CHOCOLATE CHIP ORANGE CAKE

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I found this posted a few places and it seemed intriguing enough to try (and I had the ingredients for it). I was very happy with the way it turned out. It's a loaf cake, not too sweet, and the hint of orange seems to intensify the chocolate. It's somewhere between a cake and a bread, and quite good, especially with a cup of coffee. As an added bonus, it's not a lot of work to make, all easily done by hand without beating or a mixer. (I did leave out the nuts because I can't have them, but I'm sure it would be just as good with them added).

Provided by Charmed

Categories Dessert

Time 1h20m

Yield 1 loaf

Number Of Ingredients 13

Ingredients

2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips, divided
2 eggs
1/4 cup milk
1/2 cup orange juice
2 teaspoons grated orange rind
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/3 cup butter or 1/3 cup margarine, melted & cooled

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.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 3286.5, Fat 164.3, SaturatedFat 77.2, Cholesterol 543.1, Sodium 2942.5, Carbohydrate 426.4, Fiber 21.3, Sugar 204.9, Protein 57.9