Best Orange Pumpkin Cake Recipes

PUMPKIN ORANGE CAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. In another bowl, beat pumpkin, orange juice, milk and orange zest. Combine dry ingredients; add to creamed mixture alternately with pumpkin mixture, beating well after each addition. Fold in nuts., Pour into a greased 13x9-in. baking pan. Bake at 350° for 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack., For frosting, in a large bowl, beat butter and confectioners' sugar until smooth. Beat in the milk, orange juice and zest. Frost cake. Garnish with candied peel if desired.

FOUR-LAYER PUMPKIN CAKE WITH ORANGE-CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• For cake:
• Position rack in bottom third of oven; preheat to 350°F. Spray two 9-inch cake pans with 1 1/2-inch sides with nonstick spray. Line bottoms with parchment; spray parchment.
• Whisk flour and next 4 ingredients in large bowl. Using electric mixer, beat butter in another large bowl until smooth. Beat in brown sugar. Add eggs 1 at a time, beating to blend between additions. Beat in pumpkin. Add dry ingredients to butter mixture in 3 additions alternately with milk in 2 additions, beating to blend between additions. Divide batter between pans.
• Bake cakes until tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 40 minutes. Cool in pans on rack 15 minutes. Run knife around cakes to loosen. Invert cakes onto racks. Remove parchment. Using tart pan bottom as aid, turn cakes over onto racks, top sides up, and cool completely. DO AHEAD: Can be made 1 day ahead. Wrap cakes in plastic and store at room temperature.
• For frosting:
• Using electric mixer, beat butter in large bowl until smooth. Add cream cheese and orange peel; beat until smooth. Add powdered sugar and beat on low speed until smooth.
• Trim rounded tops from cakes. Using long serrated knife, cut each cake horizontally in half. Place 1 cake layer, cut side up, on large platter. Spoon 2/3 cup frosting atop cake in dollops; spread to edges. Repeat 2 more times with cake and frosting; top with remaining cake layer, cut side down. Spread remaining frosting over top and sides of cake (layer will be thin). DO AHEAD: Can be made 2 days ahead. Cover with cake dome; chill. Let stand at room temperature 1 hour before serving.
• Decorate cake with walnuts and serve.
• A spice blend that usually contains ground fennel seeds, Szechuan peppercorns, cinnamon, star anise, and cloves; available in the spice section of most supermarkets.

PUMPKIN CAKE WITH ORANGE GLAZE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease a 12 cup Bundt pan.
• Combine brown sugar and shortening in large bowl.
• Beat on low speed until creamy.
• Add the eggs one a time, beating well after each addition.
• Stir in the pumpkin and water.
• Combine the flour, baking powder, pumpkin pie spice, baking soda, and the salt in a medium bowl.
• Add to the pumpkin mixture, beating at low speed until well blended.
• Beat for 2 minutes at medium speed.
• Fold in the 1/2 cup of walnuts and raisins.
• Spoon into the pan.
• Bake for 55-60 minutes.
• Cool for 10 minutes before removing from the pan.
• Place cake on serving plate.
• For the glaze, combine the sugar, orange peel and orange juice.
• Stir with a spoon until well blended.
• Spoon over top of the cake, letting the excess glaze run down the sides of the cake.
• Sprinkle with additional nuts before the glaze hardens.

DONNELL'S ORANGE-PUMPKIN SPICE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter and flour a nonstick 10-inch tube pan; set aside.
• In a large bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves. Set aside.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, and continue mixing for 3 minutes. Add vanilla and zest; beat to combine. Add flour mixture, alternating with buttermilk, beginning and ending with the flour. Add pumpkin and mix until incorporated.
• Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, about 1 hour 15 minutes. Cool on a wire rack for 15 minutes. Drizzle with orange glaze.

