Best 9 Chocolate Orange Bread Recipes

CHOCOLATE CHIP ORANGE ZUCCHINI BREAD

Steps:

• Sift together flour, baking powder, soda, salt, and spices.
• In a large bowl, beat eggs until light and fluffy. Add sugar, and continue beating until well blended. Stir in oil, vanilla, zucchini, nuts, chocolate chips, and orange rind. Blend in sifted ingredients. Turn batter into two greased 9 x 5 inch loaf pans.
• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 50 minutes, or until bread tests done. Remove loaves from pans, and cool. Chill before slicing.

CHOCOLATE ORANGE SOUFFLé BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• You will also need a shallow ovenproof baking dish lightly buttered, about 8" x 8" square or 7" X 9".
• Start at least 6 hours before you need to bake the pudding; it can be prepared up to 2-3 days beforehand & covered and stored in the fridge.
• Remove the crusts from the slices of bread & cut each slice into 4 triangles.
• Place the white chocolate, dark chocolate, whipping cream, Cointreau, brown sugar, butter and cinnamon in a bowl & set the bowl over a saucepan of barely simmering water, stirring the mixture well, until the butter and chocolate have melted and the sugar has completely dissolved.
• Remove the bowl from the heat and give it a good stir to amalgamate all the ingredients.
• Add the orange zest & mix well again.
• In a separate bowl, whisk the eggs and then pour the chocolate mixture over them and whisk again very thoroughly to blend them together.
• Spoon about half an inch of the chocolate mixture into the base of your buttered baking dish and arrange half the bread triangles over the top of the chocolate mixture in overlapping rows.
• Pour half the remaining chocolate mixture all over the bread triangles & smooth the mixture evenly over them.
• Arrange the remaining bread triangles over the top & then pour on the rest of the chocolate mixture.
• Using a spoon, press the bread gently down so that it is covered very evenly with the liquid as it cools.
• Cover the dish with Clingfilm and allow to stand at room temperature for about 2-3 hours before transferring it to the fridge for a minimum of 6 hours, preferably 48 to 72 hours before cooking.
• When you are ready to cook the pudding, pre-heat the oven to 180C/350F or Gas Mark 4. Remove the clingfilm, sprinkle a little more cinnamon on top & bake in the oven for 30-35 minutes, or until the top is crunchy & the pudding is well risen & still soft inside.
• Serve with freshly whipped cream or ice cream & garnish with some zest of fresh orange & some large white chocolate curls.
• N.B.Place the white chocolate in the freezer & use a potato peeler to make your chocolate curls!

ORANGE-CHOCOLATE BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Heat the milk, 1 cup sugar and 1/2 cup orange juice concentrate in a saucepan over medium-low heat until the sugar dissolves, stirring. Cool slightly. (It's OK if the mixture curdles slightly.)
• Whisk the milk mixture, 2 tablespoons bourbon and the whole eggs and yolks in a large bowl; fold in the bread. Cover and refrigerate until the liquid is absorbed, about 1 hour 30 minutes.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter a 9-by-13-inch baking dish. Fold the chocolate chunks into the bread mixture. Spread evenly in the baking dish and sprinkle with sugar. Bake until a knife inserted into the center comes out clean, about 1 hour 20 minutes.
• Meanwhile, make the sauce: Melt 4 tablespoons butter in a small saucepan over medium heat. Add the remaining 1/2 cup sugar and cook, stirring, until lightly caramelized, 5 to 6 minutes. Whisk in the remaining 1 cup orange juice concentrate, 3/4 cup bourbon and the salt. Cook until thick, 10 to 15 minutes. Stir in the cream and simmer until the sauce coats a spoon, about 10 more minutes. Slice the bread pudding and drizzle with the sauce.

ORANGE CHOCOLATE CHIP BREAD

Steps:

• Place orange zest in a small bowl. Pour juice in a measuring cup; add enough boiling water to measure 1 cup. Pour over orange zest; let stand for 10 minutes. , Meanwhile, in a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and baking soda. In another bowl, whisk the egg, butter, vanilla and reserved orange mixture. Stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Fold in chocolate chips. , Pour into a greased 8x4-in. loaf pan. Bake at 350° for 55-65 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack.

