Best Orange Spice Cake Recipes

ORANGE SPICE CAKE

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon and cloves. Combine the orange juice, molasses, oil and egg; add to dry ingredients and stir just until combined. Pour into a greased 9-in. square baking pan., Bake at 350° for 16-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Spoon marmalade over warm cake. Cool on a wire rack. Serve with whipped topping if desired.

ORANGE-PECAN-SPICE POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Sprinkle 1 1/4 cups finely chopped pecans into a generously buttered 10-inch tube pan; shake to evenly coat bottom and sides of pan. (The food processor is great for chopping those nuts!)
• (Excess nuts will fall to bottom of pan. Make certain nuts are in an even layer in bottom of pan.) Set aside. Preheat oven to 300°F.
• Beat butter 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.
• Combine flour, salt and baking powder; add to butter mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
• Beat at low speed until blended after each addition.
• Stir in remaining 3/4 cup pecans, grated orange rind, cinnamon, nutmeg, and next 4 ingredients.
• Spoon batter evenly into prepared pan.
• Bake at 300°F for about 1 1/2 hours or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
• While cake is baking, prepare Orange Syrup (see below).
• Cool in pan on wire rack for 20 minutes.
• Remove cake from pan; invert cake, pecan crust-side-up onto a wire rack.
• While cake is cooling, bake Glazed Pecan Halves (see below).
• Brush top and sides of pound cake gently several times with hot Orange Syrup, using a pastry brush and allowing cake to absorb the Orange Syrup after each brushing. (Do not pour syrup over the cake).
• Let cake cool completely on wire rack.
• Arrange Glazed Pecan Halves around top of cake, if desired, or place on each piece as they are served.
• For Orange Syrup: Remove rind from orange with a vegetable peeler, being careful not to get the bitter white pith.
• Set orange rind aside.
• Squeeze orange to get 1/2 cup juice.
• Combine orange rind, juice and sugar in a small saucepan and cook over low heat, stirring until sugar dissolves.
• Bring mixture to a boil over medium high heat, and boil 2 minutes.
• Makes about 1 cup.
• For Glazed Pecan Halves: Combine pecan halves and corn syrup, stirring ot coat pecans.
• Line a 15- x 10-inch jellyroll pan with parchment paper; coat with cooking spray.
• Arrange pecan halves in an even layer in a pan.
• Bake at 350°F for 12 minutes; stir using a rubber spatula.
• Remove from oven, stir, arrange in an even layer on wax paper and let cool completely.

CHOCOLATE LEAVES FOR ORANGE SPICE CAKE

Steps:

• Gently clean leaves using a damp paper towel. Let dry completely on a baking sheet lined with paper towels.
• Heat chocolate in a heatproof bowl set over a pan of simmering water until almost melted. Remove from heat; stir until smooth. Transfer one-third of the chocolate to a small bowl; tint green. Tint remaining chocolate pale pink.
• Using a pastry brush, generously coat undersides of 20 small leaves with pink chocolate and 10 large leaves with green chocolate. Place leaves, chocolate sides up, on baking sheets lined with parchment. Freeze until firm, about 10 minutes.
• Starting at stem ends, peel leaves from chocolate; discard leaves. Transfer chocolate leaves to baking sheets lined with clean parchment paper; refrigerate until ready to use.

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.

SOUR CREAM SPICE CAKE WITH ORANGE CLOVE CREAM CHEESE ICING

Steps:

• Cake:.
• Sift cake mix and spices into a mixing bowl.
• Add sour cream, milk, eggs and oil.
• Beat at low speed until dry ingredients are incorporated.Beat at high speed for 3 minute.
• Pour batter into appropriate sized pans. (Look at cake mix package for suggestions. I used 2 nine inch round pans).
• Bake according to cake mix package instructions. Cool before icing.
• Icing:.
• Put the zest of two oranges into a mixing bowl.
• Mix the cream cheese, zest, and 1 tbsp juice until smooth.
• Gradually add pwd sugar until you reach desired consistency and sweetness.

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.

