Comments on: orange chocolate chunk cake

By: deb

deb — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 14:12:43 +0000

I don’t remember but I know that either work. Good luck!

By: Jackie

Jackie — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 21:30:14 +0000

Hi Deb

In the Ganache: Did you use chocolate chips or did you hand chop a chocolate bar?

By: deb

deb — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:42:17 +0000

I hand-chopped my chocolate from a bar.

By: Jackie

Jackie — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 05:58:44 +0000

Hi Deb

What brand of chocolate chunks did you use in this cake.

By: Patty

Patty — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:19:44 +0000

Deb,

I made a version of the cake with key limes. It is so awesome! (I also left out the chocolate chips) It is wonderfully tart and buttery. It took about 20 limes to get enough zest, but sooooo worth it! I made it in three disposable bread pans, about 2 cups of batter each.

By: Lauri Battista

Lauri Battista — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 23:51:36 +0000

This is seriously one of the BEST cakes I have ever eaten! A London friend made this cake for a family dinner and when we finished the last piece several days later, I could not stop thinking about it! Wow – great with a wonderful scoop of rich vanilla ice cream to balance the richness and texture of this melt-in-your-mouth cake! Wonderful! Thank you for sharing this terrific recipee!

By: Kay

Kay — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 23:54:36 +0000

You can make this into cupcakes. They are awesome and easier for picnics.

i doubled the recipe and made one bundt cake and 16 cupcakes and baked them all at the same time. Bundt on top rack, cupcakes on middle and lower racks. At the 20 minute mark, I rotated the muffins and swapped their positions. I then baked them for about 10 minutes more. My timings will not be completely accurate as my oven is “fan forced” and I had to lower the temperature. You’ll just have to watch.

I followed the rest of the recipe with one substitution. I cannot find semisweet or bitter-sweet chocolate in my supermarkets or speciality shops. I used organic dark chocolate that is about 70% cocoa liquor. It is the ALDI organic kind and is pretty reasonable in price.It is a bit intense, so I didn’t use so much.

By: Mihaela

Mihaela — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:44:06 +0000

The cake is delicious – moist and fragrant, but the ganache was overkill. I also made the chocolate stout cake and then I skipped the ganache, because it was already wonderfully chocolate-y. It just needed a little bit of powdered sugar. With this one I feel I should have also skipped the ganache. So…much…chocolate! Delicious cakes, both of them- thank you for the recipes!

By: Jessica

Jessica — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 05:34:31 +0000

Hey dear!I am from Singapore! :)
I am so mesmerised by your website as i am a really big fan of baking things! :)
For this cake recipe could i actually do it in cupcake style? :)

By: Suzanne

Suzanne — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:19:55 +0000

I made this cake for a holiday party- minus the syrup and ganache- and it was fantastic. I don’t like a lot of frosting and it surely didn’t need it! I used choc chips instead of “chunks” and avoided the problem of removal from Bundt and sinking to bottom.