Best Orange Loaf Recipes

CRANBERRY ORANGE LOAF

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x5 inch loaf pan. Whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Stir in orange zest, cranberries, and pecans. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, cream together margarine, sugar, and egg until smooth. Stir in orange juice. Beat in flour mixture until just moistened. Pour into prepared pan.
• Bake for 1 hour in the preheated oven, or until the bread springs back when lightly touched. Let stand 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack to cool. Wrap in plastic when completely cool.

ORANGE CHOCOLATE LOAF CAKE FROM FLORIDA

Steps:

• Adjust rack one-third up from the bottom of the oven and preheat oven to 350 degrees. You will need a loaf pan measuring about 8½ x 4½ x 2¾ inches, or one with about a 6‑cup capacity. Butter the pan and dust it all over lightly with fine, dry bread crumbs, shake out excess crumbs, and set the pan aside.
• Sift together the flour, baking powder, salt, cocoa, and sugar and set aside.
• Beat the cream and vanilla in the small bowl of an electric mixer until the cream holds a definite shape. On low speed, add the eggs, one at a time, scraping the bowl with a rubber spatula and beating only until the egg is incorporated after each addition. (The eggs will thin the cream slightly.)
• Transfer to the large bowl of the mixer and gradually, on low speed, add the sifted dry ingredients, scraping the bowl and beating only until smooth. Remove from the mixer and stir in the grated zest. That's all there is to it.
• Turn the batter into the prepared pan and smooth the top. Bake for about 1 hour and 5 minutes, until the top springs back when lightly pressed with a fingertip.
• For the glaze:
• As soon as the cake goes into the oven, mix the orange juice with the sugar and let it stand while the cake is baking.
• After you remove the cake from the oven, let it cool for 5 minutes. Then, a little at a time, brush the orange juice/sugar mixture all over the cake; encourage most of it to run down the sides between the cake and the pan, but thoroughly wet the top also. The cake will absorb it all.
• Let the cake stand in the pan until it is completely cool. Then cover the pan loosely with a piece of wax paper. Invert the cake into the palm of your hand-easy does it-remove the pan, cover the cake with a rack, and invert again, leaving the cake right side up.

CRANBERRY ORANGE LOAF

Steps:

• Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a large bowl. In a small bowl, beat egg; add orange juice, peel, butter and water. Stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Fold in cranberries and nuts. Spoon into a greased 9x5-in. loaf pan or two 5x2-1/2x2-in. mini-loaf pans. Bake at 325° for 1 hour or until bread tests done. Cool in pan for 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack.

ORANGE STREUSEL LOAF CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°.
• Grease and flour two 9x5x3-inch loaf pans.
• For streusel topping, place 2 tablespoons cake mix, brown sugar, butter or margarine and cinnamon in medium bowl.
• Mix well with fork until crumbly.
• Stir in pecans, if using.
• Set aside.
• For cake, combine remaining cake mix, pudding mix, eggs, sour cream and oil in large bowl.
• Beat at medium speed with electric mixer for 3 minutes (do the entire 3 minutes).
• Pour batter into pans.
• Sprinkle with streusel mixture.
• Bake for 50-60 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool in pans 15 minutes.
• Remove loaves from pans and let cool completely.
• For glaze, combine confectioners' sugar and milk or orange juice in a small bowl.
• Stir until smooth.
• Drizzle over cooled loaves.

FANTASTIC ORANGE LOAF

Steps:

• Beat butter, sugar and 1 egg well.
• Beat in 2nd egg.
• Stir in rind and jucse.
• Mix dry ingredients together.
• Add to orange mixture til just mixed.
• Place in a grease loaf pan.
• Bake 325F 1 hour.
• Mix glaze ingredients in a saucepan. Heat and stir to dissolve sugar.Spoon over top of loaf while still warm.
• Let stand 10 minutes.

