Traybake recipe for 4 - 8 people, takes only 30 mins; recipe has plain chocolate, dark muscovado sugar, butter, egg, plain flour, vanilla extract, orange, soft cheese, vanilla extract and icing sugar.
Chocolate & orange fudge squares
Course: Traybake
Servings
4 - 8
servings
Prep time
10 mins
Ingredients
- Egg: 3 eggs, separated
- Butter: 175g butter, plus extra for greasing
- Orange: zest 1 orange
- Plain Flour: 140g plain flour
- Soft Cheese: 200g tub soft cheese (I used Philadelphia Extra Light)
- Vanilla Extract: 1 tsp vanilla extract
- Dark Muscovado Sugar: 200g dark muscovado sugar
- Icing Sugar: 50g icing sugar
- Plain Chocolate: 200g plain chocolate, broken into cubes (we used Bournville)
Directions
- Heat oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Butter and line a traybake tin, 23 x 23cm or thereabouts. Put the chocolate, sugar and butter in a pan, then heat very gently for about 5 mins, stirring every min until the butter and chocolate have melted. Leave to cool for 10 mins. Beat in the egg yolks, flour, vanilla and half the orange zest.
- Put the egg whites into a large, very clean bowl, then whisk until they stand up in peaks. Stir 1/4 of the whites into the chocolate mix to loosen it, then carefully fold in the rest with a metal spoon. Pour the mix into the tin, then bake for 25 mins or until evenly risen and just firm to the touch. Cool in the tin, then cut into squares. Can be frozen for up to 1 month.
- Beat together the cheese, vanilla, sugar and remaining zest until smooth. Spread over each chocolate square and serve. If you're making ahead, spread the topping over just before serving.
