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    Recipe Index » Eggless Desserts » Eggless Cakes » Eggless Orange Cake Recipe with orange icing (Vegan Cake)

    Eggless Orange Cake Recipe with orange icing (Vegan Cake)

    Published: Dec 12, 2013 · Last Modified: Jul 13, 2018 by Kanan Patel / 137 Comments

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    Eggless orange cake recipe - very EASY to make that baking beginners can also make it. It will require very basic ingredients. This is also vegan orange cake recipe.

    Eggless & Vegan Orange Cake recipe with orange flavored icing

    This is very light, spongy and moist cake with full of orange flavor. The icing is also orange flavored, so it is double dose of it.

    Here I have used freshly squeezed orange juice. You can use store bought juice but I strongly recommend to use the fresh one which gives the best flavors.

    The downside of using store bought juice is that you won’t have zest. As a result you will miss the orange flavor in the cake. In that case, you add few drops of orange extract.

    Eggless & Vegan Orange Cake recipe with orange flavored icing

    Whenever you bake anything with oranges, the smell or aroma will be all over your kitchen and house. It just smells divine that I can't have patience till cake gets cool off. But sadly, I have to wait till it cools completely and then have to wait till icing dries out. Huh life is hard!!

    I always love chocolate cake but dear hubby always love cake made with citrus like this eggless orange cake or lemon cake. I have made this round cake. But you can make it in cupcake form as well. Only baking time will be less.

    After having a slice, your stomach will not feel heavy because it is so light. Give it a try and let me know how you like it.

    Check out more orange flavored baking recipes
    Orange chocolate cupcakes  //  Orange muffins


    How to make eggless orange cake recipe (Step by Step Photos):


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    1) Pre-heat the oven to 375 degrees F or 190 degrees C for at least 10 minutes.

    2) Butter and flour 9 inch round cake pan. Lightly grease it with butter or spray with nonstick cooking oil spray. Then sprinkle about a tablespoon of flour. Now swirl the pan so flour will stick to greased surface (all over pan and also around the edges). Now invert the pan over a sink or garbage and tap it gently with your hand to remove excess flour.
    Eggless & Vegan Orange Cake recipe with orange flavored icing

    3) Keep it aside your prepared cake pan.
    Eggless & Vegan Orange Cake recipe with orange flavored icing

    4) Take dry ingredients in a bowl (cake flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and brown sugar).
    Eggless & Vegan Orange Cake recipe with orange flavored icing

    5) Whisk it well so everything gets incorporated.
    Eggless & Vegan Orange Cake recipe with orange flavored icing

    6) Now in another bowl take wet ingredients (oil, orange juice, vanilla extract, vinegar) in a bowl along with orange zest.
    Eggless & Vegan Orange Cake recipe with orange flavored icing

    7) Whisk it well.
    Eggless & Vegan Orange Cake recipe with orange flavored icing

    8) Add wet to dry.
    Eggless & Vegan Orange Cake recipe with orange flavored icing

    9) And whisk till all comes together and becomes a smooth batter.
    Eggless & Vegan Orange Cake recipe with orange flavored icing

    10) Now pour the batter into prepared pan. Tap it lightly on you counter, it will help to remove air bubbles from batter.
    Eggless & Vegan Orange Cake recipe with orange flavored icing

    11) Bake it into pre-heated oven for 25-30 minutes. Always check 2-3 minutes before mentioned time. Check by inserting a toothpick in the center of the cake. If it comes out clear then cake is ready.
    Eggless & Vegan Orange Cake recipe with orange flavored icing

    12) Let it cool in the pan for at least 10 minutes. Then run the knife around the edges to loosen the cake. And remove it to the cooling rack. Let it cool completely before decorating or spreading icing.
    Eggless & Vegan Orange Cake recipe with orange flavored icing

    13) Now cake is cooled completely. Before we make and drizzle the icing on the cake, put the plate at the bottom the cake for easier cleaning.
    Eggless & Vegan Orange Cake recipe with orange flavored icing

    14) Let's make orange flavored icing. Take powdered sugar or icing sugar in a bowl.
    Eggless & Vegan Orange Cake recipe with orange flavored icing

    15) Start adding tablespoon of orange juice at time and keep mixing till you get smooth and pouring icing consistency.
    Eggless & Vegan Orange Cake recipe with orange flavored icing

    16) Add orange zest to the icing.
    Eggless & Vegan Orange Cake recipe with orange flavored icing

    17) Mix it well.
    Eggless & Vegan Orange Cake recipe with orange flavored icing

    18) Now drizzle the icing on the cake and let it flow itself.
    Eggless & Vegan Orange Cake recipe with orange flavored icing

    19) If not then use butter knife of back of spoon to spread it evenly
    Eggless & Vegan Orange Cake recipe with orange flavored icing

    Let the icing dry completely before you slice the cake.

    Storing the Cake: It stays good for 2 days at room temperature and 4-5 days in refrigerator. But the next day, icing will get soften, but sure tastes good.

    Serving suggestion: Enjoy this as a dessert. You can make this as a birthday or special occasion cake.

    Eggless & Vegan Orange Cake recipe with orange flavored icing

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    Eggless & Vegan Orange Cake recipe with orange flavored icing
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    Eggless orange cake recipe with orange icing (Vegan Cake)

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    This eggless or vegan orange cake is very light, spongy and moist cake with full of orange flavor. It has orange frosting on top.
    Author: Kanan
    Course: Dessert
    Cuisine: American
    Calories: 276kcal
    Servings 8 servings (single layer 9-inch round cake)
    Prep Time 20 minutes
    Cook Time 25 minutes
    Total Time 45 minutes
    US measuring cups are used (1 cup = 240 ml) See details

    Ingredients  

    For eggless orange cake recipe:

    • 1 ½ cups Cake flour **
    • 1 teaspoon Baking soda
    • ¼ teaspoon Baking powder
    • ½ cup Light brown sugar packed
    • ⅛ teaspoon Salt
    • ⅓ cup Oil use Flavorless
    • 1 cup Orange juice
    • 2 tablespoon Orange zest from 1 ½ oranges ***
    • 1 tablespoon White distilled vinegar
    • 1 teaspoon Pure vanilla extract

    For the icing -

    • 1 cup Powdered sugar (Confectioner’s sugar or icing sugar) sifted
    • 3 tablespoons Orange juice
    • Orange zest from half of the orange.

