13 Easy Microwave Mug Cakes Week 11: Chocolate Orange Cake

Compliments of theKitchn
Recipe by Pixi Wishes

Hi Friends,

Welcome back and thank you for joining us on our 11th week toward the 13 Easy Microwave Mug Cake series. These little cakes are quite the little gem. We have featured 10 other mug cakes that we hope you have enjoyed and shared and thought this one was truly a find made using microwave-safe soup mugs.

Hope you enjoy!

Chocolate Orange Cake

What you will need:

• 8 tablespoons butter
• 1 cup caster sugar
• 1 teaspoon orange essence
• 1/4 cup orange juice
• 2 cups of self raising flour
• 1/2 cup Dutch cocoa
• 2 eggs (exclude if too spongy)

Chocolate Drizzle:

• 1 cup icing sugar
• 200 grams milk chocolate melted
• 1/2 cup orange juice

What to do:
In a large bowl beat together 6 tablespoons of butter with 1 cup of caster sugar. Add in the orange essence, orange juice and eggs, Continue to beat. Sift in the flour and cocoa and beat until a smooth batter forms. Grease your mugs with a little butter and pour in the batter. about 2/3 full. Cook for around 2 minutes. Turn your cakes out into a bowl and drizzle with the chocolate orange glaze.

To make the glaze: Simply whisk together the melted chocolate, sifted icing sugar and orange juice.

Makes around 4 mug cakes.

Enjoy and Bon Appétit...

Check back next Tuesday for another quick and easy Microwave Mug Cake from your friends at Interior Design!

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Yvonne