Orange Chocolate Refrigerator Cake

A cake you don't bake. A favourite recipe with subtle new flavours and lightened-up. It's great to make-ahead.

Course Desserts & Sweets
Prep. Time 1 hr, 20 mins
Cooking Time 4 hrs
Yields 4 to 6 servings

Preparation
Nutritional Info
Comments (2)

Preparation

What You Need

1 1/2 cups (375 ml) orange flavoured yogurt or

vanilla flavoured yogurt

2 tbsp (30 ml) sugar

Grated rind of 1 1/2 oranges

3/4 cup (180 ml) 35 % whipping cream, whipped

40 round chocolate wafers

2 oranges, sectioned or

1 can 10 oz (284 mL) mandarin oranges

Instructions

Using yogurt strainer or fine sieve lined with paper towel or cheesecloth set over bowl. Drain yogurt until reduced to 1 cup (250 mL); about 1 hour. Discard liquid.

In medium bowl, mix together drained yogurt, sugar and orange rind. Fold in whipped whipping cream. Measure out about 3/4 cup (180 mL) for frosting and refrigerate.

Sandwich wafers together with spoonfuls of remaining cream mixture to create log. Gently frost with reserved cream mixture, covering completely. Loosely cover log with plastic wrap, using toothpicks to support wrap. Refrigerate for 4 hours.

To serve, slice cake on the diagonal and garnish with orange sections.

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Nutritional Info

Per serving

Energy: 361 Calories
Protein: 7 g
Carbohydrate: 46 g
Fat: 17 g
Fibre: 2.4 g
Sodium: 286 mg

Top 5 nutrients provided by a serving of this recipe

Nutrient (% DV)*

Calcium: 15 % / 162 mg
Vitamin C: 44 %
Vitamin B12: 22 %
Riboflavin: 18 %
Magnesium: 15 %

* Note: The daily value (DV) is established by Health Canada and corresponds to the daily quantity recommended for each nutrient. The percentage of the daily value (% DV) indicates the proportion of the nutrient provided by a serving of the recipe, in comparison with the quantity recommended.

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Erica
June 28th, 2011

Don't frost the outside until ready to serve. Wrap the log in plastic wrap and refrigerate for no more than 4 hours. Easy on the filling too. Low fat sugar free yoghourt does not drain off well and will make your cake a soggy mess. You could make individual parfaits instead if you want it really soft.
Erica
June 28th, 2011

DON'T LET IT SIT MORE THAN 4 HOURS!