ORANGE SPICE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degreees.
• Spray a non-stick 9-inch square baking pan with cooking spray, set aside.
• Combine flour, sugar, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon and cloves.
• Combine organge juice, molasses/sorghum, orange zest, orange extract, oil and egg; add to dry ingredients and stir until moistened.
• Pour into prepared pan and bake for 16-20 minutes.
• Spoon marmalade over warm cake.
• Cool on a wire rack.
• Serve garnished with whipped topping and orange slices.

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 SPICE CAKE WITH WHITE CHOCOLATE POINSETTIA TOPPER

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Coat three 6-inch round cake pans with cooking spray. Line bottoms with parchment; coat parchment with cooking spray. Dust with flour; tap out excess. Set aside.
• Stir boiling water and baking soda in a small bowl; set aside. Sift together flour, spices, salt, and baking powder into a large bowl; set aside.
• Put butter, sugar, and zest into the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Mix on medium speed until pale and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Reduce speed; mix in molasses, liqueur if desired, orange juice, corn syrup, and baking soda mixture. Mix in flour mixture, then eggs and vanilla. Stir in nuts.
• Divide batter among prepared pans. Bake until a cake tester comes out clean, 30 to 35 minutes. Let cool on racks 15 minutes. Invert to unmold onto racks; remove parchment. Reinvert; let cool completely. Store cakes at room temperature, wrapped well in plastic, up to 1 day.
• Trim tops of cakes flat. Spread 1/2 cup frosting on cut side of 1 layer. Top with a second layer; spread with 1/2 cup frosting. Top with final layer, cut side down. Spread remaining frosting over top and sides, smoothing with an offset spatula.
• Place 6 or 7 green chocolate leaves on top of cake in a circle with tips facing out, overhanging sides slightly. Place 12 to 15 pink leaves on top of green leaves, leaving a hole in center. Roll marzipan into six to eight 1/8-inch balls; taper one end of each into a point. Place marzipan buds in center, point side down. Serve immediately or refrigerate up to 8 hours. Bring to room temperature before serving.

ORANGE SPICE GARBANZO CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease an 8-inch square cake pan or line with parchment paper.
• Process garbanzo beans in a food processor until smooth. Add cinnamon and cloves and pulse until combined. Add eggs, sugar, baking powder, and orange zest; process until just combined. Stir orange juice into garbanzo mixture. Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 50 minutes. Remove cake from pan and cool completely on a wire rack before cutting into squares.

ORANGE SPICE CREAM-CHEESE BUNDT CAKE WITH SUGARED CRANBERRIES

Steps:

• To Make the Pound Cake
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and generously mist a 10-cup Bundt pan with nonstick spray.
• Place the butter and Philadelphia Cream Cheese in a large mixing bowl, mixing together until smooth and well-blended. Add the sugar and whip on medium-high speed until very pale and fluffy (about 5 minutes). Add the eggs, one at a time, scraping the sides and bottom of the bowl with a silicone spatula after each addition. Stir in the orange juice, zest, and vanilla. Add the flour, 1 ½ cups at a time. When all the flour has been incorporated, stir in the salt, ginger, and cloves.
• Transfer the batter to the prepared Bundt. Bake for 70 to 80 minutes*, or until a bamboo skewer inserted in the thickest part of the cake comes out clean or with a few moist crumbs.
• Cool in the pan for 20 minutes, then invert onto a wire rack to cool completely. Dust with powdered sugar, and fill the center of the Bundt with sugared cranberries, for garnish.
• To Make the Sugared Cranberries:
• Place the water and sugar in a medium pot, and place over medium-low heat. Bring to a low simmer, stirring, just until the sugar is completely dissolved. Remove from heat and cool for 15 minutes.
• Toss the cranberries in the simple syrup, to coat.
• Drain the cranberries, and spread in single layer on a wire rack. Allow to dry for about 8 hours, or until no longer wet but sticky to the touch. Roll in granulated sugar, to coat. Sugared cranberries can be stored in the refrigerator, in an airtight container, for up to a week.

