Whiskey And Bitters Infused Chocolate Cake With Bitters Orange Marmalade Ice Cream Recipes

WHISKEY-SOAKED DARK CHOCOLATE BUNDT CAKE

Steps:

• Grease and flour a 10-cup-capacity Bundt pan (or two 8- or 9-inch loaf pans). Preheat oven to 325 degrees. In microwave oven or double boiler over simmering water, melt chocolate. Let cool.
• Put espresso and cocoa powders in a 2-cup (or larger) glass measuring cup. Add enough boiling water to come up to the 1 cup measuring line. Mix until powders dissolve. Add whiskey and salt; let cool.
• Using an electric mixer, beat 1 cup butter until fluffy. Add sugar and beat until well combined. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, beating well between each addition. Beat in the vanilla extract, baking soda and melted chocolate, scraping down sides of bowl with a rubber spatula.
• On low speed, beat in a third of the whiskey mixture. When liquid is absorbed, beat in 1 cup flour. Repeat additions, ending with whiskey mixture. Scrape batter into prepared pan and smooth top. Bake until a cake tester inserted into center of cake comes out clean, about 1 hour 10 minutes for Bundt pan (loaf pans will take less time, start checking them after 55 minutes).
• Transfer cake to a rack. Unmold after 15 minutes and sprinkle warm cake with more whiskey. Let cool before serving, garnished with confectioners' sugar if you like.

WHISKEY MARMALADE

Steps:

• Wash the oranges and put in a large pan with the water and lemon juice. Bring to the boil, partly cover and simmer for 21/2 hours, until the oranges are very soft. Remove from the heat and scoop the oranges out into a large bowl. When they are cool enough to handle, cut them in half and scoop the flesh and seeds back into the pan using a dessertspoon. Bring back to the boil and simmer uncovered for 30 mins.
• Meanwhile cut the orange peel into strips(either using a sharp knife or knife and fork for a chunkier style). Press the contents of the pan through a sieve into a preserving pan, pressing though as much pulp as possible. Add the peel, sugar and treacle or molasses to the pan. Put a couple of saucers in the freezer.
• Bring slowly to the boil, stirring to dissolve the sugar, then raise the heat and boil rapidly until setting point is reached. This should take around 6-10 mins. To test this turn off the heat under the marmalade, take a saucer out of the freezer and spoon on a little blob of marmalade. Leave for a moment, then push the marmalade with your finger. If the surface wrinkles it is ready, if not boil for a few more minutes and test again.
• Stir the whiskey into the marmalade, then leave it to cool for 10 mins. Give it a stir to distribute the peel, then spoon into clean warm jars(put them through the dishwasher and leave to dry or wash and drain, then wash well, then warm in the oven for 10 mins) cover and label.

ORANGETTES

Steps:

• Slice the ends off of the oranges, score the peel from one end to the other, and remove the peels off the oranges.
• Slice the peels into thin strips and trim the edges.
• Using a medium size pot, place the peels in boiling water and blanch them for a few minutes. Rinse the peels, and repeat this process a second time. This is done to remove the bitterness of the peels.
• Prepare the simple syrup by combining the water and sugar in a sauce pot. Bring the syrup to a simmer, place the peels in the pot, and simmer for 1 hour. Once the peels have cooked, remove them from the pot, and place on a rack to cool and drain.
• Melt the dark chocolate over a double boiler. Dip the candied orange peels in the chocolate, remove them quickly, and roll them in the cocoa powder. Store the orange peels in an airtight container.

CHOCOLATE CAKE MADE WITH ORANGE MARMALADE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300* F. Grease an 8 or 9-inch cake pan, line bottom with parchment paper, grease paper, and dust with cocoa.
• Melt chocolate in a double boiler over barely simmering water. Allow to cool slightly.
• Cream butter and sugar together until well mixed and fluffy. Add egg yolks and marmalade. Stir in melted chocolate.
• Add flour, baking powder, and ground almonds. Stir to combine.
• Whip egg whites until stiff. Fold into cake batter.
• Pour into prepared pan and bake in a slow oven (about 300* F, 150* C, or gas mark 2) for 1 hour and 15 minutes.
• Cool for a few minutes in pan, then remove from pan and cool on wire rack.
• While cake cools, make icing. Cream all ingredients together. Warm slightly to facilitate spreading, if needed.
• When cake is completely cool, slice in half crosswise to make 2 layers. Fill and ice top with the icing.
• If desired, decorate with pistachios.

CHOCOLATE & ORANGE MARMALADE CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 190C/170C fan/gas 5. Butter the base and sides of two 20cm round sandwich tins and line with baking paper.
• In a large mixing bowl beat the margarine and sugar together until light and fluffy.
• In a separate bowl mix together the flour, baking powder and cocoa powder.
• Gradually add the eggs, one at a time, with a little of the flour mixture, folding the ingredients in.
• Add the remaining flour. Add the milk, marmalade and orange extract. Mix all of the ingredients together to form a soft dropping consistency. You will need to mix together well to break up the marmalade, but don't worry if there are some marmalade lumps still present as they will be pockets of added yum when the cake is finished.
• Split the mixture between the two tins and cook for approx 25 minutes, or until a knife inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean.
• Leave the cakes to cool in the tin for about 10 minutes before turning out on a cooling rack.
• Put all of the margarine required for the cocoa buttercream into a clean bowl. Gradually sieve the icing sugar (around 40g at a time) and cocoa powder into the bowl using a fine meshed sieve, stirring together each time you add more until you have a smooth buttercream.
• Once the two halves of cake are cool enough, spread the 3 tablespoons of orange marmalade of one of the halves and the cocoa buttercream on the other half and sandwich the two together.
• Place the cake on a large plate and decorate by sprinkling lightly with icing sugar using a fine meshed sieve.