dgbaking This spiced orange cake is amazing. Its nearly identical to my lemon cake actually. Its flavors are reminiscent of autumn so now is the perfect time to make it, again and again! The orange flavors are quite strong on this cake because I use the zest of two oranges and I also infuse the glaze with the skin of an entire orange. Feel free to omit some of the zest to make it more to your liking. The cake is perfectly moist and so tender. If you make this cake, let me know? Hope you enjoy.
Spiced Orange Cake
This is such a delicious orange spiced cake. The flavors are perfect for autumn, for this time of yearThis also makes an excellent Thanksgiving dessert or Thanksgiving hostess gift.
Equipment
- 1 9×5 loaf pan
Ingredients
Dry Ingredients
- 1.5 (180g) cups all purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp nutmeg
- zest of two oranges
Butter mix
- 1/2 butter-softened to room temp
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 large eggs
Wet Ingredients
- 1/2 cup buttermilk see notes
- juice of one orange
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Glaze
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 whole clove
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 6 tbsp choice of liquid see notes
Instructions
- preheat oven to 350 degrees and butter a loaf pan
- in a bowl, bring together all of the dry ingredients plus the orange zest. set aside.
- add the lemon juice to half cup of milk to make your own buttermilk, (if you did not buy buttermilk), add vanilla extract- set that aside
- in a stand mixer with a paddle attachment, or a hand mixer, cream the ingredients under "butter mix", the butter, sugar first for 5 minutes until butter is light and fluffy. add egg one at a time until incorporated
- set your mixer to low and add 1/3 of the flour and 1/3 of the buttermilk and continue that process, in thirds, until you are done. Do not over mix the batter, once its all incorporated, turn off mixer
- pour batter into your prepared loaf pan and bake for 40-45 minutes until a knife inserted comes out clean
- let the cake cool for 10-15 minutes after it comes out of the oven. In the meantime, make the glaze by bringing together ingredients for your glaze and stirring until the sugar dissolves.
- once cake cooled a bit, invert into a rack on top of a baking pan
- pour the glaze on top of the warm cake and spread
- let the cake cool completely
- enjoy! cake stays at room temp in air tight container for up to 3 days
Video
Notes
Buttermilk– If you don’t buy, add 1-2 tbsp of lemon juice to 1/2 cup of milk. Orange juice will not curdle milk
Glaze– I used two tbsp of Brandy and juice of two oranges to make glaze
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