Chocolate Orange Upside Down Marble Cake
August 27th, 2009
This is my recipe from searching lots online and taking the best bits from all the chocolate orange cakes I could find. A very moist, very flavorful, and exotic cake.
Ingredients:
1 cup butter
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
3 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 cup plain or vanilla yogurt
1 3/4 cups flour
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
3 single ounce squares semisweet chocolate
3 tablespoons orange zest
4 tablespoons orange juice
Preheat oven to 350° F. Prepare the pan by greasing and arranging orange slices on the bottom.
Mix butter, sugar, eggs, vanilla, and yogurt.
In a separate bowl, mix flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Slowly combine the two bowls by pouring dry ingredients onto wet ingredients and mixing well.
Separate the batter into halves.
Add two melted squares of semisweet chocolate into one half, and the orange zest and juice into the other.
Marble the batter over the orange slices in your prepared pan and bake for 50 minutes.
When ready, take it out and let it cool. Refrigerate if possible.
Flip cake (after flattening the now-bottom with a knife as necessary or choosing a serving platter with a rounded bottom) so that orange slices face upwards.
Glaze:
2 tablespoons orange juice
2 tablespoons granulated sugar
Decorate with orange or lemon peel and small slices of cherry. Drizzle melted chocolate.