ORANGE-PECAN-SPICE POUND CAKE RECIPE

Steps:

• Step 1 Sprinkle 1 1/4 cups nely chopped pecans into a generously buttered 10-inch tube pan; shake to evenly coat bottom and sides of pan. (Excess nuts will fall to bottom of pan. Make certain nuts are in an even layer in bottom of pan.) Set aside. Step 2 Beat butter 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. Step 3 Combine our and salt; add to butter mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with our mixture. Beat at low speed until blended after each addition. Stir in remaining 3/4 cup pecans, grated orange rind, cinnamon, nutmeg, and next 4 ingredients. Spoon batter evenly into prepared pan. Step 4 Bake at 300° for 1 hour and 30 to 40 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan on wire rack for 20 minutes. Remove cake from pan; invert cake, pecan crust-side-up, onto a wire rack. Step 5 Brush top and sides of pound cake gently several times with hot Orange Syrup, using a 2-inchwide pastry brush and allowing the cake to absorb the Orange-Pecan-Spice Pound Cake The chopped pecans form a nice, crisp coating on top of the baked cake. Orange Syrup after each brushing. (Do not pour syrup over the cake.) Let cake cool completely on wire rack. Arrange Glazed Pecan Halves around top of cake, if desired. Arrange Boxwood Garland around bottom of cake before serving, if desired.

ORANGE-SPICE BUNDT® CAKE WITH GROUND CHERRIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a fluted tube pan (such as Bundt®) generously.
• Whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, cloves, ginger, and allspice together in a medium bowl until combined.
• Beat butter and brown sugar together in a large bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Mix in maple syrup, vanilla extract, and orange zest. Add in 1/3 of the flour mixture and stir until just combined. Pour in half of the buttermilk and mix until just combined. Repeat alternating additions of flour mixture and buttermilk until ingredients are incorporated, beginning and ending with flour mixture, stirring just until combined. Do not overmix. Fold in ground cherries gently. Pour batter into the prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean, 50 to 55 minutes. Allow to cool in the pan for 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

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.

EGGLESS ORANGE SPICE BUNDT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 Fahrenheit.
• Spray the bundt cake pan with a non- stick spray (preferably a canola spray) for about one second.
• *NOTE REGARDING 1/2 of WATER: Open the can of Mandarin oranges and drain the juice into a measuring cup. If the juice from the can does not measure up to a cup, shore it up with water until it reaches a cup; it took 1/2 cup of water to shore it up when I made this. The amount may be different considering what brand you purchase.
• Combine all the dry ingredients into one bowl. In a separate bowl, combine all the wet ingredients (except for the Mandarin orange pieces). Stir both bowls until both sets (wet and dry) are mixed well. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredient bowl. Take electric beaters to the combination until everything is smooth.
• Add the Mandarin orange pieces and stir slowly.
• Pour the batter into the bundt pan and bake for 40- 50 minutes. This is a type of cake where it needs to be babysat because the surface area isn't very large, therefore the batter is confined and bakes slowly. At about the 35 minute mark, do the toothpick test, in case for some miraculous reason it is done. It took about 45 minutes in my oven. Don't be tempted to raise the heat because then you'll get a situation where it will be well done on the outside and raw on the inside.

ORANGE-PECAN-SPICE POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Sprinkle 1 1/4 cups finely chopped pecans into a generously buttered 10-inch tube pan; shake to evenly coat bottom and sides of pan. (Excess nuts will fall to bottom of pan. Make certain nuts are in an even layer in bottom of pan.) Set aside.
• Beat butter 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.
• Combine flour and salt; add to butter mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Beat at low speed until blended after each addition. Stir in remaining 3/4 cup pecans, grated orange rind, cinnamon, nutmeg, and next 4 ingredients. Spoon batter evenly into prepared pan.
• Bake at 300° for 1 hour and 30 to 40 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan on wire rack for 20 minutes. Remove cake from pan; invert cake, pecan crust-side-up, onto a wire rack.
• Brush top and sides of pound cake gently several times with hot Orange Syrup, using a 2-inch-wide pastry brush and allowing the cake to absorb the Orange Syrup after each brushing. (Do not pour syrup over the cake.) Let cake cool completely on wire rack. Arrange Glazed Pecan Halves around top of cake, if desired.
• For the orange syrup: Remove rind from orange with a vegetable peeler, being careful not to get the bitter white pith. Set orange rind aside. Squeeze orange to get 1/2 cup juice. Combine orange rind, juice, and sugar in a small saucepan. Cook over low heat, stirring until sugar dissolves. Bring mixture to a boil over medium-high heat, and boil 2 minutes.
• For the Glazed Pecan Halves: Combine pecan halves and corn syrup, stirring to coat pecans. Line a 15- x 10-inch jellyroll pan with parchment paper or aluminum foil; coat with cooking spray. Arrange pecan halves in an even layer in pan. Bake at 350° for 12 minutes; stir using a rubber spatula. Bake 8 more minutes. Remove from oven, and stir; arrange in an even layer on wax paper, and let cool completely.