ORANGE-CRANBERRY-DATE PUMPKIN CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F Grease a loaf pan.
• In a large bowl, beat together pumpkin, eggs, oil, vanilla, sugars, orange zest and grated ginger. Be sure to scrape the sides and bottom of the bowl.
• In a small bowl, whisk dry ingredients together. Beat into wet mixture until well combined. Be sure to scrape the sides and bottom of the bowl.
• Stir in cranberries, dates, and pecans, if desired.
• Pour into greased loaf pan and bake for 60-70 minutes, until tests clean.
• Let cool in pan for 10 minutes and then loosen edges with a butter knife and turn out onto a cooling rack.
• To serve: Dust cooled cake with powdered sugar or frost with frosting or drizzle with icing.
• Optional Frosting: Cream neufchatel and butter together. Beat in vanilla, orange zest and nutmeg. Beat in confectioner's sugar until right consistency is reached. Add orange juice if it becomes too thick. Frost cake with frosting and sprinkle pecans over the frosting, if desired. You can also cut the loaf in half and frost in between layers.
• Optional Icing: In a 1-2 cup pyrex, melt butter and white chocolate chips in the microwave for 60 seconds. Stir until smooth with a fork. Stir in nutmeg and orange zest. Stir in milk and confectioner's sugar until smooth. Drizzle over cake.
• Wrap cooled loaf with plastic wrap or foil and store at room temperature or refrigerate. Refrigerate if frosted or iced.
• To freeze: Wrap cooled loaf tightly with plastic wrap or foil and place in a Ziploc bag and freeze it for gift giving at a later date. If you frost or ice it, you can put it on a cookie sheet and freeze it until firm, then wrap it and place in a Ziploc bag.

PUMPKIN SPICE CAKE WITH ORANGE BUTTERCREAM FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F
• Place cake mix, pudding mix, pumpkin, oil, water, eggs and spice in large bowl. Beat with electric mixer on low speed just until moistened.
• Beat on medium speed 2 minutes.
• Pour into greased and floured 13x9-inch baking pan.
• Bake 32 to 35 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool cake in pan on wire rack for at least 20 minutes.
• To make frosting, place the butter in a large mixing bowl. Blend with an electric mixer on low speed about 30 seconds.
• Add the confectioner's sugar and 3 tablespoons of the orange juice. Blend with the mixer on low speed approximately 1 minute.
• Increase the speed to medium and mix approximately 1 more minute, until the frosting is light and fluffy. If needed, blend in 1 more tablespoon of orange juice to obtain proper consistency.
• Frost the top of the cake. If desired, sprinkle with chopped nuts.
• Store leftovers in the refrigerator.

DARK CHOCOLATE, ORANGE, PUMPKIN-SPICE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare Bundt pans with oil and flour. Mix dry ingredients in a small bowl. Mix wet ingredients in a large bowl. Stir dry ingredients into wet ingredients just until batter is moist. Stir in pecans and chocolate chips. Pour batter into prepared Bundt pans, smoothing tops. Bake 50-60 minutes. Let cool 10 minutes. Gently turn over and remove cakes. Sprinkle tops of cakes with confectioners' sugar. Bake 18 to 25 minutes if using 6 mini Bundt pans. Can also be made in two 9x5-inch loaf pans for 50-60 minutes.

ORANGE PUMPKIN POPPY SEED CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease and flour as 12-cup bundt pan.
• Combine cake mix, pumpkin, eggs and orange juice in a large mixer bowl.
• Beat on low speed until moistened and then beat on medium speed for 2 minutes.
• Add poppy seeds and mix until blended.
• Pour into prepared bundt pan.
• Bake for 35-40 minutes or until pick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool in pan on wire rack for 10 minutes and then remove to wire rack to cool completely.
• *****FOR GLAZE****.
• Sift the powdered sugar until fine.
• Mix the powdered sugar with 2-3 tbls of orange juice in a small bowl and stir until smooth.
• Drizzle glaze over cooled cake and allow to set up before serving.

PUMPKIN AND ORANGE BREAKFAST CAKE WITH A FRESH ORANGE SYRUP

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter a 9-inch fluted tube pan and set it aside. Cream the butter, sugar, and orange zest together until light and fluffy. Add the whole egg and the two egg yolks, one at a time, beating well and scraping down the sides of the bowl between each addition. Beat in the pumpkin puree.
• Sift together the flours, baking powder, and salt. Add to the pumpkin batter in three or four stages, blending gently but thoroughly after each. Stir in the final addition of dry ingredients by hand if you have been using a mixer, so as not to overwork the batter. In a clean small bowl, whip the egg whites until they hold soft peaks. Fold into the batter, then scrape the batter into the prepared pan and smooth the surface. Bake in the center of the oven for 50 to 60 minutes, or until the top of the cake is springy when lightly touched, the sides are beginning to pull away from the sides of the pan and a wooden skewer inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then invert onto a wire rack and cool completely. This cake keeps very well for several days, well wrapped, and it freezes beautifully for up to 2 months.
• For the syrup, combine the orange juice and sugar in a small saucepan over low heat and stir until the sugar has dissolved. Increase the heat, bringing the syrup to a boil. Boil without stirring for 2 minutes, then use immediately, or allow to cool and refrigerate for up to 3 days (reheat gently).
• To serve, place one slice of the pumpkin orange cake on each plate. Spoon a few tablespoons of the warm syrup over each piece, and accompany with a scoop of thick vanilla yogurt (for breakfast) or ice cream (for dessert).

