Orange and chocolate is such a popular flavour combination, especially here in New Zealand. So when these flavours are used in a cake, it’s hard to turn down a slice. However, if you have reservations about a slice of cake being a little bit on the ‘naughty’ side, you’ll be pleased to know I’ve approached this recipe with a slightly healthier goal in mind.
Not only is this recipe gluten free and dairy free, I decided to experiment with a new sweetener product I hadn’t used before. WHOLE EARTH Sweetener Co. has an innovative range of better tasting sweeteners crafted and blended from 100% natural ingredients. Sweetened with the all-natural stevia leaf, I’m often a little apprehensive about the aftertaste with stevia products. However once baked you can’t even tell and also only requires half the amount of WHOLE EARTH compared to regular sugar, for the same sweetness. So for this recipe I decided to try WHOLE EARTH Baking Blend, which is a blend of raw cane sugar and stevia, perfect for baking projects.
So with 50% less calories from sugar, I’d like to say this recipe is a win-win if you’re after a little something sweet. This cake is nice and fudgy and has smooth hints of both chocolate and orange and pairs perfectly with an Orange Crème Fraîche (Recipe below, unfortunately not dairy-free), or your favourite dairy-free yoghurt.
If you’d like to try WHOLE EARTH Sweetener Co. for yourself, scroll down for a giveaway to get you started!
- Cake
- 300g Ground Almonds
- 120g WHOLE EARTH Sweetener Co. Baking Blend
- 1 Teaspoon Baking Powder
- 2 Tablespoon Cocoa Powder
- 200g Dark Chocolate
- 2 Medium Orange
- 6 Eggs
- 2 Tablespoon Oil
- Sliced Almonds - Optional
- Orange Crème Fraîche
- 200g Crème fraîche
- ½ Tablespoon WHOLE EARTH Sweetener Co.Baking Blend
- Zest of 1 Orange
- Turn oven on to 180 degrees bake and line a 20cm round baking tin with greaseproof paper and set aside.
- Slice the ends from both oranges, then cut into segments. Making sure to remove any seeds. Place segments into a food processor, skin and all.
- Add WHOLE EARTH Sweetener Co. Baking Blend with the oranges in the food processor and blitz until pureed.
- To melt the dark chocolate, place in a small saucepan over a larger saucepan of simmering water. Use the heat of the rising steam to melt the chocolate, stirring often (Don’t let the chocolate pot touch the water below).
- Once the chocolate is melted and smooth, leave to cool slightly before pouring in with the orange puree in the food processor while blitzing on a medium speed.
- Add the eggs and oil and continue to blitz for another couple of minutes.
- Finally, add the remaining dry ingredients to the food processor and blitz until all ingredients come together in a smooth batter.
- Pour into prepared cake tin and sprinkle with sliced almonds (Optional).
- Bake for around 50 minutes, or until a skewer comes out clean. Eat warm or allow to cool.
- (Optional) To make the Orange Crème Fraîche, add the crème fraîche, orange peel and WHOLE EARTH Baking Blend to a bowl or jug and mix with a hand-held beater until well combined. Serve a dollop along a slice of Orange Chocolate Almond Cake and enjoy. If you’re after a dairy-free option, serve with your favourite dairy-free yoghurt.
Giveaway! – Closed
WHOLE EARTH Sweetener Co. would love for you to try their range of sweeteners in your home too. So to help you out, I have a prize pack with the full range of WHOLE EARTH Sweetener Co. products valued at $50 to give away to a lucky reader. To enter, simply leave a comment below with what you’d like to bake, or experiment with, using the range.
One winner will be chosen at random and notified here on Friday 13th July. Open to New Zealand only.
Winner Announced
Thanks to all those who entered by sharing how they’d use their Whole Earth Sweeteners if given the chance. There were lots of neat baking ideas, as well as substituting the sugar in some of my own recipes here on the website. However there can only be one winner:
Congratulations to – Hayley Beach!
Hayey, could you please email me with your postal details and I’ll get your Whole Earth Sweetener Co. prize pack sent out to you ASAP. Thanks again for entering.
dane@bakergatherer.com
I would try this recipe or be interesting to try in your donut cake.
Would love to try any of your cakes. They all look amazing.
Love cooking and baking, but would love to have a healthy spin on some classic cakes. Willing to have a new approach to good tasting cakes.
Obviously I want to try this delicious looking orange chocolate cake! I’m diabetic so I’m always on the lookout for recipes that use stevia instead of sugar.
