Joanna Lumley’s
Chocolate Orange Cake
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Joanna Lumley’s Chocolate Orange Cake
minutes
Preparation time: 1 hour | Cooking time: 45 minutes
Ingredients
1
small orange
100g self-raising flour
1
teaspoon baking powder
1
teaspoon powdered cinnamon
1
teaspoon ground coriander
2
tablespoons cocoa powder
100g ground almonds
175g softened butter
175g light muscovado sugar
4
eggs, separated
Method
1. Preheat the oven to 180C/Gas Mark 4. Butter and line the base of a 22/23cm round cake tin.
2. Put the orange in a small pan and cover with water. Bring to the boil, simmer partly covered
for one hour, then drain and leave to cool.
3. Halve the orange, remove the pips, then chop the whole fruit. Put into a food processor and
work to a rough purée.
4. Sift together the flour, baking powder, spices and cocoa. Stir in the ground almonds.
5. Whisk together the butter and sugar, beat in the egg yolks and the orange, then fold in the
flour mix.
6. Using a clean whisk, beat the egg whites until stiff, then fold into the cake mix.
7. Pour into the cake tin, then bake for 40-45 minutes until firm to the touch. Cool for 5 minutes
in the tin, then turn out and cool on a wire rack.
© Joanna Lumley 2011
Joanna Lumley launched her career as a model in the sixties. Following
a range of stage and screen roles, she became the much-loved Patsy in
Absolutely Fabulous, and built a successful film career as a character and
voice-over actress. Joanna was awarded an OBE in 1995, and in 2009
became the spokeswoman for Gurkhas in the UK, and was instrumental in
persuading the British Government to allow Gurkhas who had served in the
Army the right to settle in the UK.
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