Best Italian Orange Cake Recipes

ITALIAN ORANGE DRIZZLE CAKE

Steps:

• Melt butter.
• Whisk eggs, icing sugar, caster sugar and orange zest until pale and fluffy (takes about 5 minutes with an electric hand whisk).
• Fold in melted butter with a large metal spoon.
• Sieve flour and baking powder together and gently fold into egg mixture.
• Bake at 180°C in a greased and lined 20cm tin for 30-35 minutes.
• Cool for 5-10 minutes in the tine before turning out to cool completely.
• To make icing mix icing sugar with orange juice until fairly runny and drizzle all over the cooled cake.

ITALIAN ORANGE CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325°F (300°F for dark or nonstick pan). Generously spray bottom only of 10-inch springform pan with baking spray with flour.
• In large bowl, beat cake mix, water, olive oil, 1/4 cup wine, 1 tablespoon orange peel and the eggs with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds, then on medium speed 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Pour into pan.
• Bake 50 to 57 minutes or until toothpick inserted near center comes out clean. (Top of cake may appear dark golden brown and rippled.) Cool completely, about 1 hour.
• Carefully run knife around side of pan to loosen; remove side of pan. Transfer cake to serving plate. In medium bowl, stir frosting, 1 1/2 teaspoons orange peel and 1 tablespoon wine until well blended. Frost top and side of cake. Garnish with 1 tablespoon orange peel. Store loosely covered in refrigerator.

CIAMBELLA ORANGE ITALIAN CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 Degrees F.
• Oil and then flour a bundt 10 inch pan.
• Sift flour, salt, and powder together.
• Beat eggs and the sugar until no grains are felt between the fingertips, about 7 minutes.
• Eggs and sugar should be doubled and very pale in colour.
• In thirds sprinkle flour over, and beat until just mixed, and alternating with the juice and oil.
• End with the flour.
• Pour into cake pan.
• Bake 40 minutes, until done.
• (s slight impression of your finger when touched>) Remove to wire rack, and cool.
• Tip out, cool.
• Sprinkle with a dusting of powdered sugar.

ITALIAN ORANGE CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325. Generously spray bottom of 10-12 inch springform pan with baking spray (with flour).
• In a large bowl, beat cake ingredients on low speed 30 seconds; increase speed to medium and beat 2 minutes. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake a 10 inch pan 45-50 minutes, a 12 inch pan 35-40 minutes. Top of cake may appear very dark brown and rippled with a crack in center of cake. Cool completely, 1 hour.
• Carefully run knife around side of pan to loosen, remove side of pan. Transfer cake to serving plate. In medium bowl, combine frosting ingredients; frost cake. Garnish with orange peel. Store loosely covered in refrigerator.