This recipe sounds amazing I’d try that!
OMG that orange and choc cake looks delicious. I’d like to try this on one of our usual recipes (brownie shhhh 😉) and see if anyone notices the difference!
Would so love to try making this orange chocolate almond cake.
Ummm definitely this recipe! Love choc and orange combo! Though obsessed with peanut butter so really want to try your pb and jelly cake 😋
I’d love to make this orange chocolate almond cake it looks delicious. We’ve got some birthdays coming up so perfect excuse to make some yummy cakes
I would like to try this recipe or your chocolate mud pie recipe using the WHOLE EARTH Sweetener Co. products.
The orange chocolate almond cake sounds delicious, would be keen try make it.
I would love to try this cake and any others. My kids love refined sugar in baking so anything to reduce the amount of sugar but not sweetness would be great.
I’d really like to try it with macarons 😍
I’d so totally make this cake😍😍😍😍
This would be amazing to win as I haven’t seen this blend in our local supermarket! Would definitely try this orange chocolate almond cake 🙂
After reading this I want to try the orange chocolate almond cake using WHOLE EARTH Sweetener Co. Baking Blend 🙂
Would love to try the above recipe and also use the baking blend in a carrot cake.. yum
A healthier version of my butterscotch self saucing pudding
I like the sound of fudgy cake. I would make a triple chocolate slice . Yum
I’d love to give a try making a tiramisu or an orange date loaf. The recipes sound so delish 🙂
I’d like to try the funfetti cake I’d also like to try my own chocolate cake with a healthy option. All your cakes look delicious and inspiring
The orange chocolate almond cakes sounds amazing… Would try it and share with friends
Who could resist that chocolate cake? I would definitely make that first up, but then with such a good supply of sweeteners then my old regular favourites could be revamped healthily. Love a hamper!
Oh Yummy I like this recipe but would also love to try muffins and cookies with your product.
I’d love to try your recipe and also a choc brownie
I’m going to try this orange chocolate almond cake it sounds divine
Would love to make Chocolate Brownies 🍫🍫
I would try this recipe. It looks so delicious. 😀
Anything chocolate!!
I’m trying to perfect black bean brownies, this would be much better than sugar!
I want to make peanut brownies using this better option sweetener
Would love to make cupcakes with this range! My mum and I are going sugar free so this would be awesome!
Definitely the orange choc almond cake, yum!
I reckon this could make a decadent choc orange self saucing pudding for a cold wintry day
I would love to bake peanut cookies with this sweet option
A healthier version of our winter favourite, chocolate self saucing pudding! This cake too tho 😍
I was thinking this recipe for orange chocolate almond cake but then I saw the link for gingerbread cheesecake – oh my!!
So many great recipes to try. Would like to use in a cheesecake recipe. Thanks
Yes please. Would love to try these.
I love baking for my girls school lunches so I would love to try in chocolate chip cookies and banana cake!
I would try it with my trusty brownie recipe or my banana cake, these are always favourites with my family.
Ooohhhhhh that gingerbread cheesecake would be first up ….the coconut cake as a backup ! Rude not too !😜
Id love to try this in some choc chip bikkies so I wouldn’t feel so guilty about eating the whole batch every time I make them!
I’d love to try any chocolate recipe but this orange choc almond cake looks amazing!
Orange chocolate cakes looks really good.
Would love to try this in some school lunch baking such as muffins and brownie
Love to use this in some school lunch baking such as muffins and brownie
Ooooh id love to use this in a RSF caramel blondie recipe I saw the other day
I would love to bake Banoffee Cake with the yummiest dulce de leche custard topping for partner’s 55th. Should be divine with Whole Earth Sweeters! Indulgence without a doubt 🙂
I love chocolate orange, so I’m keen to try this cake. I’m also diabetic so this would be a win-win for me.
Healthy brownies, slices or cakes especially caramel flavoured.
Would LOVE to try this recipe. Chocolate and orange is the perfect combination! Also would like to try these sweeteners in my go-to carrot cake recipe
I’d like to make a Yoghurt cake which is a favourite using healthier sweetener.
I have been looking for a tasty cake recipe for my nephew’s birthday as he is dairy free and gluten free (that doesn’t cost the earth!) So will definitely be Keen to try the new choc orange cake mmm
I also am super excited to make your new version lolly cake cheesecake!!
I love baking. I would like to make a banana carrot cake with your products. 😊😊😎
I’d love to try a classic carrot cake with the blend 🙂 nom nom nom!