ORANGE-PECAN-SPICE POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Sprinkle 1 1/4 cups finely chopped pecans into a generously buttered 10-inch tube pan; shake to evenly coat bottom and sides of pan. (Excess nuts will fall to bottom of pan. Make certain nuts are in an even layer in bottom of pan.) Set aside.
• Beat butter 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.
• Combine flour and salt; add to butter mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Beat at low speed until blended after each addition. Stir in remaining 3/4 cup pecans, grated orange rind, cinnamon, nutmeg, and next 4 ingredients. Spoon batter evenly into prepared pan.
• Bake at 300° for 1 hour and 30 to 40 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan on wire rack for 20 minutes. Remove cake from pan; invert cake, pecan crust-side-up, onto a wire rack.
• Brush top and sides of pound cake gently several times with hot Orange Syrup, using a 2-inch-wide pastry brush and allowing the cake to absorb the Orange Syrup after each brushing. (Do not pour syrup over the cake.) Let cake cool completely on wire rack. Arrange Glazed Pecan Halves around top of cake, if desired. Arrange Boxwood Garland around bottom of cake before serving, if desired.

SOUR CREAM SPICE CAKE WITH ORANGE BUTTER FROSTING

Steps:

• 1. Center a rack and preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Prepare the cake pans. 2. Dry whisk the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves together. Whisk in the sugar. 3. With the mixer on medium speed, beat together the melted and cooled butter, sour cream, eggs, and vanilla extract and continue beating on medium speed until thoroughly blended. 4. Gradually add the flour mixture and beat until thoroughly blended. 5. Pour the batter into the cake pans and bake for 25 to 30 minutes, until the cake layers test done. 6. Cool the layers in the pans for 10 minutes, then unmold onto cake racks and cool to room temperature. 7. Do not divide the layers, but do even up the top of the lower layer so that the layer stacks prettily. To Make the Frosting: 8. Cream the butter in the mixer at medium speed. Beat in the confectioners' sugar, evaporated milk, vanilla extract, and orange extract. Mix until smooth. Add the orange peel and mix until incorporated. 9. Frost the cake and refrigerate for 20 minutes to firm up the frosting.

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.

ORANGE SPICE CREAM-CHEESE BUNDT CAKE WTIH SUGARED CRANBERRIES

Steps:

• To Make the Pound Cake
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and generously mist a 10-cup Bundt pan with nonstick spray.
• Place the butter and Philadelphia Cream Cheese in a large mixing bowl, mixing together until smooth and well-blended. Add the sugar and whip on medium-high speed until very pale and fluffy (about 5 minutes). Add the eggs, one at a time, scraping the sides and bottom of the bowl with a silicone spatula after each addition. Stir in the orange juice, zest, and vanilla. Add the flour, 1 ½ cups at a time. When all the flour has been incorporated, stir in the salt, ginger, and cloves.
• Transfer the batter to the prepared Bundt. Bake for 70 to 80 minutes*, or until a bamboo skewer inserted in the thickest part of the cake comes out clean or with a few moist crumbs.
• Cool in the pan for 20 minutes, then invert onto a wire rack to cool completely. Dust with powdered sugar, and fill the center of the Bundt with sugared cranberries, for garnish.
• To Make the Sugared Cranberries:
• Place the water and sugar in a medium pot, and place over medium-low heat. Bring to a low simmer, stirring, just until the sugar is completely dissolved. Remove from heat and cool for 15 minutes.
• Toss the cranberries in the simple syrup, to coat.
• Drain the cranberries, and spread in single layer on a wire rack. Allow to dry for about 8 hours, or until no longer wet but sticky to the touch. Roll in granulated sugar, to coat. Sugared cranberries can be stored in the refrigerator, in an airtight container, for up to a week.