Ingredients (serves 10)

• 1 cup Sugar
• 225gm Butter (salted)
• 4 Eggs
• 1 Whole Orange, cut into 4, peel and all
• 1 cup NESTLE Dark Choc Bits (and a handful for snacking on)
• 2 cups S/R Flour
• 1 cup Sugar
• I 1/4 cup Water
• 1 Cinnamon stick
• 2 Star Anise
• 1 The rind of 1 orange finely sliced
• 1 The juice of that orange
• ** PLEASE NOTE- the first 6 ingredients are for the CAKE, the next 6 are for the SYRUP

Method

1. Cream Butter and Sugar in a mixer
2. Blend Orange pieces and eggs together in a blender until completely obliterated and combined
3. Combine with butter and sugar in mixer
4. Add flour and chic bits and combine until smooth batter consistency
5. Bake in a large cake tin at 180 for 50 mins (may require more time if not fan forced)
6. Meanwhile add all syrup ingredients to a small pot and bring to the boil on stove, then simmer until slightly thickened (approx 5-10mins).
7. Allow cake to cool for 10 mins before poking through the top with a skewer to allow for the syrup to soak through evenly. Pour syrup over and enjoy with ice-cream or cream (or both as my husband likes to do)

Notes

If you are conscious of the sugar content you can remove the syrup, making this a lighter (marginally healthier but not really), fluffier cake. Apologies for the half eaten finished product, it seems we couldn't wait!