PUMPKIN-CRANBERRY-ORANGE GINGERBREAD LOAF

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x5-inch loaf pan and lightly dust the bottom with flour.
• Zest the entire orange, avoiding the white (pith). Peel and section the orange and remove all seeds. Chop orange pulp in the bowl of a food processor or blender until fine. Reserve with the zest.
• Cream sugar and butter together in a large bowl with an electric mixer until very well combined. Beat in eggs, one at a time, until thoroughly incorporated. Stir in pumpkin, reserved chopped orange and zest, orange juice, and grated ginger.
• Whisk flour, ginger, baking soda, cinnamon, baking powder, and salt together in a separate bowl. Stir into the wet batter until almost all is moistened, but do not overwork. Fold in dried cranberries and pecans. Turn into the prepared loaf pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 1 hour. Let cool in the pan, on a wire rack, for 15 minutes. Remove from the pan and let cool completely on the wire rack before wrapping.

ORANGE PUMPKIN LOAF

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x5 inch loaf pan.
• Cut orange into wedges, and remove seeds. Place orange, peel and all, in a food processor. Pulse until finely chopped; set aside.
• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until smooth. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the pumpkin, water, and the ground orange. Mix together flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and cloves. Stir into batter just until moistened. Stir in nuts and raisins. Spoon into the prepared loaf pan.
• Bake for 1 hour in the preheated oven, or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Let stand 10 minutes, then remove from pan, and cool on a wire rack.

ORANGE APRICOT LOAF

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9x5 inch loaf pan. In a small bowl, combine sultanas, apricots, orange rind and orange juice. Let stand for 10 minutes.
• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar together. Beat in egg. Stir in fruit. Stir in flour alternately with milk. Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake in preheated oven for 40 to 45 minutes, or until toothpick inserted into center of loaf comes out clean.

ORANGE LOAF CAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the dry ingredients. Add oil and orange juice; beat until smooth. In another bowl, beat egg whites until stiff peaks form. Fold into orange juice mixture. Coat a 9x5-in. loaf pan with cooking spray; dust with flour. Pour batter into pan. , Bake at 350° for 1 hour or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to wire rack to cool completely. Dust with confectioners' sugar.

CRANBERRY ORANGE LOAF

Steps:

• Grate rind from orange, squeeze juice into liquid measure, add enough water to make 3/4 cup.
• Set aside.
• In large bowl, whisk flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt and orange rind; stir in cranberries.
• In small bowl, whisk together egg, butter and orange juice; stir into flour mixture just until blended.
• Spread in greased 9x5 Loaf pan.
• Bake in centre of 350F oven for 50 to 60 minutes or until cake tester inserted in centre comes out clean.
• Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, turn out onto rack and let cool completely.
• (Make-ahead, store at room temperature for up to 2 days or over-wrap with heavy-duty foil and freeze for up to 2 weeks.).

NUTTY TURKEY LOAF WITH CRACKED CRANBERRY AND ORANGE SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• Place the cranberries in pot with the sugar, orange peel and juice and 1/2 to 1 cup water. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat a bit and let it bubble away until the cranberries burst and form a sauce; remove the orange peels. Let cool to room temperature or chill.
• Melt the butter in a small skillet over medium heat and cook the celery, carrot and onion until very tender, 10 minutes. Add the sherry and cook to evaporate, then turn off the heat and let cool.
• Place the turkey in a bowl and season with the cloves, nutmeg and some salt and pepper. Moisten the breadcrumbs with the milk and squeeze off the excess, then add to the meat along with the egg. Add the hazelnuts, pine nuts, parsley, rosemary, thyme, sage and cooled vegetables and mix to combine. Form 4 miniature loaves and place on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Bake until cooked through, 20 to 30 minutes.
• Serve individual meatloaves with the cranberry sauce on the side.

