Chocolate Orange Reindeer Cake
A festive Christmas cake with chocolate-orange sponge, topped with creamy buttercream and adorable reindeer decorations.
Equipment
- Mixing bowls
- - 9-inch cake tin
- Electric mixer
- - Palette knife
Ingredients
- #### Cake:
- - 300g caster sugar
- - 250g self-raising flour
- - 50g cocoa powder
- - 200ml vegetable oil
- - 100ml whole milk
- - 3 eggs
- - Zest & juice of 1 orange
- #### Buttercream:
- - 100g chocolate orange melted
- - 100g salted butter
- - 180g icing sugar
- - 1 tbsp cocoa powder
- - 1 tbsp boiling water
- #### Decoration:
- - 7 chocolate buttons
- - 7 red Smarties
- - 14 edible eyes
- - 7 pretzels broken for antlers
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 160°C fan. Grease and line a 9-inch cake tin.
- Mix sugar, flour, cocoa. Add oil, milk, eggs. Mix until smooth. Stir in orange zest & juice.
- Pour into tin and bake 45–50 mins. Cool completely.
- For buttercream: beat butter, add icing sugar. Mix in cooled melted chocolate. Stir in cocoa & water until smooth.
- Frost the cake. Arrange buttons, Smarties, eyes, and pretzels for reindeer faces.
Notes
- Store at room temp for 5 days
- Double recipe for a layer cake
- Kid-friendly holiday baking project
- Double recipe for a layer cake
- Kid-friendly holiday baking project