• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Cake Journal

  • Cake Lounge
    • Easy Embossed Cookies Recipe
    • How to Make Heart-Shaped Cake with Buttercream Roses
  • Desserts
    • Best 3 Cookie Scoop Sizes and How to Use Them?
    • Babycakes Cake Pop Maker Review and Tutorial
  • Fondant Friday
    • #FondantFriday – Minnie Mouse Cake
  • Giveaways
  • Recipes
    • Traditional Castella Cake Recipe
    • Stabilized Whipped Cream Frosting (Easy Recipe)
    • Best Frozen-Themed Cake Ideas with Images
  • Tips & tools
    • What to Do With Cake Scraps? (9 Easy Recipes)
    • Luster Dust: If You Don’t Know About It, You Need To!
    • How To Use Edible Glue and How to Make It
    • How to Use Russian Piping Tips and Tutorial
    • What Is Wafer Paper and How to Use It? (Video Tutorials)
  • Tutorials
    • How To Make Royal Icing (Easy Recipe)
    • How to Flood Cookies with Royal Icing?
    • How To Use Candy Molds Properly
    • How to Make Cake Pops: Easy Step-by-Step Tutorial
    • Fondant On Cookies: Easy Way To Decorate

How to make orange cake

July 22, 2013 by CJ [email protected] 10 Comments

orange cake

Orange cake is my favorite cake to bake during the summer time. Seeing all those fresh and juicy oranges at the market just draws me to them…hehe.

This cake recipe is very easy and was passed on to me from my lovely mother. I have been making this for years and over time,  I have also made many successful variations with cranberries, coconuts, cashews and even chocolate chips.

This cake tastes great as is and goes over the top with any of my variations 🙂

Orange Cake

Serving Size: 1

Orange Cake

If you like oranges, you will definitely want to try this orange cake.

This is a great cake to make during the summer time because of the fresh oranges.

Ingredients

Orange cake:
    • 1 package yellow cake mix (without pudding)
    • 4 eggs
    • 1/2 cup light olive oil
    • 3/4 cup freshly squeezed orange juice
    • 1 package ready-made vanilla pudding (3.5 oz)
    • 1 tsp vanilla extract
    • 1 tbsp orange extract
    • 1 tbsp fresh orange zest
Orange frosting:
    • 8 ounces cream cheese (not the low fat kind)
    • 3 cups powdered sugar
    • 1/4 cup butter
    • 2 tbsp orange jam
    • 1 tbsp fresh orange zest
    • 1 tsp orange extract
Decorations:
  • Thin, round orange slices
  • Fresh orange zest
  • Mint leaves or any other fresh leaves that are not poisonous and safe for consumption

Instructions

Orange cake
    1. In a deep bowl, beat the eggs and oil for 1 minute and they should get bubbly.
    2. Add cake mix powder, vanilla pudding and orange juice. Mix until everything is combined.
    3. Add vanilla extract, orange extract and orange zest and mix again until everything is blended properly. You can add chocolate chips or cashews or coconut or cranberries at the point.
    4. Pour this batter into an 8×3 round cake pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 45- 50 minutes or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean.
Orange frosting
    1. Add butter and cream cheese in a deep bowl and mix until it’s properly combined and there are no lumps.
    2. Add orange zest, orange extract and orange jam. Mix for a few seconds again. Keep in mind over-mixing can cause your frosting to break down.
    3. Add powdered sugar, 1 cup at a time and keep mixing until your frosting is smooth and creamy.
    4. Spread on your cake immediately or keep it in the refrigerator until needed.
Decorations
  1. Cut out thin round orange slices. Place them on a tray lined with some tissue paper so the juices get absorbed and don’t leak all over your cake.
  2. Once your cake has cooled , cut it in half.
  3. Fill it with frosting.
  4. Gently place the top half of the cake on top of this frosting.
  5. Spread some more frosting on top of the cake.
  6. Arrange your orange slices in a circular pattern on top of the cake. Sprinkle some orange zest all over the top and add a few leaves wherever you like.

Notes

NOTE 1: If your frosting is too runny, add more powdered sugar. If it’s too thick, add some water (1 tsp at a time) to thin it out.

NOTE 2: The flavor of this frosting develops over time. Let it sit for 24-48 hours in the fridge and then use it for the best possible flavor. But, you can use it right away too.