Would love to try this in a banana cake or a brownie. Thank you.
Love the idea of this. I’m a diabetic but also the Baker in a busy cafe, so I’d like to try this for our customers. GF, DF and reduced sugar. Winner!
100% down to try your orange chocolate almond cake, but I’d love to see how the baking blend goes in a dark chocolate brownie along with some date syrup,
The texture looks amazing on this cake. I would love to try this sweetener in my Whisky Mud Cake, a favourite in our family.
Wow I’d love to try this please! First stop would be brownies, and then I’d experiment with our lunchbox muffins and cookies 🙂
I would like to try your coconut love cake with the Whole Earth Sweetener Co range
Omg! Yes please!! I have started on my weight loss journey and I have lost 7kgs so far I would love to win this so I can still treat myself without feeling guilty.
This recipe looks delicious and so easy! Nice to kind one that isn’t chokka full of sugar and flour.
Would love to try a gooey chocolate raspberry brownie
The chocolate orange cake sounds amazing. I would love to use the products in my normal baking to reduce the amount of sugar
I want to experiment with different Keto treats! Perfect my peanut butter cups. Make peppermint patties Keto style. Possibly a mint version of this choc orange cake .
Would love to see how this would go in banana or carrot muffins!
Chocolate orange cake 🎂
Chocolate Brownies
Chocolate orange cake look so devine going to make
Your orange chocolate almond cake sounds divine. .. I would like to try it in white chocolate and hazelnut biscuits…and the rest of my cooking delights..thanks for this opportunity.
I love baking with my grandson, he is so proud of the results, but I do worry about the sugar content, so would love to try your products. We made choc / orange muffins at the weekend with blood oranges from my tree, so I would love to try the orange choc / cake as the whole family loved the muffins. Thanks for the opportunity to win.
Hi I’d totally love to win this as we have gone sugar free this would be a fantastic substitute for the mountains of baking I do for our house and everyone else would lo e to be able to test it on the choc orange cake also the funfetti cookie cake b fab to make with the kids cheers
The orange almond chocolate cake recipe has me drooling! Would definitely make it.
The Orange Chocolate Almond cake.
My 3 favs, orange, chocolate & almonds all in 1.
Either way I’m making this. 🤗
Orange chocolate s one of my faVourite things, so this would be a winning combination!
Orange chocolate is one of my faVourite things, so this would be a winning combination!
I would love to try it in a cheesecake recipe as that’s a real treat in our house and yes I’d also like to try your Chocolate orange cake too 👍😊
Actually this Orange Chocolate cake sounds devine and I would definitely make this. Plus I’ve been craving a coconut loaf so that would be next on the list
Have a bit of a weakness for brownies so would have to give them a go. But the toddler loves anything in a cupcake muffin pan so would bake something with him and have less mum guilt knowing it was better for him!
Would love to try in my chocolate log cake please think would be perfect for
Mmmmm I’d love to make brownies, all the goodness without all the sugar!
Would be interested to try these sweeteners in my peanut brownies and afghans I usually make
Wow this recipe looks amazing so would love some product to try this. Brilliant idea.
This receipe would be great to make!!
This cake looks amazing and delicious lol. I would love to try your new products and any of the recipes you have created with them and then maybe try adapting some of my own!!
I would love to make marbled brownies with creamcheese or even one of your crazy cake recipes, especially the funfetti cake or the cream donut cake! both look delicious and amazing 🙂
I would love to try it in my Feijoa Loaf
I have a great warm feijoa and orange cake recipe but it would be even better with less sugar! Amazing recipe with a dollop of yoghurt.
This delicious cake – it’s making me hungry thinking about it! Also my mum has recently become diabetic so would love to surprise her with this cake. Thank you!
Sweetness is the first taste we experience when we bite into a cake , and if Stevia has less calories than sugar , but still sweet in flavour , then I Would love to try this Stevia sweetener in a Pecan Pie ,and in your Chocolate Orange Cake #BakerGatherer. , baked cookies and muffins ,
I am going to try this chocolate and orange cake it sounds lovely and as I’m border line diabetic a low sugar alternative would be great
I’m keen to try homemade wholefood chocolate. Found a good recipe but it uses artificial sweetener.
I want to use a more wholesome sweetener like the Mother Earth range
Oooh i would like to try brownies mmmmm yummmm
The orange and chocolate cake sounds delicious so would love to try that and our kids favourite banana bread