Chocolate chip cake recipe

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cup (300 ml) milk
• Juice from 4 large oranges (freshly squeezed) About 300 ml
• 3 1/8 cup (600 grams) caster sugar
• 4 extra large eggs
• 1/2 cup (100 grams) melted butter
• 4 1/4 cup (600 grams) all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup (50 grams) cocoa powder (unsweetened)
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 2 tsp baking soda
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 4 oz. (100 grams) dark chocolate chips, lightly chopped and mixed together with 2 tsp of all-purpose flour

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 F (175 C) Do not use the fan.
2. I recommend to make this in a kitchen mixer. If you don’t have a kitchen mixer, then make it in a large deep bowl with a hand mixer.
3. Step 1:
4. In a pitcher, stir milk and the fresh orange juice and set aside. (The milk will starts to curdle because of the orange juice)
5. Step 2:
6. Mix all the dry ingredients using a whisk: all-purpose flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and baking soda together. Then sift it into another bowl. Set aside.
7. Step 3:
8. In the bowl of a kitchen mixer (use the whisk attachment) Whisk together caster sugar and the eggs until you have a thick pale mixture. Scrape down sides of the bowl when needed.
9. Step 4:
10. Add the melted butter and give it a quick whisk.
11. Step 5:
12. While whisking on low speed. Add flour mixture alternating with the orange juice-milk. Scrape down sides of the bowl when needed.
13. Step 6:
14. Add the vanilla extract and the chopped chocolate chips and mix just until combined.
15. Step 7:
16. Pour cake batter into prepared cake pans and fill the pans up to between 1/2 and 3/4 full.
17. Step 8:
18. Place the cake pan on lowest rack of the oven and set the timer for an 1 hour and 30 minutes to begin with. If the cake needs more after that. Set the timer for 15 minutes at a time. The cake is ready when it feels firm and spongy to the touch and with a cake tester coming out clean.
19. Step 9:
20. Leave the cake in the cake pan for 15 minutes and then turn it out onto a cooling rack. Do not remove the paper from the cake. Let the cake cool completely before wrapping the cake in plastic wrap and a zip bag.

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