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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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- 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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This is the BEST orange cake EVER! Don’t even look any further. This is it! Thank you for this lovely, moist, deliciously orangy and fluffy cake.
thanks!
Excellent!
I made it using mandarins instead of oranges, and coconut sugar instead of the standard powdered one. I also made it an upside down thing with caramelised mandarins on the top and dark chocolate chunks in the batter. All highly approved by my housemates!
love those upside down things for sure
I’ve made this recipe a number of times as a loaf cake and usually add orange zest, orange extract, and cinnamon. It’s so quick and easy especially if I use vegan shop bought frosting (currently white chocolate and orange). I can’t recommend it highly enough. Thank you!
yum!
How much orange extract and how much cinnamon?
can i use oat flour instead?
You cannot. out flour is gluten-free and needs way more moisture Then regular flour. So a direct sub doesn’t work
Veganricha’s recipes are always spot on.This cake was moist and fluffy. Beautiful. I added poppy seeds snd orange zest. Thank you so much!
I made vegan cream cheese topping with orange zest and a little orange and lemon juice.
sounds perfect
What is replacement of corn starxh or arrow root? I don’t have either of these. Also, whats the need for corn starch in cake?
I just made this last night and it’s great. Don’t be afraid to substitute for another flour if you don’t have whole wheat pastry flour. I used all whole wheat flour and it turned out very well (not dense at all). I added grated zest of an orange and used the recipe for the “boozy glaze” to top it (once cooled). So good with tea! Thanks for an easy, delicious recipe!
good to know – thank you
Can I use only wheat flour ?
yes
Any oil free option?
Just omit the oil and add 1 tbsp more orange juice
Looks great – would buckwheat flour work ?