Variations:

– Orange cranberry cake: To make this cake, stir in 1/3 cup dried cranberries to your batter at the very end. Make sure to toss them in some flour beforehand so they don’t sink to the bottom of your cake.

– Chocolate chip orange cake: To make this cake,  stir in 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips to your batter at the very end. Make sure to toss them in some flour beforehand so they don’t sink to the bottom of your cake.

– Coconut orange cake: To make this cake, add 1/4 cup finely shredded coconut to your batter at the very end. Use your mixer to mix for a few seconds until the coconut in fully incorporated into the batter. You can add 1/3 cup shredded coconut if you are fond of coconut.

– Orange cashew cake: To make this cake, stir in 1/3 cup chopped cashews to your batter at the very end, Make sure to toss them in some flour beforehand so they don’t sink to the bottom of your cake. If you are not fond of cashews, you can use whatever nuts you like such as walnuts or almonds…

And you are done… Enjoy!

mandarin orange cake

Happy caking,
Abeer

Filed Under: Recipes Tagged With: Cakes

Previous Post: « #FondantFriday – Luca’s Winnie the Pooh Tree Cake
Next Post: How to Make Watermelon Cupcake Toppers »

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. 瘦手臂

    August 27, 2017 at 11:07 AM

    I could not stick to only having a treat at the weekends, life is to short
    for such sacrifice and I adore food, I am trying losing weight too so I
    admire your willpower.

    Reply
  2. Arya

    October 9, 2013 at 12:43 PM

    The cake looks tasty. I will try to make it later.

    Reply
  3. Abeer

    October 1, 2013 at 4:33 PM

    @Marja…I only use store-bought mixes in this cake. I haven’t tried powders or home-made versions. So, I don’t know how that would affect this cake.

    Reply
  4. Marja

    September 30, 2013 at 3:12 PM

    Hi can i use pudding powder and make the pudding myself to use in this cake? Or do i have to much than? Thanks in advance.
    Buy the way….i do make my cake from scratch! I never ever use mixes or boxes! I hate those mix cakes! You can taste it’s not from scratch! But that’s just me, the way how i work. And i bake just for my own hourshold of two people! Have a good day. Happy backing! 🙂

    Reply
  5. Radhika

    July 24, 2013 at 11:47 AM

    Hi,
    This sounds wonderful! Please could you explain the pudding bit? Do you add just the powder? Or do you make pudding and add it to the cake?

    Reply
    • Abeer

      July 25, 2013 at 9:19 AM

      @Radhika…The pudding I use is already pre-made. It’s one of those snack packs you can easily find at the grocery store. You don’t need to cook it ….just peel off the cover and dump into this cake batter. Hope this helps.

      Reply
  6. Elissa

    July 23, 2013 at 11:06 PM

    How can this cake be ‘from scratch’ if it has cake mix and instant pudding in it?

    Reply
  7. [email protected]

    July 23, 2013 at 11:03 PM

    Sounds wonderfully good, but you cannot call it “scratch” with a box mix and pudding mix…. 🙁

    Reply
  8. Joanne

    July 23, 2013 at 9:39 PM

    I didn’t expect to see the words ‘yellow cake mix’ in the ingredient list for a cake supposedly made ‘from scratch’. Disappointed.

    Reply
    • Cake Bear

      July 24, 2013 at 12:12 AM

      Sorry everyone, we made a mistake about this recipe being from scratch. We removed that out of the title of the article as it was made with yellow cake and pudding mix.

      Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Primary Sidebar

How to Make Frozen Buttercream Transfer Tutorial

Frozen Buttercream Transfer recipe

Buttercream transfer can be learned easily at home. This buttercream transfer recipe with images is easy to follow and affordable!

What to Do With Cake Scraps? (9 Easy Recipes)

9 easy and delicious recipes using leftover cake

What to do with cake scraps? Here are 9 easy and delicious recipes using leftover cake, including cake pops, milkshakes, and even pie.

Fondant On Cookies: Easy Way To Decorate

how to decorate cookies with fondant

Learn how to decorate sugar cookies with fondant with this simple tutorial with images. Fondant on cookies is quick and easy to use!

Copyright © 2023 Cake Journal on the Foodie Pro Theme