Lennie & Miller's Chocolate Orange Swoon

Ingredients

• 6 ounces chocolate
• 10 fluid ounces milk
• 2 tablespoons orange brandy
• 2 eggs
• separated
• 2 ounces soft light brown sugar
• 12 ounce unflavored gelatin
• dissolved in
• 3 tablespoons hot water
• 2 oranges
• zest and juice only
• 10 fluid ounces heavy cream
• whipped
• chocolate
• triangles to decorate
• grated orange zest
• to decorate
• 1 box orange cake mix
• 12 cup canola oil
• 2 eggs
• 2 cups miniature semisweet chocolate chips

Instructions

1. ---To Make Lennie's Orange Chocolate Cookies---.
2. Combine the orange cake mix, canola oil, and eggs.
3. Then stir in the chocolate chips.
4. Bake on ungreased baking sheet in preheated 350F oven for 9 minutes; let cool on baking sheet for 2 minutes then remove to racks to cool.
5. ---To Make The Chocolate Orange Cake---.
6. Gently heat the chocolate in a small pan with the milk until melted.
7. Stir in the orange brandy.
8. Beat the egg yolks and sugar together until creamy, then blend in the chocolate mixture.
9. Return to the pan and heat gently, stirring until thickened.
10. Stir in the gelatin, orange zest and juice; cool.
11. Fold in two-thirds of the cream.
12. Whisk the egg whites until stiff and fold into the mixture.
13. Pour into a lightly greased loose-bottomed deep 7 1/2 inch springform cake tin and chill until set.
14. Turn out on to a plate.
15. ---The Finale---.
16. Arrange Lennie's Cookies around the side.
17. Decorate with the remaining cream, chocolate triangles (or other chocolate novelties I used After Eight thin chocolate mints) and orange zest.