White Chocolate Orange Blondies

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Melt in the mouth, fluffy and light, yet rich and a little gooey on the inside, these White Chocolate Orange Blondies make wonderful cakes and are utterly heavenly when warmed and served with ice cream for dessert. Flavoured with fresh orange zest and vanilla paste, they are loaded with both chunks and segments of Terry’s White Chocolate Orange, which add a wonderful taste and texture to these slices of zesty, orange deliciousness.

It is that time of year again, when you can buy Terry’s Chocolate Oranges in a range of flavours and sizes. Yes! This recipe uses two of the White Chocolate Orange Balls – Charlotte’s absolute favourite! As soon as I saw them on sale, I grabbed a couple, with this recipe in mind.

I’ve had a few visits to the dentist this week and Charlotte came home with some beautiful yellow roses to cheer me up. A wonderful surprise! Immediately I knew it was time to crack open those white chocolate orange balls!

How to make White Chocolate Orange Blondies

Collect all your ingredients together and line the baking tin:

In order to guarantee soft and fudgy blondies, it is important to use the correct size tin – in this case it is a 20cm/8inch square tin. If your tin is larger, the depth of your cake batter will be less and the cake will cook more quickly. Equally, if the tin is smaller, your cake batter will be deeper and cook more slowly.

1. Sit the tin on greaseproof paper making sure the paper is large enough to line the tin, come up the sides and have a little overhang.
2. Cut out the corners of the paper so it will fit easily into the tin
3. Fold the paper from corner to corner so the size of the centre of the paper matches the base of the tin. Slot inside the tin.

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White Chocolate Orange Blondies ingredients:

• unsalted butter
• soft brown sugar
• caster sugar
• fine salt
• medium eggs
• vanilla paste or extract
• plain/all-purpose flour
• Grated orange zest
• Terry’s chocolate orange balls, orange flavoured white chocolate or white chocolate

Now whip up these delicious beauties!

1. Put the butter into a microwave safe jug or bowl and use the microwave to melt the butter. Do this in 15 second bursts, stirring between each burst. This should take 30 – 60 seconds depending on how cold the butter is and the power of your microwave. Alternatively, melt the butter in a saucepan over a moderate heat. Set aside.
2. Unwrap the chocolate balls and count out 12 complete chocolate segments and set aside. Roughly chop the remainder of the chocolate into chunks.
3. Meanwhile, put the sugars, eggs and salt in a mixing bowl and whisk with an electric whisk until thick and creamy. This will take around 3 minutes.
4. When the eggs and sugar are ready, add the vanilla paste and slowly pour in the melted butter, at the side of the dish, and beat until completely incorporated.
5. Put a sieve over the bowl and add the flour.
6. Sift directly over the cake batter.
7. Fold until nearly mixed in and then grate over the orange zest and add the chunks of chocolate.
8. Fold in but be careful not to over-mix at this stage.
9. Transfer to your lined baking tin and level the surface, making sure the cake batter goes all the way into the corners.
10. Layer the 12 Terry’s White Chocolate Orange segments evenly over the surface of the cake.
11. Bake in the centre of a pre-heated oven for 28 – 32 minutes, depending on how squidgy you like the centre to be. (I cook mine for 30 minutes in London.) This gives me a slightly crispy top but a gorgeous gooey centre. The cake will be slightly risen but the centre will feel quite soft. Remember the cake will continue to cook after you have taken it out of the oven. Ovens do vary so make a note of how long it takes to cook your favourite consistency in your oven. Remember the less you cook it, the more gooey it will be and the more you cook it, the more cake like it will be.
12. Leave to cool in the tin for around 30 minutes and then transfer, in the baking parchment, to a cooling rack.
13. When the blondies are cold, lay on a chopping board and cut into 12 squares using the chocolate orange segments as a guide.
14. If I have time and/or if I want my blondies to look really smart, I put my blondies in the fridge to harden before I cut them. You will get much better lines and edges – definitely do this if trying to impress or gifting/selling them! However, they are best eaten at room temperature and can be stored at room temperature, in a sealed container, for up to 5 days. I doubt, however, they will last that long!

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What is the best way to store blondies?

When you store blondies, it is important to cover them. They keep well for up to 3 days at room temperature or up to 5 days in the fridge. However, if you are storing them in the fridge, remember to take them out to warm up to room temperature before you serve them.

What is the best way to warm blondies?

I adore warm blondies for dessert, served with ice cream. If you have made the blondies in advance and want to warm them up, simply zap them in the microwave for 10 – 20 seconds. The time it takes will depend on the temperature of the brownies to start with (ie have they been in the fridge or not?), the power of the microwave and how hot you actually want them. I like mine warm, but not too hot. I recommend heating them in 10 second bursts, until you are happy with the heat.

If you do not have a microwave, you could warm them in the oven. Cover with foil and place them in an oven preheated to Fan Oven 150°C/170°C/325°F/Gas 3 for 1 – 3 minutes. (Depending on how many you are heating and how hot you want them.) Check them after 1 minute and be careful not to overheat, as you may over cook them.

Can I freeze these blondies?

Yes you can! These blondies freeze well, covered, for up to 3 months.

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