CHOCOLATE ORANGE CUBES

Chocolate cake with orange that will seduce you with its simplicity and great taste. Light, creamy and tasty, the orange-chocolate combination is a winner. Don't get confused when you see there are no eggs in the recipe. That's no mistake. The good thing in preparing an egg-free biscuit is that it never ends unbaked and the baking time is shorter - you'll see.

Ingredients:

Biscuit

  • 7 tablespoons flour
  • 4 tablespoons of sugar
  • 1 sachet vanilla sugar
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 2 tablespoons ground or finely grated chocolate
  • 100 ml of milk (0,4 cups)
  • 100 ml of oil (0,4 cups)
  • 2 full tablespoons sour cream (150g)
  • grated rind of 2 oranges (oranges should be well washed)
  • 1/2 tablespoons cocoa powder

After baking

  • juice from 2 oranges

Cream filling

  • 500 ml of milk (2 cups)
  • 300 ml of water (1,2 cups)
  • 5 tablespoons of sugar
  • 3 sachets (bags) pudding powder with chocolate flavor
  • 100 g of cooking chocolate (3,5 oz)

For decoration

  • 100 g chocolate whipping cream powder (3,5 oz)
  • 1 tsp instant coffee (optional)
  • milk according to instructions on the bags
Or use regular whipped or whipping cream in which you'll add cocoa or chocolate powder.

Preparation:

  1. Grease and flour 30 x 25 cm baking tray. 
  2. Mix all the ingredients for the biscuit with a whisker. The flour and cocoa should be sifted to avoid forming of lumps. Pour the mixture in the tray and bake at 200 C (390 F) degrees for 15-17 min. Check with a toothpick if the biscuit is ready. 
  3. Pour warm biscuit with the orange juice and leave to cool completely.
  4. Prepare the filling: Boil milk with sugar. Dissolve pudding in 300 ml of water and add to the boiling milk. Mix until it starts to thicken. Remove from fire and add the chocolate. Mix until it melts then pour this filling over the cold biscuit and spread evenly. Leave to cool.
  5. For decoration: mix the chocolate whipped cream powder according to bag instruction, add tsp of instant coffee and apply the cream on top. The cream should be applied on a cold filling. Decorate with chocolate or cocoa powder. 
  6. Leave to cool and to firm in the fridge, then, cut un cubes and serve.


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