Light as a Feather Orange Cake

A community recipe by CakeDivine

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Introduction

This recipe produces a very delicate and fluffy, very fragrant cake, delicious on its own or paired with buttercream frosting. If you want orange goodness that melts in your mouth, try this one!

Ingredients

Serves: 8

16 tablespoons butter
2 cups sugar
4 medium eggs
1 teaspoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon baking soda
¼ teaspoon vanilla extract
¾ teaspoon orange extract
1 tablespoon orange zest
2 cups flour
½ cup orange juice

Method

Light as a Feather Orange Cake is a community recipe submitted by CakeDivine and has not been tested by Nigella.com so we are not able to answer questions regarding this recipe.

Whisk softened butter, cream butter and sugar together until fluffy. Add the eggs and beat until even lighter and fluffier, without overbeating.

Add baking powder, soda, vanilla and orange extract and orange zest. Mix well. Add flour and mix until uniform. Add orange juice and mix until smooth and well blended.

Pour into 2, 8" cake pans, buttered, floured, and lined with parchment paper.

Bake at 350 to 360 degrees Fahrenheit for 30 minutes, or until golden and the cake is pulling away from the edges of the pan. Allow to cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then transfer to a cooling rack.

Serve with a dusting of powdered sugar, or with a buttercream frosting of your choice.

Additional Information

This recipe is also great as cupcakes!

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What 1 Other has said

Hi! I found the perfect recipe for my son's Lego cake! I will comment after I prepare it. I can tell by the ingredients and prepping, this is going to be stunning! Last year I made a candy cake with vanilla flavor, year prior it was chocolate. Wanted something new and tasty for my stunning 10 year old son. With blue and green fondant icing, this is sure to be a winner. Thank you. xx Best, dp

Posted by Daria Peyrot on 28th February 2013

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