really delicious!
Happy Christmas to you!
Red shoes are certainly the best!
This cake is glorious, I am not surprised it disappeared!
Shoes are so cool!!
Merry Christmas! xoxoxo
Janet – thank you. The shoes made the cake and were a good talking point too.
Jac – thank you for your lovely comment. Red shoes are my favourite – enjoy.
That sounds like the best cake ever and I love the shoes. Nice touch. I got new shoes today. A red pair. I love shoes 🙂
Shoes make the cake at least from a visual point of view! Sorry I haven’t entered this month, if I get a chance before the end of the month I will.
Love the shoes and cake!