This Easy Glazed Orange Bundt cake is the perfect cake for breakfast or teatime.
This recipe is one of the most popular recipes on my blog, and no wonder it is, because it's one of the best cakes I've eaten in a long time!
The cake has a dense but moist crumb full of orange flavor and the orange glaze adds even more sweet citrus flavor to the cake.
I've tried making citrus flavored cakes before but they have always been such a disappointment as they always end up laking in the citrusy lemon or orange flavor.
But this cake is packed full of orange flavor, and those of you who love citrus flavored cakes, I promise you will absolutely love this recipe!
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Here's a little story I wrote for this Easy Glazed Orange Bundt Cake because I am just so passionate about citrus flavored cakes.
If you're looking for more citrus flavored recipes don't forget to check out this fabulous Lemon Swiss Roll Cake with Lemon Cream Cheese...this one is bursting with lemon flavor!
Okay I digress, if you're interested you can read the little story I've written below about a baker who longed for the perfect recipe for an Easy Glazed Orange Bundt Cake and then finally found it after many tries of baking experiments in the kitchen.
A long while ago, there was a baker who wanted to make an Orange Bundt Cake with an Easy Glaze.
A cake that was so sweet and a cake that tasted as if it was made from pure oranges.
So she made one using a recipe from an old cookbook, but sadly it didn't taste like oranges at all.
And so disappointed she was, that she didn't try to make an orange cake for a long, long time.
Until one day, looking at a crate of gorgeous oranges, she couldn't stand it anymore and she just had to have the perfect orange cake, that tasted like fresh sweet oranges.
And so she spent days and days in the kitchen, trying to perfect the orange cake.
There was flour everywhere, orange peels scattered around the counters and baking utensils strewed everywhere.
One day, when the kitchen was filled with the scent of oranges and her hands were perfumed with orange zest, she knew she had succeeded. And so, the Easy Glazed Orange Bundt Cake was born.
This Easy Glazed Orange Bundt Cake has a full on taste of oranges which is further accentuated with the orange glaze that it is drizzled with once out of the oven.
Sure, you may think it requires juicing and zesting one too many oranges, but I promise that you won't regret it.
And when you take a bite of the cake and taste the oranges in each bite, you'll know it was all worth it in the end.
I do hope you make this cake, it is delicious with a freshly brewed strong cup of tea, or even coffee if that's more to your liking.
A few tips before I leave you with the recipe:
1.) It's important to sift the dry ingredients so that there are no lumps. Since we are not using an electric mixer here, it's important to make sure there are no lumps in the batter.
2.) Five to six tablespoons of orange zest may seem like a big amount but it is what gives that bright orange flavor to the cake.
So please don't skip this part or reduce the amount of zest. It's also important they you only zest the orange part, and not the white part of the zest because that has a strong bitter taste.
3.) The glaze is optional but it does give an extra orange kick to the bundt cake.
4.) Baking times may vary according to your oven, so the best way to check if the cake is cooked through is by inserting a tooth pick. If it comes out clean then the cake is ready to be taken out of the oven.
5.) The cake remains fresh for 3-4 days in an airtight container but I really doubt it would last that long because it is just SO delicious.
I love how comforting this Easy Glazed Orange Bundt Cake is. And it's so easy to make too.
I absolutely love making recipes which are easy and involve no electric mixers because it's faster and less dish washing!
I do hope you try this lovely little cake and pair it with your choice of coffee or tea. I bet this will become a regular cake in your kitchen, it's that good! ๐
Happy baking!
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Easy Glazed Orange Bundt Cake
Ingredients
- For the Cake:
- 1 1/2 cups flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 3 tablespoons milk
- 3/4 cup freshly squeezed orange juice from about 3 oranges
- 1/2 cup oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 5-6 tablespoons orange zest from about 3 oranges
- Pinch of salt
- For the Glaze:
- 1 1/4 cups icing sugar
- 2-3 tablespoons fresh orange juice
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- For the Cake:
- Preheat oven to 350 F (176 C) and prepare a bundt cake pan by greasing it well. The bundt pan I used is fairly small and is 7.5 inches wide and 3.5 inches deep.
- In a medium large bowl, sift together all the dry ingredients, and mix until combined. Set aside.
- In a separate bowl, combine the wet ingredients and whisk until combined.
