Chocolate Chip And Orange Cake Recipes

ORANGE CHOCOLATE CHIP BUNDT CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Heat oven to 325. Generously spray bundt pan with non-stick baking spray.
• 2. Cream together butter and sugar. Add eggs and mix well. Combine in vanilla, orange extract and sour cream. Add baking soda and flour and mix just until combined. Stir in chocolate chips and zest. Pour into prepared pan and bake for 50-60 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in middle comes out clean.
• 3. Let cake cool 10 minutes in pan before removing and placing on cooling rack to cool completely. Once cool, prepare glaze by combining ingredients in small saucepan and simmering over medium heat until sugar is dissolved. Let cool slightly before spooning or brushing over cake. (You can see in my picture that my glaze had a little bit of pulp in it. Yum!)
• 4. Enjoy!

ORANGE-CHOCOLATE CHIP POUND CAKE WITH SOUR CREAM GLAZE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°; grease the inside of a 9 x5 inch loaf pan and dust with flour.
• Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a bowl.
• In a large bowl, combine the butter and brown sugar; cream with an electric mixer on med-high speed until fluffy, about 3 minutes, scraping down the sides of the bowl once or twice as necessary.
• Beat in the eggs, one at a time, scraping down the sides of the bowl after each addition.
• Beat in the sour cream; stir in the orange zest and vanilla.
• With the mixer on low, add flour mixture 1/2 cup at a time, scraping down the sides of the bowl a few times as necessary.
• After the last addition, mix for 30 seconds on medium speed; stir in the chocolate chips.
• Scrape the batter into the prepared pan and smooth the top with a rubber spatula.
• Bake until the cake is golden brown and a pick comes out clean, 50-55 minutes.
• Let the cake cool in the pan for about 10 minutes, invert it onto a wire rack, and then turn it right side up on a rack to cool completely.
• Make the glaze: whisk together the sour cream, powdered sugar, and vanilla; spread the glaze over the top of the cake with an offset spatula, letting it drip down the sides.
• Let stand until the glaze is set, about 1 hour; slice and serve.
• Store uneaten cake in a cake keeper or loosely wrap in plastic and store at room temperature for up to 3 days.

ORANGE CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.
• Sift flour, baking powder and salt into and set aside. Cream butter, sugars, orange zest and vanilla extract together in a large bowl until light and fluffy.
• Add eggs one at a time beating well after adding each one. Add dry ingredients and stir until combined. Stir in chocolate chips and nuts and mix until well blended.
• Drop dough by slightly rounded tablespoonfuls 2 inches apart on cookie sheets. Flatten slightly. Bake cookies for 15 or 16 minutes or until golden. Cool on the cookie sheets.

CHOCOLATE CHIP ORANGE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Grease and lightly flour an 8 1/2 x 4 1/2 inch loaf pan.
• In a large bowl, combine flour, baking powder, salt, baking soda and sugar.
• Stir in nuts and 3/4 cup of the chocolate chips.
• In a medium bowl, beat eggs with the milk, orange juice, rind and vanilla.
• Blend in the butter or margarine.
• Add egg mixture to the flour mixture, folding just until the dry ingredients are moistened.
• Spread batter in the prepared loaf pan and sprinkle evenly with the remaining chocolate chips.
• Bake until golden 55-60 min or till a wooden pick inserted in middle comes out clean.
• Cool in the pan 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack.
• Cool completely before slicing.