Chocolate Orange Squares - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    8 tablespoons unsalted butter or 8 tablespoons margarine
    2 ounces unsweetened chocolate, cut into small pieces
    1 ounce bittersweet chocolate, cut into small pieces
    2 eggs
    1/2 cup sugar
    1/2 cup orange marmalade
    1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
    2/3 cup all-purpose flour
    1/2 teaspoon baking powder
    1/2 teaspoon salt
    Glaze
    3 tablespoons unsalted butter or 3 tablespoons margarine
    3 ounces bittersweet chocolate, cut into small pieces
    1 tablespoon corn syrup
    Garnish
    1 orange, zest of, grated
Preparation
    Preheat oven to 350\u00b0F.
    Grease 9-inch square cake pan.
    In medium saucepan over low heat, melt butter with chocolate.
    Pour into mixing bowl and cool 10 minutes.
    Add eggs, sugar and marmalade to chocolate mixture, whisking until smooth.
    Stir in vanilla, flour, baking powder and salt, just until flour is no longer visible.
    Pour into prepared cake pan and bake until surface is shiny, approximately 30 minutes.
    Cool completely.
    Glaze:
    Melt butter with chocolate and add corn syrup.
    Stir until incorporated.
    Spread glaze on cake.
    Sprinkle with orange zest.
    Let cake sit until glaze is fairly firm.
    Cut into 3-inch squares or pieces of desired size.

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