Eggless Orange Cake Recipe, is a delicious soft cake filled with orange juice and zest which taste delicious with a cup of tea or coffee. Orange cake is one of the most popular flavoured cakes which is loved by many people around the world. Make sure you check out my whole orange blender cake, orange pudding cake, orange syrup cake. Learn how to make egg free orange cake with step by step pictures and video.
Eggless Orange Cake
This is simplest and tasty cake which you will ever make and taste. It takes less than 5 to 10 mins to put together and the cake taste so delicious and soft without egg and butter. It is pretty healthy if you bake it with whole wheat flour.
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About Eggless Orange Cake
Baking cakes with fruits added is one of the best baking creations so far. You get to taste the flavour of the fruits in each and every slice of the cake. I love make cakes with fruits such as my banana cake, apple cake and more.
Eggless Fresh Orange Cake is a delicious and basic cake which you can make in just few minutes. The cake has basic ingredients like oranges, oil, flour, sugar and yogurt which results in a soft orange cake.
This recipe is eggless and can be made easily at home. All you need is just few ingredients and the cake is baked. If you want a healthy alternative, you can use wheat flour instead of plain flour.
Make sure you check other cake recipes as well.
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Eggless Orange Cake Ingredients
Plain Flour - plain flour is also known as all purpose flour. I used plain flour for making this recipe, but for a healthy alternative you can swap it for wheat flour as well.
Raising Agent - I use both baking soda and baking powder in this recipe which provides soft and moist orange cake.
Oranges - whenever I use fruits in baking, I prefer to use freshly squeezed fruit juice. In this recipe I added freshly squeezed orange juice with pulp as well.
Yogurt - use plain unflavoured and unsweetened natural yogurt in the recipe. You can use greek yogurt as well.
Oil - I used flavourless vegetable or refined oil for this cake. You can use melted butter as well.
Flavourings - for flavourings I used vanilla extract and orange extract.
Variations of Orange Cakes
Orange Loaf Cake - a basic simple orange cake baked in a loaf tin.
Eggless Orange Syrup Cake - simple orange sponge cake baked and drizzled with orange syrup. The cake is so moist with orange syrup.
Iced Orange Cake - ever wondered how a simple orange cake with a thin orange icing looks and taste like. It is heaven.
Orange Blender Cake - a simple cake batter that can be made in a blender. So easy peasy.
Orange Pudding Cake - cake in pudding form.
Upside Down Orange Cake - slices of orange coated with a caramel sauce baked to make a delicious soft cake.
Orange Yogurt Cake - These fresh orange cake is next level goodness. Slice a piece for yourself and enjoy with a cup of tea or coffee.
Tips for Orange Cake Taste Orange Like
Make sure you use fresh oranges whenever you make orange cake. Use peels, pulp and juice everything. Oranges has maximum flavours in their rind. So use a microplane or a zester to grate some orange rind in the cake.
Also when using orange juice. Squeeze one whole orange with pulp as well. Using orange juice with pulp in cake provides maximum flavour in your cakes.
Using orange pulp not only provides flavour but it imparts so much moistness to the cake.
Eggless Orange Cake in 3 Easy Steps
Pre-Preparation - Preheat oven to 180 Degree C. Take a 4 to 5 inchround cake pan, grease them with oil, sprinkle with flour, coat on all sides, tap of the excess. Set aside. Sieve flour, baking soda, baking powder well and set aside.
Make Batter - Take oil, sugar, vanilla essence, orange essence, orange pulp, curd in a bowl and mix well. Add in the sifted dry ingredients and fold gently.
Baking Cake - Pour this into the pan and bake it for 30 to 40 mins. Remove the cake, insert a tooth pick and check whether it is done. If the tooth pick comes out clean then it is done. Remove the cake pan from oven, let it cool down for 30 mins. Invert and slice and serve.
How to Make Eggless Orange Cake (Stepwise Pictures)
Preparing Cake Pan
1)I am using a 4 to 5 inch small round cake pan for this recipe. You can line the pan with some parchment paper. I greased the pan with oil and sprinkled some flour on it and coated it evenly. Tap off the excess and set aside.
Dry Ingredients
2)The next step is to sieve the dry ingredients together. In a sieve, take plain flour. Add in baking soda.
3)Now add in baking powder.
4)Sieve this together. So the baking soda and baking powder is evenly dispersed.
5)This is your dry ingredients.
Making Cake Batter
6)Take oil in a bowl. Instead of using oil, you can use melted butter.
7)Add in powdered sugar. This is regular granulated sugar which I ground in a blender.
8)Add in a splash of vanilla extract.
9)This recipe calls for orange juice. I took one big orange, peeled it, removed the seeds and ground it coarsely . So my orange juice has pulps as well which adds so much flavour and texture to the cake.
10)You need thick yogurt. Plain yogurt or unflavoured and unsweetened greek yogurt is best.
