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Vegan Orange Cake made in 1 Bowl and just 8 ingredients! Easy Moist Citrusy Vegan Cake. Soyfree Palm-Oil-free Recipe.
Weekend calls for some cake sitting on the counter. And this citrusy 1 bowl orange cake makes it very easy to have some around. Esp when glazed with some boozy marmalade glaze! Right?
We end up with a bottle of orange juice or a orange something mix juice every now and then. Hubbs gets some, drinks it a few times and forgets about it. Sometimes he gets it just because there should be something to drink for visitors. And I tell him, we always have water or I can make lemonade. Why get the whole juice bottle, esp when both of us don’t really like it and since packaged juice is just.. that, packaged and questionable. I was brought up in the Orange city in India(yes there is such a city!). Those juicy sweet fresh oranges now appear only in my dreams. The juice from those oranges, so fresh and sweet, also in my dreams. After decades of trying many different options, the sour juice just doesn’t cut it for me. So anywho, I use up the leftover orange juice in this cake. 1 bowl, easy, 8 main ingredients, 2 tbsp oil, vegan orange cake! What do you do with excess juice?
I generally use carton orange juice and the juice varies between brands, types and hence the flavor in the cake. For stronger orange flavor, add zest of an orange to the batter or use orange marmalade frosting. This cake is like a basic sponge cake that needs a moist and flavorful frosting or glaze to make it shine. For more moisture in the cake, add a bit more oil to the batter.
More Cakes from the blog.
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- Soy-free Mini Pound cake
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- Gingerbread Cake
One Bowl Vegan Orange Cake
Ingredients
Dry:
- 1 cup whole wheat pastry flour or use Spelt flour, (or use 1 1/4 cup all purpose flour)
- 1/2 cup unbleached white flour or all purpose flour
- 1 tbsp starch like corn or arrowroot
- 3/4 cup powdered sugar, I powder raw sugar and use, Add 2 to 4 tbsp more for sweeter.
- 3/4 tsp baking soda
- a generous pinch of salt
Wet:
- 1 cup orange juice
- 2 tbsp oil
- 1 tsp vinegar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F / 180ºc. Line a 8 or 9 inch cake pan with parchment, or grease well and dust with flour.
- In a bowl whisk all the dry ingredients until combined well.
- Add the wet ingredients to the bowl and mix until smooth. Pour the batter in the prepared cake pan.
- Bake for 30 to 35 minutes or a toothpick from near the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes and remove from pan. Cool completely before slicing.
- Add frosting of choice like vegan cream cheese frosting, or with whipped coconut cream and fruit, or make a boozy marmalade glaze.
- For the boozy glaze: Mix a tbsp of liquor in a 1/4 cup of orange or apricot marmalade or preserves of choice. Heat for a few minutes until bubbling. Use as glaze or serve with each slice.
- For a regular glaze: Use a tbsp orange juice mixed with the marmalade, or mix 2 to 3 tbsp orange juice with a 1/3 cup or more powdered sugar.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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Amazing recipe! 🤤 I made them in to cupcakes.
I did 1/2 cup of almond meal, added poppy seeds and orange rind and topped with nutlex butter cream icing and toasted flaked almonds.. The boys at work won’t even know they are vegan hahaha
Thank you!
The baking powder expired two years ago. Just made it again with fresh powder and it rose.
Great recipe! Thank you 🙂
🙂
I just made this in a loaf pan and baked at 350°F for 35 minutes, following the recipe to a T.
However, the cake did not rise at all 🙁
It is very dense and just solidified rather than rising.
Any idea what could’ve gone wrong?
Thanks!
Ron
hmm mmaybe the baking powder was old? how was the batter? thin, thick, bubbly ?
also loaf pan will need longer bake time, about 45 to 55 mins
Unbelievably fluffy and light, with the mild flavour of orange. I used whole wheat flour and topped the loaf with chocolate chips. Thank you for the recipe Richa!
awesome!
This is my first attempt at vegan baking. What type of vinegar is used in the orange cake?
apple cider or white
What type of vinegar did you use?
Can this be made in the microwave??
not the whole cake, but you can make mug cakes or other small ramekins. For a mug, you can microwave for 1 minute. Increase time for a larger ramekin. The texture is not the same though as baked cake. some mircowaves have an oven built in, and if they do have a convect bake, use that
Hi Richa. Thank you very much for this beautiful recipe. I made this cake last week and it turned out really well. The cake was light and fluffy with a beautiful taste of orange. I mixed my flours and subbed sugar and oil with coconut sugar and coconut oil. I topped it with marmalade and OJ which also made it moist. This one is a keeper. Looking forward to trying out more cake recipes.
Awesome! Thanks!
Cake was just as delicious the next morning with coffee!
So nice to have a recipe that isn’t substituting for eggs or dairy but doesn’t use them at all!
Thanks for a recipe I’ll be using for decades to come ❤️
Hi
I’ve tried this cake a few times and it has come out amazing !
I also added spices to jazz it up a bit which was fantastic as well.
Had a question : I’ve been using all APF with fantastic results as well. Would I be able to use 1 cup APF and 1/2 cup almond flour as a variation?
yes