ORANGE CHOCOLATE RECIPES

Steps:

• Line the base and sides of a 20.5cm (8”) round springform cake tin with baking parchment. Make the base: whiz the biscuits in a food processor until they resemble breadcrumbs (alternatively put them in a sealed plastic bag and crush them with a rolling pin). Mix in melted butter, then press the mixture firmly into the base of the tin with the back of a spoon. Chill. Melt the chocolate orange slowly in a heat-proof bowl set over barely simmering water, stirring occasionally and making sure that the base of the bowl does not touch the water.  Allow to cool for a couple of mins.  Beat together the cream cheese, icing sugar until smooth. Add double cream and continue to beat until smooth and fully combined.  Tip the melted chocolate into the cream cheese mixture, folding to combine and marble, then tip into the tin and spread to level. Chill for at least 6 hours. Set aside 12 Chocolate Orange Minis then melt the remainder in a heat-proof bowl set over barely simmering water, stirring occasionally and making sure that the base of the bowl does not touch the water. Allow to cool slightly for a few mins. Whip the cream and icing sugar to stiff peak. Remove the cheesecake from the tin and peel away parchment. Dot the melted chocolate over the cake and create swirls with the back of a teaspoon. Sprinkle the orange zest over the cake then decorate the edge with 12 piped cream swirls each topped with a Chocolate Orange Mini. Chill immediately to set. When ready to serve, slice into 12 equal portions

Steps:

• Heat oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Grease and line the base of a loaf tin (8 x 21cm/ 2lb) with baking parchment. Beat the butter, sugar, eggs and flour together in a large bowl with an electric whisk or in a food processor until lump free.
• Split the mixture into two bowls, beat the milk, followed by the cocoa powder into one. Beat the orange juice, zest and orange food colouring, if using, into the other.
• Spoon alternate dollops of the mixture into the cake tin, then use a skewer to create a marble pattern by dragging it through the mixture in swirls. Make sure you don’t overmix or you won’t see the pattern. Smooth the surface if necessary.
• Bake the cake for 45 - 55 mins until golden and risen, and a skewer poked in comes out clean.
• Leave the cake in the tin to cool, then turn out. Melt the chocolate in a bowl over barely simmering water or gently in the microwave. Use a spoon to drizzle the chocolate over the cake.