Chocolate orange cake

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1. Melt the butter and dark chocolate together in a plastic bowl in the microwave then add in 360ml water.
2. Add in the orange zest.
3. Sift the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and bicarbonate of soda into a large bowl, stir in the sugar.
4. Mix the ground flax and 45ml water to make a flax egg.
5. Add the flax egg, crème fraiche and oil to the flour and fold in the chocolate mixture.
6. Bake in a lined round tin at 160°C for 20 minutes until the cake is springy.
7. Decorate with melted chocolate and crystallised orange.