PUMPKIN SPICE CAKE WITH ORANGE SAUCE

Steps:

• Beat margarine at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy.
• Gradually add sugar, beating well.
• Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating until blended after each addition.
• Stir in pumpkin and vanilla.
• Combine flour and next 3 ingredients; gradually add to sugar mixture, beating at low speed until blended after each addition.
• Pour into a greased and floured 9-inch round cakepan.
• Bake at 350F degrees 20 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool in pan on a wire rack 10 minutes; remove from pan, and cool on a wire rack.
• Place a paper doily over cake; sift powdered sugar through a wire-mesh strainer over doily.
• Remove doily, and serve with Orange Sauce.
• To make the Orange Sauce----------.
• Whisk together all ingredients in a heavy saucepan until blended.
• Bring mixture to a boil over medium heat, whisking constantly; boil, whisking constantly, 1 minute.

PUMPKIN ORANGE POPPY SEED CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Cake: Heat oven to 350^. Grease and flour a 12 cup Bundt pan. Combine first 4 ingredients in a large mixer bowl. Beat on low until moistened. Beat on medium 2 minutes. Add poppy seeds;mix gently just until blended. Pour into prepared pan. Bake 35-40 minutes until a wooden toothpick test is taken. Cool in pan for 10 minutes; remove to wire rack to cool completely. Drizzle with glaze.

ORANGE PUMPKIN POPPY SEED CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Combine cake mix, pumpkin, eggs and orange juice. Beat on low speed of mixer until moistened. Beat on medium speed for 2 minutes.
• 2. Add poppy seeds; mix until blended.
• 3. Pour into 2 greased and floured 9 inch layer cake pans.
• 4. Bake at 350 degrees for 28-31 minutes. Cool in pan on wire rack for 10 minutes; remove to wire rack to cool completely.
• 5. Frost with a cream cheese icing. Can be made in a Bundt pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 50-60 minutes. Drizzle with a cream cheese glaze.
• 6. Cream Cheese Glaze Combine all ingredients and whisk until smooth. Add more juice, as needed, until desired consistency is reached.

ORANGE PUMPKIN CAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream shortening and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in pumpkin and orange juice concentrate. Combine the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda, nutmeg and allspice; add to the creamed mixture alternately with milk, beating well after each addition., Pour into two greased and floured 9-in. round baking pans. Bake at 350° for 28-32 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely., For filling, in a large bowl, beat cream cheese until light and fluffy. Add confectioners' sugar and pie spice; beat until smooth. Fold in whipped topping and pumpkin., Cut each cake horizontally into two layers. Place bottom layer on a serving plate; spread with a fourth of the filling. Repeat layers three times. Sprinkle with pecans; drizzle with caramel topping. Store in the refrigerator.

PUMPKIN ORANGE CAKE ROLL

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F. Line a 15 x 10-inch jelly roll pan with foil, your foil should be above the rim of the pan by about an inch. Sprinkle the foil with powdered sugar. Prepare the cake mix according to package directions adding 1 teaspoon of orange peel at the end of the mixing. Spread into the jelly roll pan.
• Bake for 30 minutes until the top of the cake springs back when you tough it. Immediately turn the cake out onto a prepared towel. Carefully peel the foil off. Roll the cake and the towel together starting with narrow end. Cool on a wire rack.
• Combine the pumpkin, sugar, cinnamon, vanilla extract, and remaining orange peel in a medium bowl. Carefully unroll the cake, remove towel, and spread the pumpkin mixture over the cake. Reroll cake. Sprinkle with 1/4 cup of powdered sugar. You may drizzle the jelly over the cake if desired. Serve immediately or REFRIGERATE until serving time.

ORANGE-PUMPKIN POPPY SEED CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour two 9 inch cake pans.
• Beat the cake mix, eggs, and orange juice together in a mixing bowl on low speed until moistened. Increase speed to medium and beat in the pumpkin. Stir in the poppy seeds. Pour the batter into the prepared pans, dividing evenly.
• Bake in preheated oven until the top springs back when lightly touched, 28 to 31 minutes. Cool in pans for 10 minutes, then remove and place on wire racks to cool completely.