MOIST LEMON OR ORANGE LOAF CAKE

Steps:

• 1. See the whole recipe here! http://www.lovefoodies.com/moist-lemon-or-orange-pound-loaf-cake.html#.Us_LqfRDtL0

EASY MOIST ORANGE LOAF

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• In large mixing bowl, mix together eggs, vanilla, sour cream, grated orange peel, and orange juice.
• Stir in sugar and baking soda.
• Stir in flour and mix until most lumps are out. You can mix by hand or with a beater.
• Grease a small loaf pan with cooking spray.
• Pour batter into greased loaf pan.
• Bake at 350 for 38-42 minutes or until a knife in the center comes out clean.
• Let cool and slice, or first top with a cream cheese cake frosting.

ORANGE PECAN CREAM CHEESE PULL-APART DANISH LOAF

Steps:

• Combine sugar, pecans, orange zest.
• Separate each biscuit, (there shoud be 20 biscuts - so you will have 40 layers).
• Cut cream cheese into 20 pieces.
• Place one piece of cream cheese on each of 20 biscuit halves.
• Top with remaining biscuits halves and pinch the edges to seal them.
• Dip filled biscuits in melted butter.
• Dredge in the sugar mixture. I do have to make extra mixture sometimes.
• Stand each biscuit on it's edge in a lightly greased 12-cup bundt pan, spacing evenly, but together.
• Drizzle with remaining butter and sugar mixture.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes, or until golden brown.
• Immediately invert onto a wire rack.
• Combine powdered sugar and orange juice, and drizzle over the danish.
• Serve immediately.

DARJEELING CRANBERRY, GINGER AND ORANGE TEA LOAF (FAT-FREE)

Steps:

• NIGHT BEFORE BAKING:.
• Place all of the dried fruit, including the orange zest and ginger, with the sugar into a large mixing bowl, and pour over the hot tea, give it a good stir - cover with a clean tea towel and leave to steep overnight.
• BAKING THE TEA LOAF:.
• Pre-heat oven to 160C/325F/Gas Mark 3 and grease and line a 2 lb (1 kg) loaf tin.
• Add the beaten egg to the fruit mixture and mix well, then add the ground ginger.
• Gradually add the flour and stir the mixture well, ensuring there are no lumps of flour remaining.
• Pour the mixture into the prepared loaf tin and bake for 1 and 1/2 to 1 and 3/4 hours, or until the loaf is firm and a skewer comes out clean when testing.
• If the loaf appears to be browning too quickly, place on the bottom shelf and cover with a sheet of baking paper.
• Allow the loaf to cool slightly, and gently remove to a wire cooling rack.
• Store in an airtight tin for up to 1 week, or freeze slices of the tea loaf with greaseproof paper in between each slice.
• This is wonderful when buttered or toasted!
• NB: You must use HOT tea!

GLAZED ORANGE-RHUBARB LOAF

Steps:

• Measure out rhubarb. Defrost frozen rhubarb, then drain well and pat dry. If using fresh rhubarb, chop finely.
• Preheat oven to 350F (180C).
• Lightly grease a 9x5-inch (1.5-L) loaf pan. Stir rhubarb with 1/4 cup (50 mL) sugar and set aside.
• Finely grate peel from 2 oranges to make about 2 tablespoons (30 mL), and squeeze out 1 cup (250 mL) juice.
• Measure 2 tablespoons (30 mL) of this juice into a dish. Stir in 2 tablespoons (30 mL) sugar and set aside to glaze loaf.
• In a medium-size bowl, beat egg.
• Stir in remaining juice, grated peel and vanilla.
• Measure flour, 3/4 cup (175 mL) sugar, baking powder, soda and salt into a large mixing bowl.
• Stir with a fork until blended and make a well in centre. Pour in egg mixture and cooled melted butter.
• Stir just until evenly combined.
• Batter is very thick.
• Stir in rhubarb mixture and nuts just until evenly distributed.
• Turn into prepared pan. Batter will almost fill the pan. Smooth top.
• Bake in centre of preheated 350F (180C) oven until top is golden and a skewer inserted into centre comes out clean, about 1 hour and 15 to 20 minutes.
• Place pan on a rack.
• Stir orange juice and sugar mixture. Pour over top of hot loaf.
• Cool loaf in pan for 10 minutes. Then, turn out of pan and place loaf on rack to finish cooling.
• Loaf will keep well, covered, at room temperature for up to 2 days; store in refrigerator if longer. Or wrap airtight and freeze.

