Happy Sunday Sweet everyone! Personally, I am ruined for food for possibly the next ten years because of what I just watched on a survivalist television show. I will spare you the disgusting details.
I am bereft of most normal thoughts today because tonight is the last episode of “Downton Abbey” for the season, and my life is a sad, incomplete, collection of days without the Dowager Countess. Oh Maggie Smith, you complete me.
I will be in mourning for a bit, at least until “Mad Men” begins anew, and the world is once again alight with color and filled with the smell of afternoon alcohol, cigarette smoke, thinly veiled racism and open chauvinism. Who gives a rot about such trivial things when Don Draper is hot as hell in a dapper suit? Put the show on mute and pretend he’s telling women they’re smart and African Americans that they’re valued. It’s much more convincing if you’re the one enjoying the day drinking.
Onto what’s truly important. Sugar and fat. Baked.
Today’s Sunday Sweet is sponsored by the awesome season of Winter and its super yummy citrus. It’s also brought to you by chocolate, because, …obviously.
Chocolate Orange Loaf Cake
make it. eat it. think inappropriate thoughts about being scurried off by Matthew Crawley and Don Draper.
Chocolate Orange Loaf Cake
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Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour
Keywords: bake dessert snack vegetarian cake
Ingredients
- 4 oz unsweetened chocolate
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup milk (whole, buttermilk, or coconut milk will work)
- 2 cups flour
- 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- zest of 2 oranges
- supremes of 2 oranges (wedges cut between the pith)
Instructions
preheat oven to 350F
in a microwave melt chocolate and butter together
while chocolate and butter are still hot, stir in sugar and salt
stir until it begins to cool
add in milk and stir until smooth
add eggs and zest and combine
sift in dry ingredients and stir
in the loaf pan, spray with cooking spray
shingle supremes along bottom of pan
pour the batter slowly on top
bake for 45-55 minutes or until skewer inserted comes out clean
turn out onto cooling rack immediately
shave bottom of cake (which would be the top) with a serrated blade until it’s level.
The fact that you’re embracing all that is vertical (and day drinking, duh!) makes me giddy. Ill forgive you for ze chocolate
I did too much night drinking last night to embrace day drinking today… at least this looks delicious enough to be some awesome hangover food. Such pretty styling!
Yes. Please.
This makes me sad I’m doing a whole30
Destin say’s it looks pretty but he won’t eat it with the oranges. Say’s i should make it without the orange. Kind of defeats the purposed of the yummy departure from the average chocolate cake.
ok so Im the one person who hasnt ever watched the show.
Im sooo not into the BritShows…would I like? would I like?!