PUMPKIN AND CORNMEAL CAKE WITH ORANGE SYRUP

Steps:

• Make the cake: Position a rack in the center of the oven and heat the oven to 350. Butter a 9 inch Bundt pan. In a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment (or in a large bowl, using a handheld mixer), beat the butter, sugar, and orange zest until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. One at a time, add the egg and egg yolks (reserve the whites), beating well and scraping the sides of the bowl after each addition. Beat in the pumpkin and vanilla.
• Sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt; stir in the cornmeal. Add this mixture to the pumpkin batter in three stages, stirring gently but thoroughly with a rubber spatula after each addition; don't overwork the batter. In a clean bowl with a clean whisk or handheld mixer, whip the reserved egg whites until they hold soft peaks. Gently fold the whites into the batter with the spatula until you no longer see streaks of white.
• Scrape the batter into the prepared pan; smooth the surface. Bake until the top of the cake is springy when lightly touched, the sides are beginning to pull away from the pan, and a wooden skewer inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, 40-50 minutes. Let cool in the pan for 10 minutes and then invert the cake onto a wire rack to cool completely. Dust the cake with powdered sugar, if you like.
• Make the syrup and serve: In a small saucepan over low heat, combine the orange juice and sugar, stirring until the sugar has dissolved. Increase the heat to medium high. Boil without stirring for 2 minutes. (If you make the syrup ahead, be sure to warm it gently before serving.) Serve each slice of cake drizzled with syrup and, if you like, accompanied by a scoop of vanilla yogurt or vanilla ice cream.

DONNELL'S ORANGE-PUMPKIN SPICE CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350°. Butter and flour a nonstick 10-inch tube pan; set aside. 2. In a large bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves. Set aside. 3. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, and continue mixing for 3 minutes. Add vanilla and zest; beat to combine. Add flour mixture, alternating with buttermilk, beginning and ending with the flour. Add pumpkin and mix until incorporated. 4. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, about 1 hour 15 minutes. Cool on a wire rack for 15 minutes. Drizzle with orange glaze.

CHOCOLATE PUMPKIN CAKE WITH ORANGE CREAM-CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F; lightly butter three 8-inch cake pans and fit each bottom with an 8-inch circle of parchment paper. Lightly butter the parchment paper. Set aside.
• Make the batter: Sift the flour, cocoa, baking powder, cinnamon, and nutmeg in a large bowl and set aside.
• Beat butter and sugar together in a large bowl with an electric mixer set on medium speed until fluffy.
• Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition, until the mixture is smooth and light.
• Alternately add the flour mixture and buttermilk mixture, blending well after each addition.
• Divide the batter among the pans and bake until a wooden skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean - about 35 minutes. Cool the cakes in the pan for 20 minutes. Remove cakes and cool. (For cupcakes: Heat oven to 375°F; place cupcake liners in standard cupcake tins and fill each with 1/4 cup of batter. Bake for 22 minutes).
• When cakes are cool, trim each of the layers. Place one layer on a cake plate and top with one third of the frosting. Repeat with the second and third layers. (To ensure that cake layers do not shift, cut three skewers to 1/4 inch shorter than the full height of the cake and insert them before icing the top layer). Refrigerate until ready to serve.
• To prepare frosting: Blend the cream cheese, butter, orange juice, orange zest, and vanilla in a large bowl, using an electric mixer set at medium speed, until smooth. Add the sugar and continue to beat until light and creamy - about 3 more minutes. Add the food coloring and gently stir until the color is uniform. Chill the frosting until ready to ice the cupcakes or cake.

CHOCOLATE & ORANGE PUMPKIN CAKE

Steps:

• Cream butter& sugar, add pumpkin, then beat in eggs, golden syrup& orange rind.
• Sift dry ingredients,& add alternaly with orange juice, then put in 8 inch (18-20 cm) round cake pan.
• Bake at 325 degrees F (150c) 45-60 minutes until cake begins to leave side of baking pan.

PUMPKIN BUNDT CAKE WITH VANILLA-ORANGE GLAZE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F degrees.
• Coat 6-cup bundt pan with non-stick cooking spray.
• In a medium bowl combine flours, pumpkin pie spice, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
• In a large bowl combine butter and brown sugar and beat at medium speed until mixed well.
• Beat in pumpkin and egg.
• Reduce to low speed and beat in flour mixture.
• Blend in buttermilk and 2 teaspoons vanilla, just until moistened.
• Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted comes out clean.
• Cool the cake in pan on wire rack for 10 minutes. Remove cake from pan and allow to cool completely on wire rack.
• For the glaze, combine confectioners' sugar, vanilla and orange juice in small bowl. Stir until well mixed.
• Drizzle over cooled cake.