Chocolate Orange Loaf Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 10 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
• 2 tablespoons golden syrup (such as lytle's) or 2 tablespoons dark corn syrup
• 1 cup dark brown sugar, packed
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder, sifted
• 2 eggs
• 2 small oranges, zest of (1 tablespoon)
• 1 small orange, juice of (3 tablespoons)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325°.
• 2 line a 9x5x3-inch loaf pan with parchment paper.
• 3 grease sides of pan.
• 4 in a large bowl, with electric mixer, beat the butter, syrup and sugar until smooth.
• 5 in a separate bowl, combine flour, baking soda and cocoa powder.
• 6 beat 1 tablespoon of the dry ingredients into the syrup mixture.
• 7 beat in 1 egg.
• 8 add another couple of spoonfuls of dry ingredients.
• 9 beat in the second egg.
• 10 beat in remaining dry ingredients, and then add, while still beating, the orange zest.
• 11 gradually add the orange juice. (the batter may look slightly curdled.).
• 12 pour batter into the prepared pan.
• 13 bake for 45 minutes (edges should look dry and center of cake may have dipped slightly).
• 14 cool in pan on wire rack.
• 15 carefully remove from pan and cool completely.