Best Orange Sheet Cake Recipes

ORANGE-AND-POPPY-SEED SHEET CAKE

Steps:

• Cake: Preheat oven to 350°F. Brush a 9-by-13-inch or 8-by-12-inch baking pan with butter. Line with parchment, leaving a 2-inch overhang on long sides. Butter parchment.
• Whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt. Combine eggs and sugar in the bowl of a mixer fitted with the whisk attachment. Beat on high speed until thick and pale, about 4 minutes. Add flour mixture; beat to combine. Add butter, zest, poppy seeds, and vanilla; beat to combine. Add sour cream; beat until smooth.
• Scrape batter into prepared pan, smoothing top with a spatula. Bake until top springs back when lightly touched and a tester inserted in center comes out clean, 30 to 35 minutes (for 9-by-13-inch) or about 40 minutes (for 8-by-12).
• Let cool in pan on a wire rack 10 minutes. Using parchment overhangs, lift cake out of pan and let cool completely on rack. (Cake can be made to this point and stored at room temperature, wrapped in plastic, up to 1 day.)
• Icing: Whisk together confectioners' sugar, butter, and orange juice until smooth. Spread over cake. Sprinkle with poppy seeds. Let set at least 20 minutes before serving. Iced cake can be stored in an airtight container at room temperature up to 3 days.

VANILLA-BUTTERMILK SHEET CAKE WITH RASPBERRIES AND ORANGE CREAM-CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• Bake the Buttermilk Cake:
• Place a rack in middle of oven; preheat to 350°F. Flour a 13x9" pan, tapping out excess. Whisk baking powder, baking soda, salt, and remaining 2 cups flour in a medium bowl; set aside.
• Using an electric mixer on medium-high speed, beat butter and 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar in a large bowl, scraping down sides of bowl as needed, until light and creamy, about 5 minutes. Add egg yolks in 2 additions, scraping down bowl after each. Beat in vanilla.
• Reduce mixer speed to low, then add dry ingredients in 2 additions alternately with buttermilk in 2 additions, scraping down sides of bowl as needed.
• Using electric mixer on medium speed, beat egg whites in another large bowl until soft peaks form, 2-3 minutes. Slowly add remaining 1/4 cup granulated sugar and continue to beat until stiff, glossy peaks form, about 3 minutes more. Fold half of the egg whites into flour mixture, then gently fold in remaining egg whites.
• Scrape batter into prepared pan; smooth surface. Bake, rotating pan halfway through and covering with foil during the last 15 minutes of baking, until golden brown, firm to the touch, and a tester inserted into the center comes out clean, 35-40 minutes. Transfer pan to a wire rack and let cake cool.
• Make the Vanilla Syrup:
• Combine granulated sugar and 1/4 cup water in a medium saucepan. Scrape in vanilla seeds, add pod, and stir to combine. Bring to a boil, cover, and steep at least 15 minutes. Set aside to cool. Discard pod before using.
• Make the Orange Cream-Cheese Frosting:
• Using electric mixer on medium-high speed, beat cream cheese and butter in a large bowl until smooth, about 1 minute. Beat in orange zest, orange juice, and vanilla. Reduce mixer speed to low and beat in powdered sugar, scraping down bowl as needed, until light and fluffy, 2-3 minutes.
• Assemble the cake:
• Using a pastry brush, brush top of cooled cake with 2 Tbsp. vanilla syrup; reserve remaining syrup for another use. Spread frosting over top of cake, swirling decoratively. Top with raspberries and edible flowers, if using.
• Do Ahead
• Cake can be made 3 days ahead; wrap tightly in plastic and chill, or freeze up to 2 weeks. Syrup can be made 5 days ahead; store in an airtight container and chill. Frosting can be made 3 days ahead; cover with plastic wrap, pressing directly on surface, and chill. Bring to room temperature before using.

ORANGE REFRIGERATOR SHEET CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Add 1 1/3 cups boiling water to jello plus 1 cup cold water. Set aside at room temperature to set.
• 2. Mix cake as directed and bake according to package directions. Let cool for 20-25 minutes. Use a fork and every 1/2 inch punch holes deep into the cake while still in the baking pan. The more holes, the better it is. Carefully pour jello liquid over the cake getting the liquid into the holes made. Put in Refrigerator while making topping.
• 3. Topping: Add all 3 ingredients into a precooled mixing bowl. Beat until stiff. Take cake out of refrigerator and top with topping. Put back in refrigerator until serving time.

DOUBLE ORANGE REFRIGERATOR SHEET CAKE RECIPE - (4.3/5)

Steps:

• Dissolve jello in 3/4 cup boiling water. Add 1/2 cup cold water and set aside. Mix and bake cake as directed on package in 9 x 13 pan. Cool cake 20 - 30 minutes. Poke holes through top of cake with skewer or large toothpick spacing holes about 1" apart. Using a cup, slowly pour jello into holes. Refrigerate cake. In a chilled deep bowl, blend and whip topping mix, pudding, cold milk and orange extract until stiff, 3 - 8 minutes. Immediately frost cake. Store in refrigerator and serve chilled.

TEXAS ORANGE SHEET CAKE

Steps:

• Sift flour, baking powder, and salt together.
• In a large bowl, cream butter until smooth. Gradually add sugar and beat until light and fluffy.
• Beat eggs; stir in marmalade, orange rind and mandarin segments, if you like.
• Beat in flour mixture alternately with orange juice, beating after each addition.
• Turn batter into a greased and floured 11x14x1-inch or cookie sheet and bake at 350° for 30 to 35 minutes.
• Cool in pan on rack for about 10 minutes and turn in a plate to coool completely and frost with.
• ORANGE GLAZE RECIPE that I posted here: Recipe 411994:.
• Combine sugar and cornstarch in saucepan. Add lemon and orange juices slowly and stir until smooth.
• Add remaining ingredients and cook, stirring frequently, over low heat until thick and glossy. Cool and spread on cake.
• Recipe can be doubled if you want.

ORANGE SHEET CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Spray bottom of 9x13" sheet cake pan with cooking spray.
• Set aside.
• Beat first five ingredients with an electric mixer for 4 minutes.
• Pour into the prepared cake pan.
• Bake for 35 minutes.
• For icing, beat the powdered sugar and orange juice with a mixer until smooth.
• (Start with 3/4 cup orange juice. If you want the cake even moister/soggier than it already is, slowly increase the amount of orange juice).
• Remove cake from oven, and poke with many holes- using a chopstick or fork or skewer, etc.
• Pour the icing over the warm cake.