Ricotta and cocoa cake
30
min
Medium
Fiesta Orange and Chocolate Cake
A delicious, soft cake combining the rich flavour of chocolate with the fresh citrus notes of orange.
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Prep Time
- 40 min
- Cook Time
- 30 min
- Servings
- 8 people
Ingredients
- Potato starch (250 g box), 20 g
- Vanilla Novacrema, 1 bag
- Nonna's Vanilla yeast, 1 bag
- eggs for the cake batter, 3
- sugar for the cake batter, 170 g
- vegetable oil for the cake batter, 50 ml
- orange juice for the cake batter, 30 ml
- flour (type 00) for the cake batter, 200 g
- orange zest for the cake batter, 1 orange
- sugar for the filling, 2 tablespoons
- dark chocolate for the filling, 250 g
- double cream for the filling, 250 g
Method
Prepare the cake batter by whisking the eggs with the sugar. Add the oil, orange juice and orange zest, then finally fold in the flour, potato starch and baking powder.
Bake at 180°C for 30 minutes.
Meanwhile, prepare the custard using the Novacrema mix. Cut the cake in half horizontally and fill it with the custard.
Finally, decorate the cake with dark chocolate melted over a bain-marie together with the cream, creating the cake's characteristic decoration.
Bake at 180°C for 30 minutes.
Meanwhile, prepare the custard using the Novacrema mix. Cut the cake in half horizontally and fill it with the custard.
Finally, decorate the cake with dark chocolate melted over a bain-marie together with the cream, creating the cake's characteristic decoration.
