This chocolate orange tea loaf is inspired by the jaffa cake – it captures that wonderful mix of marmalade, dark chocolate and sponge. It’s a winner for elevenses or afternoon tea.
(And if you saw the words jaffa cake, and thought ‘mmm, jaffa cakes’, then check out our giant jaffa cake recipe.)
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Ingredients
- 175g lightly salted butter, softened, plus extra for greasing
- 175g caster sugar
- Finely grated zest 1 large orange
- 3 large free-range eggs
- 200g self-raising flour
- 50g ground almonds
- 3 tbsp thick-cut marmalade
- 50g dark chocolate chips
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Method
- Heat the oven to 170°C/fan150°C/gas 3. Grease an 11cm x 21cm loaf tin and line with baking paper, then wrap paper around (see tip). Beat the butter and sugar with an electric mixer for 5 minutes (or with a wooden spoon) until light and fluffy.
- Beat in the orange zest, then beat in the eggs one at a time, adding 1 tbsp flour with the last egg. Sift over and gently fold in the rest of the flour, a pinch of salt, the ground almonds, marmalade and chocolate with a metal spoon.
- Spoon the mixture into the prepared loaf tin and level the top.
- Bake for 40-45 minutes until nicely browned, then cover loosely with a sheet of foil and bake for another 15-20 minutes until a skewer pushed into the centre comes out clean.
- Leave in the tin for 10 minutes, then remove the paper and turn out onto a wire rack. Peel off the baking paper. Leave to cool before slicing.
Nutrition
- 303kcals Calories
- 17.7g (9.3g saturated) Fat
- 4.8g Protein
- 31.9g (19.9g sugars) Carbs
- 0.8g Fibre
- 0.3g Salt
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