Chocolate and orange cake recipe

Ingredients

• 300 g soya margarine
• 300 g sugar
• 6 eggs
• 300 g self raising flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 75 g cocoa powder
• 100 g dark chocolate, grated
• Zest of 1 orange
• Chocolate sauce
• Whipped cream

Method

1. Heat the oven to 200°C (gas 6) and grease two sponge tins.
2. Beat the soya margarine with the sugar until pale and aerated. Add the eggs gradually, mixing well between additions.
3. Fold in the self-raising flour, baking powder and cocoa, followed by the grated dark chocolate and orange zest.
4. Divide the mixture between the tins and bake for 20–25 minutes, until the cakes spring back when lightly pressed.
5. Turn the cakes onto a wire rack and leave them to cool. Sandwich the layers with chocolate sauce, then cut into rounds if desired and serve with whipped cream.