Chocolate and Orange Truffle Slice

I like to play around with a recipe, developing new ideas or adapting the ingredients to a new flavour or from a biscuit to a slice or cake. Some times things work out better than others and sometimes you can save a flop by making it into something else. You can read about saving a previous disaster here. This slice was created in much the same way. I was experimenting with an idea for an orange mud cake and unfortunately the cake did not cook as expected. It was very moist and 'pudding' like in texture. It had a lovely orange flavour and I thought it could be saved.

The downside of saving the cake and making it into a slice like this is that it uses a lot of chocolate and it becomes quite expensive to make, a cheaper alternative would be to roll the truffle filling into small balls and then roll the balls into a mixture of two parts (1 tablespoon) cocoa to one part (2 teaspoons) icing sugar that have been sifted together.

The resulting Chocolate and Orange Truffle Slice had a delicious orange flavour from the addition of the mixed peel and liquer. Dark chocolate is necessary to reduce the sweetness, the 70% cocoa dark chocolate base providing a good contrast of colour with the filling and the dark chocolate topping.

Chocolate and Orange Truffle Slice

Truffle filling 1 large block dark chocolate1 packet (200g) mixed peel (approx 200g) 800g cake crumbs, orange cake if possible 2 tablespoon Orange Liqueur (Cointreau, Grand Marnier) Chocolate Layer 1 60 g butter 1 large block dark chocolate (I use 200 g block 70% cocoa dark chocolate)

Chocolate Layer 2 60 g butter 1 large block dark chocolate (I use 200 g block 45 % cocoa dark chocolate) 1 tablespoon Orange Liqueur (Cointreau, Grand Marnier) To decorate flaked almonds

Method

Truffle Filling

Combine cake crumbs and mixed peel. I gave them a blitz in the food processer to make the peel smaller but it is not necessary.

Melt chocolate with the orange liqueur together in a bowl over saucepan of hot water or the microwave . I use the microwave on medium power with 45 - 60 second bursts of power.

Add cake and peel mixture to the melted chocolate and mix well

Press mixture into a greased and lined slice tin and refrigerate for a few hours.

To Finish the Slice

Chocolate layer 1

Melt butter and dark chocolate together in a bowl over saucepan of hot water or the microwave . I use the microwave on medium power with 45 - 60 second bursts of power.

Pour the melted chocolate over the truffle filling and refrigerate until set.

Chocolate layer 2

Remove slice from tin and turn over, the bottom will now be the top of the slice.

Melt butter, dark chocolate and orange liqueur together in a bowl over saucepan of hot water or the microwave . I use the microwave on medium power with 45 - 60 second bursts of power.

Pour the melted chocolate over the truffle filling, sprinkle with flaked almonds and refrigerate until set.

Cut into small fingers or squares and place in an airtight container. Store slice in the fridge.