Hi Bold Bakers! Chocolate and Orange is a really great flavor combination especially
around the holidays. Today I am going to show you how you can make a big and bold chocolate
orange cake so lets get backing. So this recipe is my best ever chocolate cake recipe. It
is really easy because you mix it all up by hand, and it is always a crowd pleaser. On
a different note if you are watching my video for the first time then welcome and make sure
you tap that subscribe button. Okay so now we are going to start out with a nice large
bowl lined with a sift. Add in your flour, sugar, coco powder, baking powder, baking
soda, and salt. And then sit all these ingredients together. The reason why I like to sift these
ingredients together. The reason why I like to sift these ingredients is that coco powder
can often have lumps in them. And you really need to get those out so they don't appear
in your cake. This is a lovely delicate light cake. Okay so that is out dry ingredients
we are going to set these aside and mix together our wet ingredients.
So into our jug we are going to add in some buttermilk. Now buttermilk is such an important
ingredient in this cake, because it makes it really lovely and soft. The acid in the
buttermilk actually breaks down the gluten in the flower and gives it that lovely tenderized
cake. If you don’t have buttermilk, if you can’t buy it in your country. You can always
make your own and I have a video of how you can do that. Our next ingredient is freshly
brewed coffee. Now this is another important ingredient it gives your cake a lovely flavor.
Chocolate and coffee pair really well together. However, if you don’t want to use it then
you can always just add the same amount of buttermilk in. Next we are going to add in
some flavorless oil. You can add in canola, vegetable oil, anything that has a very mild
flavor. Just not olive oil. Next we are going to crack in some eggs. And then lastly some
vanilla extract, because it always adds lovely flavor. And then just with a fork whisk it
all together. The reason why I like to mix the wet and the dry separately is because
you don’t actually have to over mix your cake and end up toughing it. Okay so there
we go. And now we are going to add out wet into our dry ingredients. And then with a
whisk we are just going to combine all the ingredients until our flour is all wet. Let
I set you don’t want to over mix it. Okay so now this is looking great, it smells
great, and it is now ready to go into our tins. Pour your cake batter into butter tins
lined with cake paper. So I am using 6 inch cake tins but you can also use 8 inches. And
I am going to put a link on my website where you can buy these. Divide it up as evenly
as you can between the three tins.And that’s it these beautiful cakes are ready for the
oven. Bake your cakes at 350 degrees Fahrenheit or 180 degrees celsius for roughly 30 to 25
minutes. So our timber went off, I got my bear hands so lets get our cakes out of the
oven. So you can tell when your cake is cooked because it pulls away from the edge of the
tin. So I set the cakes aside and let them cool down. And while we are doing that we
are going to make our buttercream frosting. Now this is my master recipe for buttercream
frosting. The recipe for this is on my website biggerbolderbaking.com along with all of my
other recipes including this cake. The best thing about it is you can add any flavor or
color you like to it. Today we are going to add orange. I am going to add in some homemade
orange extract. I made this as one of my bold baking basics. And then I am going to add
in a little bit of orange food coloring to give that lovely vibrant color. And then I
am just going to mix it all together. During the holidays in Ireland we would always have
a lot of citrus in our deserts, in our traditional cakes, and in our puddings. It just really
reminds me of home. So once you have reached the perfect color that you want this is a
great orange for me. I like it nice and vibrant. I am going to add it into my piping bag. I
just fitted it with a round nozzle. You can use whatever nozzle you like. Okay we got
our buttercream frosting ready to go now it is time to decorate our cake. Start out with
one of our cakes. I like to decorate on a turn table. It just makes it very easy, but
you can also decorate on a flat surface. So I am going to take my buttercream frosting
and this is the simplest decoration ever. So all you want to do with your nozzle straight
down. Just pipe a round of buttercream could not be simpler. For those of you who watched
a lot of my cake decorating videos before you would know all about simple decorating
techniques. Once you have pipped your dotes all over we are going to go ahead with your
second layer of cake. Very gently place that on the top. Lovely as evenly as you can. This
looks great. And then again with another layer of the buttercream frosting. This is just
a really fun and easy way to decorate the cake. Pop on the last layer of cake like so.
Perfect and try to get it as straight and even as possible. Now what we are going to
top our cake with is some chocolate ganache. Now this is the chocolate ganache you use
for frosting a cake. I made this on Monday as a part of Bold Baking Basics. It is a really
great recipe it is simple and make sure you check out that video. All I want to do is
just pour a little on top. And then just very gently just bring it over the top and let
it drip down the sides. One of the good things about ganache is that it evens itself out
and you don't have to spread it around too much. Perfect this is looking good. Now I
got my butter cream and I am going to go on top again. And pipe some nice green blobs.
Just like we did before of the butter cream all the way around the top. Now here is my
secrete weapon because it is christmas time, I have a chocolate orange. You see these guys.
You usually find them around the holidays. In Ireland we used to get them in our stockings
at christmas times. These just really remind me of the holidays. So what you want to do
is just place these all around the top. So just pop them into the buttercream make them
stand up. This is looking fantastic. Just a note when you are making this cake, make
sure that your buttercream is nice and firm so it holds your cake together. You don’t
want it coming out the sides. Okay perfect. This cake looks fantastic and it is so easy
to decorate. So now I am going to cut a big slice to show you what it looks like on the
inside. And there you have a a decadent amazing looking cake that hardly took any work at
all. No matter what holiday you celebrate this cake is perfect for any celebration.
Oh my gosh! There is a very good reason I call this cake, my best ever chocolate cake
recipe. It is rich and decadent and then pared with a chocolate it is a perfect combination.
I really hope you enjoy this recipe. Thank you so much for watching. And I will see you
back here every Monday and Thursday for more Bigger Bolder Baking.