CHOCOLATE ORANGE LOAF CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°.
• Line a 9x5x3-inch loaf pan with parchment paper.
• Grease sides of pan.
• In a large bowl, with electric mixer, beat the butter, syrup and sugar until smooth.
• In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking soda and cocoa powder.
• Beat 1 tablespoon of the dry ingredients into the syrup mixture.
• Beat in 1 egg.
• Add another couple of spoonfuls of dry ingredients.
• Beat in the second egg.
• Beat in remaining dry ingredients, and then add, while still beating, the orange zest.
• Gradually add the orange juice. (The batter may look slightly curdled.).
• Pour batter into the prepared pan.
• Bake for 45 minutes (edges should look dry and center of cake may have dipped slightly).
• Cool in pan on wire rack.
• Carefully remove from pan and cool completely.

ORANGE-BLUEBERRY LOAF

Steps:

• Preheat the over to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour one 8-1/2" x 4-1/2" loaf pan. In a small bowl, toss together the blueberries and 2 tablespoons of flour. In a medium bowl, combine the cornmeal, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and the remaining 1-3/4 cups of flour. In a large bowl, with an electric mixer on high speed, beat the butter and sugar for 3 minutes, or until light and fluffy. Add the egg and beat well. Beat in the orange juice and orange peel. Add the flour mixture and, with the mixer on low speed, beat until well-blended. Stir in the blueberries. Spread in the prepared pan. Bake for 55 to 65 minutes, or until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on a rack for 5 minutes. Remove from the pan and cool completely on the rack.

CORNMEAL-OATMEAL CRANBERRY-ORANGE LOAF

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350. Coat 1 large, 2 medium, or 3 small loaf pans with oil.
• Soft the flour, cornmeal, baking powder, baking soda, sugar, and salt into a large bowl.
• Whisk together the eggs, oil, buttermilk, and orange zest in a second, smaller bowl.
• In a food processor, pulse the cranberries a few times until they are roughly chopped. Combine the mix-ins--the cranberries, walnuts, and oatmeal--in a third bowl. Sprinkle 1 tablespoon of the flour mixture over them, and toss well.
• Quickly combine the flour mixture and the egg mixture, using as few strokes as possible. Gently stir in the mix-ins. The batter should be stiff. Spoon the batter into the prepared pan(s). Bake for 45 to 55 minutes for the large pan, 35 to 50 minutes for the mediums, and 35 to 40 minutes for the smalls. Check two-thirds of the way through the baking period; if the loaves are browning excessively, tent them loosely with foil.
• Let the baked breads cool for 10 minutes in the pan(s), run a thin knife around the edge of each pan, and turn the loaves out. Let finish cooling on a rack.
• NOTE: When using cirtrus zest, try your best to get organic fruit, because it is free of the waxes and fungicides that are routinely sprayed on conventionally grown citrus fruit peels.

CRANBERRY-POPPY SEED-ORANGE LOAF

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F.
• Grease and flour a large loaf pan.
• Cream the butter and work in the sugar, then beat in the egg and the orange zest.
• Mix the flour with the baking powder, the salt and the poppyseeds.
• Fold the flour into the sugar mixture alternately with the orange juice and the milk.
• Gently stir in the chopped cranberries.
• Scrape into the greased and floured loaf pan and bake at 350°F for 45 to 50 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean.
• If desired, it can instead be baked in a 9" square pan for 30 to 35 minutes.