Orange Chocolate Cake

Ingredients:

• butter x 125 grams (1 stick)
• coco powder x 3-4 tbsp
• salt x 1 pinch
• vanilla x 1 tsp
• baking powder x 1.5 tsp
• all purpose flour x 1 cup
• brown sugar x 3/4 cup
• orange juice x 2 tbsp
• orange zest x 1/2 tbsp

Pre-heat the oven to 350F. Mix egg and vanilla, until frothy. Mix butter, sugar, zest of 1 orange well. Mix with the egg mixture. Then sift flour and coca powder. mix well. Add a pinch of salt and baking powder. Mix until very smooth. Pour into a buttered and flowered baking pan. bake for 40 to 50 mins or until a tooth pick comes clean.  Take out and cool on a baking rack.

Filling/Icing:

• butter 30grams
• crushed pecan 1/4 cup
• icing sugar x as much as you fancy
• dark chocolate x 150 grams
• orange juice x 2 tbsp
• orange zest x 1/2 tbsp

Melt the chocolate and butter in a double boiler. Mix in the sugar and pecans. Slice the cake vertically. Fill in the middle and put the halves on top of each other. Pour the extra filling on top of the cake. Let it cool in the fridge for an hour.