Chocolate and Orange Cream Cheese Pound Cake

This week has been one of 'those' weeks. Everything has been so hectic, so flat out, I feel like all I have done is run and chase and not actually achieved anything. One of those weeks where the to-do list gets longer rather then shorter. But it's also one of those weeks where I feel useful and like I'm using my brain....which doesn't happen often!! Anyway, it hasn't just been me experiencing this week from hell at work, it appears to be a contagious thing, so last night I made this cake to take in and cheer one of my favourite people up :) I hope it worked. As I said to her, it was an effort to make up for all the nasty thoughtless people in the world, even though all the cake in the universe won't do that, it's a start....


Chocolate and Orange Cream Cheese Pound Cake

120g butter
250g cream cheese
2 cups plain flour
1 cup caster sugar
4 eggs
1.5 tspns baking powder
The juice and rind of two oranges
200g dark chocolate broken up into small pieces

Pre-heat oven to 160C and grease and line a loaf tin.

Soften the butter and cream cheese. Beat with an electric mixer until pale and creamy.

Add the caster sugar, orange juice and orange rind. Beat well.

Gradually add the flour, eggs and baking powder. Beat until all the ingredients are combined and the mixture is smooth and creamy. Stir through the chocolate pieces.

Pour the mixture into the tin and bake for around 50 mins or until a skewer inserted comes out clean or with only a few crumbs.

Make one for yourself and one for someone who needs a smile :)

Mrs B x

Whole Orange Cake with White Chocolate Frosting

Remember a few weeks ago when we had that Biggest Morning Tea? Well there were a few oranges leftover on the day and the ladies at work gave them to me to take home requesting that they return in the form of an orange cake :) I had never made one before and to be honest was not a fan of some of the one's I had previously tried but I thought what the hell, I love a challenge!! I looked at alot of recipes for orange syrup cakes, whole orange cakes, orange cupcakes but eventually I settled on this whole orange cake recipe and initially I was going to make an orange syrup to pour over it, but that didn’t quite work out to plan – I’ll explain further down!

So you will need:

1 whole orange
180g butter melted
2 eggs
1 cup caster sugar
1.5 cups self raising flour

Pre-heat your oven to 180C and grease and line a loaf tin.

Cut the orange into quarters, removing as much of the pith as possible. Process all of the orange in the food processor until well pureed.

Add the remaining ingredients to the food processor and process until well combined.

Pour the mixture into your loaf tin and bake for 40-45 mins or until a skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean.


Now when I was done with the batter for this cake, I had a sample and it was so orangey, like not over powering, but it was definitely strong and I was worried that the orange syrup might just push it over the edge so I had a look in the cupboards and started experimenting! In the bowl of the electric mixer I had about 2 cups of icing sugar and ½ cup of thickened cream. Whilst this was mixing I poured in 100g of melted white chocolate. Now you may want to add more cream / icing sugar to reach your desired consistency. Once it was ready I put the bowl in the fridge and let it ‘set’ a bit while the cake cooked and then cooled. I was really happy with this because it made enough to cover the entire cake and it turned out to be a really good combination. The chocolate wasn’t too over powering, it was just a nice creamy frosting that really complimented the beautiful dense yet melt in your mouth soft orange cake :) The ladies at work loved it and OH even requested one for his lunches (total shock horror here from me....a cake that is a) a cake, b) contains fruit and c) has white chocolate in the frosting!). I think this mix would make lovely cupcakes / patty cakes too.


Happy Wednesday everyone :)

Em x