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Preheat oven to 180C and place shelf in the middle of the oven.
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Beat butter/margarine and caster sugar together until smooth and creamy.
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Add one egg and some flour and mix in, repeat until flour and eggs are gone.
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Add cocoa powder and mix in making sure to get lots of air into the cake mix to help it rise in the oven.
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Juice half an orange and add juice to mix (dont add too much orange juice or the mix will be runny and not rise properly) or add 2 teaspoons of orange flavouring.
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Put cake mix into one greased 9inch cake tin and bake for 30 minutes or until cake tester comes out clean.
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Remove from the oven and leave to cool for a couple of minutes, then tip out onto a cooling rack.
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Repeat process for second layer if you choose too.
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Coating.
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Melt the chocolate in a microwavable bowl or jug for a about 2 minutes or place in a heat proof bowl over a pan of simmering water.
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Sieve the icing suger to get out the lumps.
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Beat the unsalted butter until soft and creamy (use an electric whisk if you have one as its alot easier), then add the icing sugar until light and fluffy.
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Slowly add the chocolate and mix together until its smooth and glossy.
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Add 2 teaspoons of vanilla essence or flavouring and mix again.
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If you did two layers place some of the icing on one cake and sandwich together with the other.
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Go mad and spread the rest of the icing over the whole cake including the sides.
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Decorate how you want and serve and enjoy.
