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A close-up, side-angle shot of a homemade orange cake recipe sliced into thick pieces on a dark slate board. The front slice reveals a tender, fine-crumb interior and a glossy, amber-hued glaze dripping slightly down its golden-brown crust. Each slice is crowned with a thin, candied orange round sprinkled with bright green zest. In the foreground, a fresh mint sprig rests next to an extra orange wheel, all bathed in soft, natural light that casts gentle shadows and gives the scene a warm, cozy kitchen feel.

Orange Cake recipe

A bright, homemade orange cake Recipe that uses fresh zest, juice, and a simple glaze for maximum citrus flavorno cake mix required.
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Course: Cake, Dessert
Cuisine: American, Baking
Keyword: Best orange cake recipe, Chocolate orange cake recipe, Lemon orange cake recipe, Moist orange cake recipe, Orange cake recipe eggless, Orange cake recipe with orange juice, Simple orange cake recipe, Whole orange cake recipe
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes
Resting: 10 minutes
Total Time: 55 minutes
Servings: 8 slices
Calories: 350kcal
Cost: $4

Equipment

  • 2 9 inch round cake pans (Greased & lined)
  • 1 Electric mixer (Stand or hand)
  • 1 Fine grater (For zest)
  • 1 Measuring cups & spoons
  • 1 Wire cooling rack
  • 1 Rubber spatula

Ingredients

  • 2 cups All-purpose flour
  • 1½ teaspoon Baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon Salt
  • 1 cup Granulated sugar
  • ½ cup Unsalted butter - Softened
  • 2 Large eggs - Room temperature
  • ½ cup Buttermilk
  • 2 Oranges - Zest + juice ~½ cup juice
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract

For the glaze

  • 1 cup Powdered sugar - Sifted
  • 2 tablespoon Fresh orange juice - From above oranges
  • 1 teaspoon Orange zest - Finely grated
  • 1 tablespoon Butter - Melted
  • Pinch Salt

Instructions

  • Pull ingredients, preheat oven & grease pans
    Overhead shot of a round, deep blue ceramic bowl set on a pale turquoise surface. The bowl holds a mound of fine, granulated orange-zest sugar—its mixture of bright orange and pale grains catching the light. Soft window light from above creates a gentle highlight on the sugar’s peaks and a muted shadow beneath the bowl, evoking a simple, fresh baking moment.
  • Cream butter, add eggs, alternate dry mix & buttermilk
    Close overhead view of a speckled ceramic mixing bowl on a light, textured work surface. Inside, a creamy, pale-yellow orange-infused batter flecked with bright zest swirls around a stainless-steel whisk with a matte-black handle. Dappled daylight from the top left creates gentle shadows on the batter’s rippled surface and whisk wires—suggesting someone just paused mid-mix.
  • Fold in orange juice, zest & vanilla
    Angled overhead shot of a metal loaf pan filled with raw orange-zest-flecked cake batter on a pale turquoise marble surface. A soft shadow cuts across the batter from window light above, emphasizing the tiny orange specks suspended in the smooth, pale-yellow mixture—capturing the anticipation before baking.
  • Bake until toothpick comes out with moist crumbs
    Top-down view of a just-baked orange loaf still in its metal pan, resting on an antique wire cooling rack atop a mottled turquoise tabletop. The cake’s deep golden-brown crust is cracked down the middle, revealing its moist, tender crumb. Soft shafts of daylight from the upper right cast a crisp grid-pattern shadow of the rack and highlight the shiny, slightly syrupy sheen on the crust—evoking a warm, just-out-of-the-oven moment.
  • Brush with juice-sugar mix & drizzle powdered glaze
    A close-up, side-angle shot of a homemade orange cake recipe sliced into thick pieces on a dark slate board. The front slice reveals a tender, fine-crumb interior and a glossy, amber-hued glaze dripping slightly down its golden-brown crust. Each slice is crowned with a thin, candied orange round sprinkled with bright green zest. In the foreground, a fresh mint sprig rests next to an extra orange wheel, all bathed in soft, natural light that casts gentle shadows and gives the scene a warm, cozy kitchen feel.

Notes

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

Nutrition

Serving: 120g | Calories: 350kcal (18%) | Carbohydrates: 45g (15%) | Protein: 5g (10%) | Fat: 15g (23%) | Saturated Fat: 8g (50%) | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Trans Fat: 8g | Cholesterol: 65mg (22%) | Sodium: 250mg (11%) | Potassium: 100mg (3%) | Fiber: 1g (4%) | Sugar: 30g (33%) | Vitamin A: 400IU (8%) | Vitamin C: 15mg (18%) | Calcium: 50mg (5%) | Iron: -1mg (-6%)
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