Orange Chocolate Gateau

Name : Orange Chocolate Gateau

Recipe :

Eggs- 6

Maida/Refined Wheat Flour-100 gms

Cocoa powder- 50 gms

Castor sugar/ ground sugar- 150 gms

Baking Powder- 1tsp (level)

For the decoration

Oranges- 3 (for segments-deseeded and deskined)

Orange juice of 3 oranges

Cream- 300 ml

Castor sugar- 2 Tsp

Dark chocolate- optional for decoration.

Method

• 1.Preheat the oven to 180  C, and line a suitable cake tin or a borosil glass bowl with grease proof butter paper.Now Sift the flour, cocoa and baking powder together atleast twice and keep aside. 
• 2. Whisk the eggs and sugar with a beater in a warmed bowl over hot water(double boiler) until the mixture is pale and fluffy and forms peaks on lifting the beater. Remove from heat and continue to whisk until the mixture is cold.
• 3. Gently but quickly fold in the sifted flour mixture using cut and fold technique.Use I Tsp of warm water if required to the cake batter.
• 4. Bake in the centre of a moderate oven 175-180 C for 35-40 mins until the toothpick inserted in the centre of the cake comes out clean.
• 5. After cooling the cake on the wire rack, cut the cake horizontally into 2-3 halves. Now moistened the cake with the orange juice and place the cake slices one at a time on the serving plate.Decorate with sweetened whipped cream, grated chocolate (optional) and orange segments.Place the second slice on top of the first and repeat the process. Arrange halved orange segments on top after covering the cake neatly with whipped cream.. Chill in the refrigerator for 2-3 hrs (preferably) before serving.

Serves- 8-10

Nutritive Value per serving/ piece

Energy -  174  Kcal 

Proteins- 3.4  gm

fat- 8.3 gm

Iron- 0.6 mg

Vit A- 226 RE

Vit C- 15mg