Chocolate and Orange Fairy Cakes

Name: Chocolate and Orange Fairy Cakes
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 24 serving(s)
Ingredients: 170 g butter; 170 g caster sugar; 3 eggs; 170 g self-raising flour; 85 g chocolate (drops); 2 oranges, juice and zest of; 110 g icing sugar, sifted; 1 orange, juice and zest of; 200 g chocolate, chopped; 50 ml milk

Submitted by Sherrie-pie

"Originally from Leith's Recipe of the Day but with a couple of adaptions. I like to use whole nut chocolate. These are recipes I've kept for years, used time and time again and then moved house. I lost them six years ago and found them recently. It's like finding old much-loved friends. I want them safe. Please computer, don't die!"

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Ready In:: 45mins
Ingredients:: 10
Serves:: 24

ingredients

170 g butter
170 g caster sugar
3 eggs
170 g self-raising flour
85 g chocolate (drops)
2 oranges, juice and zest of
Orange icing
110 g icing sugar, sifted
1 orange, juice and zest of
Chocolate icing
200 g chocolate, chopped
50 ml milk

directions

Preheat oven to 190°C.
Line 2 muffin pans (12 hole) with paper cases.
Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
Mix eggs together in a separate bowl and gradually beat into creamed mixture a little at a time, adding 1 tablespoon of flour if the mixture begins to curdle.
Stir in chocolate and orange zest.
Fold in flour, adding orange juice to bring mixture to a dropping consistency.
Divide mixture between cases so each is two-thirds full.
Bake in middle of oven for about 20 minutes or until the cakes are well risen, golden and feel spongy to fingertips.
Cool on a wire rack.
Make icing.
Orange: Place icing sugar and orange zest in a bowl, add enough orange juice to mix to a fairly stiff consistency.
Icing should hold a trail when dropped from a spoon but gradually find its own level.
It needs little liquid.
Chocolate: Melt chocolate and milk together.
(I use a microwave oven for this- take care, chocolate burns easily.) Stir well to mix.
Ice cakes with orange icing and swirl the chocolate on top.

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Sherrie-pie

Not much to tell! I'm a South African living in London, mother of four rangingfrom 25 to 9. I am desperately trying to get my children's stories published - anyone out there interested? Until my ship sails in, I cook, eat everything and anything, and then diet like mad. I love experimenting with new recipes and I absolutely hate spoilt kids who visit and say? "what is THIS?" and push it away without trying. My favourite cookbook is Mrs Beeton's family cookbook. 1994 edition.

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