Chocolate satsuma cakes

December brings lots of lovely juicy citrus fruits into the shops. For a winters evening in watching tv with friends, these went down a treat!

I mixed 100g butter with 200g caster sugar and then added the grated rind of 4 satsumas. I then added 2 eggs, mixing a bit inbetween. I combined 200g plain flour, half teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda and half teaspoon of baking powder (gives the cakes some air!) in one bowl, and the juice of four satsumas in a jug. I poured in a third of the flour, mixed, then a third of the juice, mixed... etc till all the mixture was used. I melted 100g orange chocolate in the microwave and stired this into the final mixture. It is much nicer to get proper 70% cocoa chocolate. Once spooned into the cases they were baked for about 20mins at 180 degrees.

For the icing I melted another 100g orange chocolate in a bowl in the microwave (I tend to zap it for 10sec, stir, then zap for another 10secs, because it can burn really easily. I poured the chocolate into a bowl with 200g butter and 250g icing sugar. I mixed this with an electric whisk until smooth. It is important to thoroughly test the mixture at this stage before icing, take a break with a cup of tea if needed. 

I went all out this time and actually piped the icing on to make it look neat. Some choc orange segments and satsuma segments finished the cakes off. Tasty!