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Dark and Bitter Chocolate and Orange Loaf Cake

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 01 Feb 2013   Posted by BonnieF


Adapting one of the fabulous Scandilicious recipes to suit a ‘free from’ diet, Go Free Foods founder, Charlotte Pike, proves that cake is always an option, no matter what your dietary requirements!

Ingredients

200g Chestnut flour (I use Shipton Mill, although it is not gluten free)

50g Ground almonds
Two tsp gluten free baking powder
Pinch bicarbonate of soda
Pinch fine sea salt
Two large eggs, beaten
Seven oz dark brown soft sugar
Two tbsp plain yoghurt
One tsp vanilla extract (I use Nielsen-Massey)
One tsp orange extract (I use Nielsen-Massey)
50g Cocoa powder
Two tbsp Cointreau
200g Chunky orange marmalade
Juice and zest of three clementines
100g Butter, or dairy free margarine melted
100g Dark chocolate, chopped into chunks (I like Montezuma 73% here)

Method

– Preheat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4 and grease and line a 2lb/900g loaf tin
– Mix the flour, ground almonds, raising agents and salt together in a large bowl.
– Mix the eggs, yoghurt, vanilla and orange extracts and Cointreau together in a smaller bowl.
– Make a well in the middle of the dry ingredients and add all the remaining ingredients.
– Gently mix until smooth, then pour the batter into the tin and bake on the middle shelf of the oven for 30-50 minutes or until firm to the touch.

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Written by BonnieF
A journalist by trade, Bonnie is the Editor for Spabreaks.com. Keen to spread the message on accessible wellbeing and a spa experience for all, she thinks green smoothies are somewhat overrated and her favourite spa treatment is an Elemis Couture Technology facial.


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