Comments on: orange chocolate chunk cake

By: zaphia

zaphia — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:34:54 +0000

This is baking in the oven right now. Can’t wait.

By: Anna

Anna — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 13:50:58 +0000

Loved the idea of this cake, but it was a complete disaster. It wouldn’t come out of the Bundt tin, the chocolate chunks sank and stuck (and I did toss with the flour), and it’s kinda greasy and way too rich even without the icing. I’m so disappointed I could cry – I wanted to take it to a party. Love the website, though.

By: Jissa

Jissa — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 02:16:10 +0000

Thanks so much for posting this–I just made it for a chrismahanukwanzakkah party and it turned out delicious! Prefectly moist, orange-y, and beauteous! The only change I made was to remove the instant coffee from the ganache (since I never have any coffee around) and add a bit of cloves, which combined very nicely with oranges. Next time I think I’ll try adding a bit of Grand Marnier and it should be perfect. ;)

By: Karabana

Karabana — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 04:51:34 +0000

Your site is now my favourite food/recipe/photography fantasy. It’s food porn for me. LOVE IT!!!

By: Gustavo Puerta

Gustavo Puerta — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 14:16:27 +0000

Hello,
I’ve made this cake for my daughter that is allergic to both milk and soya, so I did the following:

- change buttermilk for 1/2 cup of oatmilk and 1/4 orange juice (plus the 1/4 on the recipie)
- change the butter for olive oil (it ussually goes well with oranges)
- scape the baking powder and put a teaspoon of baking soda. The acidity of the olive oil, I assumed, would do the rest.

The result: amazing! Not only my daughter, but my husband and friends were fighting over it. It was delicate and delicious, lots of flavour and great texture. You could not taste at all the olive oil, only oranges and chocolate.

By: Amy

Amy — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 20:44:59 +0000

I am making this for Thanksgiving. Can’t wait to try it!!

By: Justina

Justina — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 15:25:03 +0000

Do you think I could use that two turkey cake mold from Nordicware for this? Nice addition to the Thanksgiving spread. Sounds yummy.

By: Mary

Mary — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 04:16:50 +0000

It just occurred to me to me (seven months after the fact) that you might get a kick out of knowing that I made this cake when I was in early labor with my daughter. I was looking for something decadent and somewhat complicated–something that would be a great treat at the end of labor and that would keep me somewhat distracted at the beginning of labor. This recipe looked just right–and the fact that it was connected to your family’s discussion about having a baby made it feel meant-to-be. We loved passing out slices to our friends and family who came to visit after our babe was born–and we’re already looking forward to making another one on her first birthday!

By: Senem

Senem — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 15:13:41 +0000

This was so delicious!! As you said definitely worth trying:) thank you

By: Amy

Amy — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 06:08:09 +0000

I agree with you that this cake is one of the “greats”–loved it. In fact, loved it so much I made it twice (!!) in one week. My family was demanding it! It is fantastic and a recipe I know I’m going to make again. I’ve blogged about it here in case you’d like to see: http://themoveablefeasts.wordpress.com/2011/06/15/orange-chocolate-chunk-cake/

Thanks for sharing this with everyone!