SODA BREAD WITH DARK CHOCOLATE AND CANDIED ORANGE PEEL

Steps:

• Position rack in center of oven and preheat to 350°F. Line rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper; butter parchment. Whisk first 5 ingredients in large bowl to blend. Add butter; rub in with fingertips until mixture resembles coarse meal. Stir in chocolate and orange peel. Whisk buttermilk and egg in medium bowl to blend; add to dry ingredients. Stir just until incorporated.
• Turn dough out onto floured work surface and knead gently just until dough comes together, about 5 turns. Form dough into 6 1/2-inch-diameter round, about 2 to 2 1/2 inches high. Transfer to prepared baking sheet. Using sharp knife, cut 1-inch-deep, 3-inch-long slits in top of bread, forming sunburst pattern.
• Bake bread until well browned and very firm when pressed and tester inserted into center comes out clean, turning baking sheet halfway through baking, about 1 hour 10 minutes total. Transfer bread to rack and cool completely, at least 3 hours. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Wrap in foil and store at room temperature.)

CHOCOLATE ORANGE BRIOCHE BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C). Spread brioche in single layer on parchment paper-lined large baking sheet. Bake, stirring once, until golden; about 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, whisk together eggs, milk, cream, granulated sugar, brown sugar, orange zest, orange juice, liqueur, vanilla, cinnamon and salt in large bowl until well combined.
• Spread a third of the brioche in bottom of a 9-cup (2.25 litre) casserole dish and sprinkle with a third of the chocolate. Repeat layers twice with remaining brioche and chocolate. Pour egg mixture over top, gently pressing down on brioche mixture to moisten.
• Cover with foil; bake 35 minutes. Uncover, bake until puffed, golden brown and set in centre, about 30 to 35 minutes, covering with foil if top begins to overbrown.
• Stir together marmalade and water in small bowl; brush on bread pudding. Let cool 20 minutes.

ORANGE-CHOCOLATE BUBBLE BREAD

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F. Using 1 tablespoon of the butter, generously grease 12-cup fluted tube pan. Place remaining butter in small microwave-safe bowl. Microwave on HIGH for 30 seconds or until melted; stir.
• Separate dough into 16 rolls. Cut each in half crosswise. Place half of the roll pieces, cut edge down, in greased pan. Spoon and spread half of marmalade over rolls, avoiding touching sides of pan. Drizzle with half of melted butter. Layer with remaining roll pieces and marmalade. Sprinkle with chocolate chips. Drizzle with remaining butter.
• Bake at 375°F. for 22 to 32 minutes or until rolls are golden brown and dough appears done when slightly pulled apart. Cool in pan for 2 minutes. Invert onto serving platter. Cool 15 minutes.
• Stir icing to soften. Spread over warm bread. Slice or pull apart bread to serve.

CHOCOLATE ORANGE BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325°F.
• Mix together the cocoa powder, flours, baking soda, salt, and brown sugar.
• In a separate bowl, beat the eggs.
• Add the orange juice, oil, vanilla, and honey to the eggs and mix well.
• Mix the dry ingredients into the second bowl, making sure to crush any clumps of cocoa powder.
• Zest an orange over the bowl and mix it in .
• Pour the batter into a greased loaf pan and bake it for approximately one hour, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

CHOCOLATE ORANGE BREAD (BREAD MAKER)

Steps:

• Sift together the flour, cocoa and spice in a bowl.
• In the bread maker pan, pour in the water, orange juice; add the egg, butter, sugar and salt. Add the spiced flour making sure the water is all covered. Sprinkle yeast over the flour. If your machine recommends that you add the dry ingredients first simply reverse the order that you add them to the pan.
• Set the Bread Maker to sweet loaf, small loaf and medium crust, at the beep add the mixed peel and chocolate chips.
• Once the loaf is cooked remove from the pan and glaze with the sugar glaze.