Chocolate Pistachio Orange

Ingredients

150 gr sugar
55 gr butter
2 eggs
350 ml sour cream
2 gr orange peel
1 orange extract
375 gr all purpose flour
7 gr baking powder
3 gr salt
3 gr baking soda
240 gr semi-sweet chocolate chips
65 gr pistachio nuts
100 gr powdered sugar
12 ml orange juice

Instructions

Heat oven to 350 degrees. In large bowl, combine sugar and butter. Beat at medium speed, scraping bowl often, until creamy (1 to 2 minutes). Add eggs; continue beating until well mixed (1 to 2 minutes). Add light sour cream, grated orange peel and orange extract. Continue beating; scraping bowl often, until creamy (about 1 minute). Add flour, baking powder, salt and baking soda. Continue beating, scraping bowl often until just mixed (about 1 minute). Do not over mix. By hand, stir chocolate chips and chopped pistachios. Spoon batter into a greased 23 cm x 13 cm x 8 cm loaf pan. Bake for 60 to 70 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. (If browning too quickly, cover loaf with aluminum foil.) Cool 10 minutes; invert onto cooling rack. Cool completely. Stir glaze ingredients together until smooth; drizzle over bread. **Note: For a more tender crust, do not glaze immediately. Wrap loaf in plastic wrap; refrigerate overnight; then prepare glaze and drizzle over bread.