Serves: 20
Prep. Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 50 minutes
150gms dark chocolate buttons
250gms butter
1 cup of freshly squeezed orange juice
440gms castor sugar
2 extra large eggs
4tbs water
25gms orange rind (fresh)
80gms self raising flour
120gms plain flour
100gms unsweetened cocoa (make sure you get a good quality dark cocoa, supermarket cocoas just dont do the job properly)
1. Preheat oven to 160 degrees celcius. 2. Heat juice and sugar in a heavy pan, once heated (do not allow it to boil) 3. Add butter and stir until melted 4. Add dark buttons and orange rind and stir till all combined. Set aside to cool for 15 minutes. 5. Sift flours and cocoa together. 6. Add two eggs and water to cooled liquid mixture above and whisk in the flours. 7. Pour into pans, i make them in muffin sized pans. Bake for approximately 50 minutes. Test them after 45 minutes to ensure they are not over done. Skewer inserted into center should come out completely clean. Makes around 20.
