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A slice of orange cake is served with luscious orange sauce.

Luscious Orange Cake Recipe

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This moist orange cake made with fresh orange juice, zest, and orange sauce gives a citrus punch in every bite. It's a truly crowd-pleasing dessert with full of orange flavor.
Course Dessert
Cuisine Western
Keyword homemade orange cake, orange, orange cake, orange sauce
Prep Time 20 minutes
Baking time 50 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Servings 12
Author Holly Ford

Ingredients

  • 1-3/4 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • pinch salt
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 cup 2 sticks butter at room temperature
  • 3 eggs separated
  • 1 cup sour cream at room temperature
  • zest of 1 orange

For orange sauce:

  • 1-1/2 cup powdered sugar
  • 3/4 cup fresh orange juice about 2 oranges
  • 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice about 1 lemon
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 325ºF. Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a mixing bowl and set aside.
  • In a electric mixing bowl with a whisk attachment, beat egg whites on high speed until the peak forms. Transfer the fluffy whites into a bowl and set side.
  • In a same bowl with a paddle attachment, cream butter and sugar until creamy. Add egg yolks, sour cream and orange zest and beat until light and fluffy on medium speed.
  • Add the flour to the mixture and mix until combined on low speed. Fold in the reserved egg whites to the mixture until just combined.
  • Pour the batter into a greased and floured 12-cup bundt pan. Bake for 45-55 minutes until toothpick comes out clean. Let the cake rest in the pan for 15 minutes.
  • Turn out the cake to a serving platter and poke holes with a wooden skewer. Spoon the orange sauce over the cake when you serve.
  • To make the orange sauce, mix all the ingredients in a sauce pan and bring to to gentle boil over medium heat. cook the sauce for 3-4 minutes. Remove from the heat and let it cool for 10 minutes to thicken slightly. Pour the sauce over the cake.