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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.
- Cream Cheese Marble Pound Cake
- Basic Vegan Yellow Cake
- Peanut Butter Chocolate Marble Cake
- Soy-free Mini Pound cake
- Vegan Chocolate Layer Cake with Chocolate PB Ganache
- 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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I’m excited to try this. I recently made your pumpkin bread and it was delicious. My 4 year old and 3 year old also devoured it. I love how your recipes are so healthy and low fat (as cakes go anyway). And that your serving sizes are so realistic! I get so annoyed when the serving is 1/12…as if I’m really only going to eat a little sliver, hah!
My first attempt at vegan baking – so easy to make and came out so well. Delicious with some vanilla bean coconut yoghurt 😀
awesome!
It’s in the oven at the moment, for those who decided to use only white flour, i had to put double the amount uf orange juice, it was way to dry, lets see what happens i hope it comes out good.
Hi Richa I have 9′ on 5′ rectangle bake pan (it is not a real cake pan), do I need to change sth in the recipe? Or the 9′ cake pan is a must?
looks so delicious i want to make it for my son’s birthday tomorrow!
sorry for the late response. yes the 9 by 5 will work
This turned out perfectly! Great recipe, have shared it with family and friends. I added poppyseeds to make it into an orange poppyseed loaf. Very moist and delicious.
awesome!
Any advice for using gluten free flour?
use my gf blend from here (in the notes) https://fettabbau-trim.today/2018/08/vegan-coffee-cake-recipe.html%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
It’s in the oven now, preliminary rating of 5🌟s because the batter was delish & literally every recipe I’ve made from you has been divine.
But for the question of what to do with extra OJ, especially when it’s prepackaged or frozen?
Drinks! Mimosas (extra-orangey mimosas if you have frozen concentrate don’t bother with water before adding to the champagne), screwdrivers, tequila sunrises, or Madras cocktails – with apologies to the actual city of Madras, especially if crappy OJ. Otherwise, blending with vegan vanilla ice cream for a “creamsicle shake” yummmm 🍹❤️
Update: turned out amazing! Used the extra-oil option for a moist-er cake, a bit more booze than required (because yum), and 100% “white whole wheat” flour since that’s what we had… but basically stuck to the recipe. Another fantastic success we’ll def make again.
Thanks! ❤️❤️❤️❤️
awesome, thanks!
My husband loves orange poppy seed cake and want to bake him one for his birthday. Can I just add the poppy seeds to the mix?
yes, add poppy seeds to the batter
Thanks for the recipe. The cake turned out absolutely yum!! Added some orange buttercream frosting to it and hubby loved it. He even took some to work and they couldn’t believe it was homemade.
Hi! I weighed my all ingredients. But my cake came out sticky and I could squeeze it in a ball. It kept sticking in my mouth. What am I doing wrong?
what flour were you using, what was the consistency of the batter before baking?
If the batter was too flowy then it probably needed more flour. Or it needed extra baking time. Was it gummy in the middle or all over?
Flours can absorb liquid differently, so you might need to add a bit more depending on that.
Is it okay if I use all purpose flour only?
yes
Looks so tasty!
I only have a 10 1/2 inch pan… Should I use the same temperature and time?
I would love to make the cake!
it will prob need 5 mins less time