- Slowly add the dry ingredient mix to the wet ingredients, and lightly whisk until combined. Do not over mix.
- Pour the batter into the bundt cake and bake for about 30-40 minutes until lightly golden brown on top and a toothpick comes out clean. (See Notes)
- Remove from oven and let cool till room temperature and then gently take out the bundt cake. Cool completely on baking rack.
- For the Orange Glaze:
- Mix all the ingredients until fully combined.
- Drizzle on completely cooled cake and serve.
Notes
Mary Masters
Can you share the method??
Is icing sugar same as powdered sugar?
Jen
If I make this with a regular size bundt pan should I double the recipe?
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I haven't tested this recipe in a regular sized bundt pan but I think it should be okay to double the recipe!
Valda
Linda, Williams Sonoma have lots of Bundt tins. This one looks like the traditional "jelly" bundt.
Valda
I found that the quantity did not fill the bundt tin. When it was cooked it was not a very high cake. 1.5 cups of flour is not a lot. Also the crumb was a bit heavy in the middle. The flavour was very good though!
Julie
Is it recommended that it cool completely in the pan before flipping it over to get out? I'm afraid I'll wreck it if I do it too soon!
waj.nad@gmail.com
Hi Julie...yes it's better to let the cake cool in the pan to at least room temperature and then take it out! Hope this helps! ๐
Marilyn Thomas
I can't find recipe ?
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Hi Marilyn
The recipe card is at the bottom of the post...please let me know if you still can't see it. Thanks!
Anne Dickson
Hello Wajeeha
The recipe seems to have disappeared and I need it for Christmas! Help! This is going in my Cozy Village pan to make as an alternative to Christmas pudding, it is so tasty and the little houses look great, and taste even better with some cranberry jam...
waj.nad@gmail.com
Hi Anne! I'm so sorry for the inconvenience, there was a technical error which made the recipe card disappear. I've fixed it now. Thanks for letting me know! Hope this helps!
Shirley
I tried to find this recipe and it eludes me...where is it?
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Hi Shirley! I'm so sorry for the inconvenience, there was a technical error which made the recipe card disappear. I've fixed it now. Thanks for letting me know! Hope this helps!
Romayne
Where are the directions? I cannot see them anywhere!!
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Hi Romayne! I'm so sorry for the inconvenience, there was a technical error which made the recipe card disappear. I've fixed it now. Thanks for letting me know! Hope this helps!
Christine
This looks really good!
What kind of oil did you use? Are there any substitutes?
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Hi Christine! I used vegetable oil. I'm sorry but I haven't tried this recipe with any substitute to oil, so I won't be able to suggest any substitutes! Hope this helps.
Leslie
Tried this orange cake as an "extra" dessert for Thanksgiving. It was gobbled up before the pies or any of the other cakes at the table. It has such a bright fresh orange taste. It's totally worth the juicing and zesting which really take no time at all. I live in Florida and believe it or not, even with oranges being so plentiful, I too had been searching for the perfect orange cake recipe. This one is delicious (as you said, with tea or coffee) and will be part of my regular cake rotation. Thanks so much for sharing.
waj.nad@gmail.com
Wow I'm so happy to hear this Leslie! Thank you for your feedback, I love hearing what my readers think of my recipes! So glad this one was popular with your friends and family ๐
Amber
I'm sure its obvious, but what kind of flour? Self rising, all purpose?
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Hi Amber, yes it's all purpose flour!
Linda
I would love to have a pan like you used. Do you know the brand name or where we could find it?
waj.nad@gmail.com
Hello Linda,
I wish I could tell you where I got this pan from, but it's a really old pan and I actually got it from my mother who bought it years ago! I asked her, but she can't recall from where she got the pan. Sorry, I couldn't help you out Thanks for stopping by ๐
Christine
Nordicware has all diff sizes
Julie | Bunsen Burner Bakery
This looks lovely! Bundt cakes are my favorite form of cake right now -- fancier than a sheet cake (which always reminds me of a child's birthday party) but more laid back than a layer cake. The perfect everyday cake!
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Thank you Julie...I agree...I love how beautiful bundt cakes are but don't require a lot of effort ๐
Erin | Thanks for Cookin
This looks delicious! Thank you for tirelessly testing this recipe and juicing and zesting and zesting and juicing so we could all land on this awesome cake, no tests required ๐
waj.nad@gmail.com
Thanks Erin! ๐