Orange-hazelnut-chocolate cake

You're just downright evil, Michael! I think I'm gonna have to find
my kitchen scale. <G>

Carol

Michael Archon Sequoia Nielsen said:

Orange-hazelnut-chocolate cake

300 g / 10.5 oz Soft Butter
500 g / 17.5 oz Sugar

4 Eggs

350 g / 12.5 oz Flour
2 tsp Baking powder
75 g / 3 oz Cocoa
2 tsp Vanilla sugar
50 g / 2 oz Finely chopped hazelnuts

1.5 dl / 2/3 cups Milk
Juice of 2 Oranges

1 dl / 1/2 cup Boiling water

Preheat the oven to 175 C (350 F). Cover the baking dish with baking
sheet paper.

Whip the butter and sugar, whip in the the eggs.
Mix Flour, baking powder, cocoa, vanilla sugar, most of the hazelnuts
(save a handful the topping).
Mix the milk and orange juice.
Whip the the egg mixture, flour mixture and milk mixture together.
Finally whip in the boiling water.

Strain into the baking dish. Sprinkle with course sugar (raw cane or
pearl sugar) and nuts. Bake 35 minutes.

Serve with whipped cream and excellent organic single estate coffee.

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