Rum Chocolate Orange Cake

9 ingredients
10 steps

Ingredients

  • 500 grams Chocolate cake mix
  • 1/2 Terrys chocolate orange
  • 3 Eggs
  • 120 ml Dark rum
  • 120 ml Water
  • 125 grams Unsalted butter
  • 60 ml Water
  • 225 grams Unrefined brown sugar
  • 120 ml Dark rum

Directions

  1. 1
    Finely chop the half the chocolate orange
  2. 2
    Make cake mix as directed, adding the eggs & the finely chopped chocolate gradually
  3. 3
    Grease & flour a cake tray (round ones are better), and pour in cake mix
  4. 4
    Bake for 45 minutes at 170*C (325*F), or until skewer/toothpick test comes out of cake reasonably clean
  5. 5
    When cake comes out of the oven, leave to cool for 10 minutes and prepare glaze
  6. 6
    FOR THE GLAZE: add butter to pan and melt, then add sugar and water, boil for 5 minutes.
  7. 7
    Let it cool down for a few minutes, then slowly add rum (its important not to add rum when too hot as it'll boil off)
  8. 8
    Use fork and make many holes in cake, slowly cover in rum, use knife to open up large parts of cake and pour in rum.
  9. 9
    Do this very slowly and the glaze will soak into the cake.
  10. 10
    Its alright to drench the cake & leave overnight (on the side & covered, not refrigerated), and it'll be even better the next day.

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