    Instructions 

    • Pre-heat the oven to 375 degrees F or 190 degrees C for at least 10 minutes.
    • Butter and flour 9 inch round cake pan. Keep it aside your prepared cake pan.

    Making eggless orange cake recipe:

    • Take dry ingredients in a bowl (cake flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and brown sugar).
    • Whisk it well so everything gets incorporated.
    • Now in another bowl take wet ingredients (oil, orange juice, vanilla extract, vinegar) in a bowl along with orange zest.
    • Whisk it well.
    • Add wet to dry.
    • And whisk till all comes together and becomes a smooth batter.
    • Now pour the batter into prepared pan.
    • Tap it lightly on you counter, it will help to remove air bubbles from batter.
    • Bake it into pre-heated oven for 25-30 minutes. Always check 2-3 minutes before mentioned time. Check by inserting a toothpick in the center of the cake. If it comes out clear then cake is ready.
    • Let it cool in the pan for at least 10 minutes.
    • Then run the knife around the edges to loosen the cake. And remove it to the cooling rack. Let it cool completely before decorating or spreading icing.

    Making icing:

    • Take powdered sugar or icing sugar in a bowl.
    • Start adding tablespoon of orange juice at time and keep mixing till you get smooth and pouring icing consistency.
    • Add orange zest to the icing. Mix it well.
    • put the plate at the bottom the cake rack for easier cleaning.
    • Now drizzle the icing on the cake and let it flow itself.
    • If not then use butter knife of back of spoon to spread it evenly
    • Let the icing dry completely before you slice the cake.

    Notes

    **Make cake flour at home: 1 ½ cups of cake flour is equal to 1 cup + 2 tablespoons all purpose flour with 3 tablespoons tightly packed corn flour or corn starch. Alternately you can use 1 ½ cups of all purpose flour Instead. But cake flour gives light, spongy texture.
    ** zest is outer orange part of the fruit. Grate it using fine grater and do not grate the inside white part which is bitter.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 276kcal | Carbohydrates: 45.5g | Protein: 2.7g | Fat: 9.4g | Saturated Fat: 1.2g | Cholesterol: 0mg | Sodium: 197mg | Potassium: 121mg | Fiber: 0.9g | Sugar: 26.2g
    *Nutrition information is a rough estimate for 1 serving
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    Comments

    1. Rose

      January 15, 2021 at 7:30 am

      This is my favourite cake ever! I’ve made it lots of times. So fluffy and moist. I followed the recipe exactly including the cake flour. Thanks!5 stars

      Reply
      • Kanan Patel

        January 15, 2021 at 8:52 am

        Very glad that you're enjoying this cake recipe.

        Reply
      • Shilpa

        March 17, 2021 at 4:17 pm

        Hi Kanan - I made this for Valentine’s day and my bf totally loved it. It turned out a little dense though, there wasn’t much bounce to it. The cake in your pics looks fluffy and spongey mine wasn’t the same. Do you know what could have gone wrong. I’m planning to make it again for his mom’s birthday, so any suggestions will be helpful. Thanks for sharing this wonderful eggless recipe with us!5 stars

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        • Kanan Patel

          March 18, 2021 at 9:25 am

          Already replied to your comment in Instagram DM. Copy-pasting here so others can benefit from it.

          Dense and dry texture issue. There could be any of these two reasons.
          1. Over mixing the batter. After adding flour fold or mix just until combined. More you mix, the flour will develop gluten and results into dense texture.
          2. Over baking. Every oven is different hence the baking time may vary by few minutes. Try checking next time a couple of minutes earlier. Over baking results into dry cake and as moisture is missing you don’t feel the sponge.

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    2. Sonam

      July 15, 2020 at 1:57 pm

      Hi Kanan, is there a way to make it with whole wheat flour?

      Reply
      • Kanan Patel

        July 15, 2020 at 2:09 pm

        You can try with 50-50 (wheat & all purpose flour). The texture will be slightly different because of wheat flour.

        Reply
    3. Radhika

      May 05, 2020 at 10:00 am

      Hey Kanan, I tried this recipe and the cake came out pretty good. Kids could not stop eating it!
      Having said that, I am sure that I got the measurement conversations wrong. The batter became very runny so adjusted it by adding more flour. I can't imagine how good the cake will taste with the exact measurements.
      Would it be possible to include grams as measure in the recipe?4 stars

      Reply
      • Kanan Patel

        May 05, 2020 at 2:04 pm

        I will try to add gram measurements when I make next time.
        Till then you can use online conversion calculator or use this conversion chart.

        Reply
    4. Marija

      December 22, 2019 at 3:48 am

      Yum! Just made this and it turned out great! I added dried cranberries and reduced the sugar a little5 stars

      Reply
      • Kanan

        January 02, 2020 at 10:34 am

        Thank you for detailed feedback

        Reply
    5. Ria

      December 09, 2019 at 3:26 pm

      Is there a substitute for vinegar as I don’t have vinegar on my end.
      Thank you!

      Reply
      • Kanan

        December 10, 2019 at 10:52 am

        use the same amount of fresh lemon juice

        Reply
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