Orange Cake

I love vegan cakes, and the Amy's brand makes the best vegan orange cake. I love how vegan cakes have an indescribable moistness that keeps me coming back for more. I came across this recipe for orange cake in a Caribbean cookbook, and though it is not vegan, i just couldn't resist trying it. To my pleasant surprise it was just as moist as i had hoped for, and not at all dry like other cakes! The sweet sugar glaze on top makes it addicting. It is perfectly moist by itself, but don't stop yourself from eating it with a tall glass of milk :).

Orange Cake

Serves: 6-8 servings

Source: slightly adapted from Caribbean Cuisine: A Culinary Voyage by Robert Pickens

Ingredients

Cake

1/2 cup melted butter

1 cup sugar

2 large eggs, beaten

3/4 cup orange juice

2 cups all purpose flour

4 teaspoons baking powder

1/4 teaspoon salt

grated zest of 2 oranges

1/4 teaspoon orange blossom oil

Glaze

1 cup sifted powdered sugar

2 teaspoons milk

2-3 teaspoons orange juice plus more for consistency

1 teaspoon grated orange zest

Cake

Step 1

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.

Step 2

In a bowl, combine butter and sugar; add eggs and orange juice.

Step 3

In another bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt.

Step 4

Add the flour mixture to the egg mixture and mix well. Stir in half of orange zest.

Step 5

Pour batter into a greased 9 inch cake pan. Sprinkle the remaining orange zest on top of batter in pan.

Step 6

Bake until a tester comes out clean which should be about 45-50 minutes.

Glaze

Step 1

Whisk all the ingredients together in a medium sized bowl and thin with orange juice until you reach a syrup like consistency.

Step 2

Remove cooked cake to a cooling rack and drizzle the glaze over the top.

Pictures Of The Process

Grating the orange zest.

The cake batter with the orange zest before baking.

The glaze for the top.

Buen Provecho!

-Piggy In Paradise