Moist and spongy Orange chocolate cake (using vegetable oil - no butter)

Name: Moist and spongy Orange chocolate cake (using vegetable oil - no butter)
Total time: 3600 s
Yield: 12 small slices
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 2 eggs; 1 1/4 cup caster sugar; 1/2 cup vegetable oil; 1/4 natural or greek yogurt; 1 cup fresh orange juice; Zest of two oranges; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 2 1/2 cups plain flour; 1/2 cup cocoa powder; 2 teaspoons baking powder; 1 teaspoon baking soda (can be replaced with baking powder); Pinch salt

Linda L. @lindzi

Lebanese

We had this cake for Thanksgiving dinner. Not a typical dessert for this occasion but that’s all what I could make as we didn’t have anything else and everybody loved it!

That’s exactly how my mom makes it, but she never remembers the exact measurements!! It’s the most traditional way in Lebanon to make cakes, with or without chocolate powder.

Luckily I found a similar recipe by a Lebanese food blogger called Husni Ramadan and it came out perfectly.

#christmasGift #Thanksgiving #dessert #ThanksgivingDessert

We had this cake for Thanksgiving dinner. Not a typical dessert for this occasion but that’s all what I could make as we didn’t have anything else and everybody loved it!

That’s exactly how my mom makes it, but she never remembers the exact measurements!! It’s the most traditional way in Lebanon to make cakes, with or without chocolate powder.

Luckily I found a similar recipe by a Lebanese food blogger called Husni Ramadan and it came out perfectly.

#christmasGift #Thanksgiving #dessert #ThanksgivingDessert

Linda L. @lindzi

Lebanese

We had this cake for Thanksgiving dinner. Not a typical dessert for this occasion but that’s all what I could make as we didn’t have anything else and everybody loved it!

That’s exactly how my mom makes it, but she never remembers the exact measurements!! It’s the most traditional way in Lebanon to make cakes, with or without chocolate powder.

Luckily I found a similar recipe by a Lebanese food blogger called Husni Ramadan and it came out perfectly.

#christmasGift #Thanksgiving #dessert #ThanksgivingDessert

We had this cake for Thanksgiving dinner. Not a typical dessert for this occasion but that’s all what I could make as we didn’t have anything else and everybody loved it!

That’s exactly how my mom makes it, but she never remembers the exact measurements!! It’s the most traditional way in Lebanon to make cakes, with or without chocolate powder.

Luckily I found a similar recipe by a Lebanese food blogger called Husni Ramadan and it came out perfectly.

#christmasGift #Thanksgiving #dessert #ThanksgivingDessert

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Ingredients

1 hour prep + baking

12 small slices

2eggs
1 1/4 cupcaster sugar
1/2 cupvegetable oil
1/4natural or greek yogurt
1 cupfresh orange juice
Zest of two oranges
1 teaspoonvanilla extract
2 1/2 cupsplain flour
1/2 cupcocoa powder
2 teaspoonsbaking powder
1 teaspoonbaking soda (can be replaced with baking powder)
Pinchsalt

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Steps

1 hour prep + baking

1

Preheat the oven to 180C and lightly grease a 20x20cm tin with butter, veg oil or a drizzle of tahini

Tahini to grease a baking pan
2

Beat eggs + sugar with a whisk until the mixture has thickened and turned pale yellow
3

Add 1/2 cup of vegetable and mix
4

Add the orange juice, zest, vanilla extract and yogurt. Combine again. Yogurt will make the cake extra moist!
5

Now the dry ingredients: flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, pinch of salt. Combine very well with the whisk until you get a smooth mixture.
6

Pour the mixture in the tin and bake for 35 minutes on 180C the for another 8-10 minutes on 150C. Poke with a knife or a toothpick in the center of the cake to check doneness. If it comes out dry, it means it’s ready!
7

Let the cake sit in the tin for 15 minutes. When it’s cooled down, decorate with ganache if you like.

Tips

Tahini to grease a baking pan

Tahini is the ONE AND ONLY ingredient that mom has EVER used in her life to grease a cake pan! (She’s never ever bought baking paper! 😁). It works great for any cakes or cookies.