Chocolate Orange Cake

Name: Chocolate Orange Cake
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 cup walnuts; 6 dates ((medjool)); 1/3 cup cacao powder ((raw)); 1/2 inch ginger ((fresh, grated)); 1/4 cup coconut oil ((melted)); 2 cups cashews; 1 orange ((juice and zest, more if desired)); 1/4 cup rice malt syrup; 1/2 cup cacao powder ((raw)); 1/2 inch ginger ((grated; optional)); 1/4 cup cacao powder ((raw)); 1/4 cup coconut oil ((melted)); 1/4 cup rice malt syrup

Posted on October 1, 2015 by Heidi Turunen in Desserts

Serves

Level

Easy

Ingredients

Ingreds.

Total

30min

Serves

Level

Easy

Ingredients

Ingreds.

Total

30min

Chocolate orange is one of history’s great combinations. Like oil and vinegar, salt and pepper, Brad and Angelina, or Batman and Robin. Sure you can have them separately and they’re perfectly good. But when you put them together, oh boy, you really bump it up a notch.

Kicking the flavor combination up yet another notch is a healthy dose of ginger. Ginger is one of the few flavors that rivals chocolate orange, so any recipe that manages to balance all three of these ambrosial flavors is a guaranteed winner.

Ingredients

Base

1 cup walnuts
6 dates (medjool)
1/3 cup cacao powder (raw)
1/2 inch ginger (fresh, grated)

Chocolate Orange Filling

1/4 cup coconut oil (melted)
2 cups cashews
1 orange (juice and zest, more if desired)
1/4 cup rice malt syrup
1/2 cup cacao powder (raw)
1/2 inch ginger (grated; optional)

Chocolate topping

1/4 cup cacao powder (raw)
1/4 cup coconut oil (melted)
1/4 cup rice malt syrup

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Directions

Prep

30 min

Total

30 min

Blend all the base ingredients in a food processor. Press the mixture in the silicone molds.
Place all the filling ingredients into a food processor and run till smooth. Pour the filling over the base in silicone molds and pop them in the freezer to set.
In the meanwhile, melt the coconut oil for the chocolate topping and use a spoon for mixing rest of the chocolate ingredients in the melted coconut oil.
Once the cakes are set, carefully remove them from the molds and pour over the chocolate. Store in the fridge.