11)I use some orange extract which I had on hand. You can skip this if you don't have it. But when using orange extract, just use few drops.
12)Mix the orange juice with sugar and orange pulp really well.
13)Add in the sifted flour.
14)Fold the flour into the orange juice mixture. Now you can see the orange segments is evenly dispersed into the batter. If you feel the batter is too thick, then you can add some milk and fold the batter.
Baking Orange Cake
15)Spoon the orange cake batter into the greased mould. Spread evenly using a spatula. Pop the cake pan into a 180 degree C preheated oven and bake for 30 to 40 minutes.
16)Now bake the cake until it is done. Insert a toothpick in the centre to check whether the cake is baked or not. The toothpick has to come out clean.
17)Remove the cake from oven and set aside to cool. Once cooled, slice and serve.
Expert Tips
- Instead of using plain flour, you can use wheat flour. The cake will still be great.
- Fresh orange juice is preferred in this recipe. But you can use store bought orange juice as well.
- If you are using store bought orange juice, make sure you grate some orange skin into the batter.
- You can bake this cake in a muffin tray as well.
- Instead of oil, melted butter can be used.
Serving & Storage
This orange cake can be stored in an air tight container for 2 to 3 days at room temperature.
Serve this cake with a cup of tea or coffee.
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Eggless Orange Cake Recipe
Equipment
- Mixing Bowl & Whisk
- Blender
- 5 inch Cake Pan
- OTG or Oven
Ingredients
Dry Ingredients
- 1 cup All Purpose Flour | Plain Flour (120 grams)
- ½ tsp Baking Soda
- ½ tsp Baking Powder
For Orange Cake Batter
- ¼ cup Vegetable Oil or Refined Oil (60 ml)
- ½ cup Sugar (100 grams)
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
- ¼ tsp Orange Extract optional
- ½ cup Orange Juice (120 ml)
- ⅓ cup Plain Yogurt | Curd (85 grams)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180 Degree C. Take a 4 or 5 inch round cake pan, grease them with oil, sprinkle with flour, coat on all sides, tap of the excess. Set aside.
- Sieve flour, baking soda, baking powder well and set aside.
- Take oil, sugar, vanilla extract, orange extract, orange pulp, yogurt in a bowl and mix well. Add in the sifted dry ingredients and fold gently.
- Pour this into the pan and bake it for 30 to 40 mins. Remove the cake, insert a tooth pick and check whether it is done. If the tooth pick comes out clean then it is done. Remove the cake pan from oven, let it cool down for 30 mins. Invert and slice and serve.
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Notes
- Instead of using plain flour, you can use wheat flour. The cake will still be great.
- Fresh orange juice is preferred in this recipe. But you can use store bought orange juice as well.
- If you are using store bought orange juice, make sure you grate some orange skin into the batter.
- You can bake this cake in a muffin tray as well.
- Instead of oil, melted butter can be used.
Serving & Storage
This orange cake can be stored in an air tight container for 2 to 3 days at room temperature. Serve this cake with a cup of tea or coffee.Nutrition
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Anonymous
I wish you safe trip. Have a restful and enjoyable holidays. God Bless You and your family.
vishnu rastogi
Hi aarthi...can we make this cake in microwave?
Anonymous
Happy Journey......Take care.......waiting for ur new post with journey details......
Manvitha Kotha
Can I use wheat flour??
Anonymous
Have a safe journey, thanks for sharing yummy recipes, can I use egg in this recipe?
sindhu
Can this be baked in microwave oven, is 5 to 10 mins time enough as u did for the microwave vanilla cake?
Anonymous
Thanks aarthi for the wonderful recipe!!! Looking forward for more exciting recipes.....bon voyage!!!!!
Anonymous
Aarthi if. We. Double. The ingredients what will be the baking time.....I want to. Make a large one!!!!!
Anonymous
While using non stick pan for baking ,any change in temp/same temp(180)
Anonymous
Instead of orange can I use musambi
Anonymous
Instead of orange can I use musambi
Sujithra
Aarthi... i ve tried almost all ur microwsve cake.. which are awesome... can we able to make this in microwave... pls suggest..
Anonymous
Can we use orange emulsion instead of orange essence n pulp n wat will be d proportion. ...
Anonymous
Happy journey aarthi take care of ur baby I wish u safe journey in my whole heart
Anonymous
Happy journey.....enjoy...waitg for ur trip updates nd kashmiri recepies....
Anonymous
Can we make dis in cooker
Anonymous
Thank you so much!! In case, I don't wish to use the orange pulp part and instead just make the plain cake with maybe cut peals... will it work?? Enjoy
Aarthi
@vishnu rastogiif you have convection mode, then you can make
Aarthi
@Manvitha Kothayou can make, but it gives dense cake
Aarthi
@Anonymoususe 1 egg instead of curd.
Aarthi
@Anonymousorange juice will make it soft.
Aarthi
@Sujithrano if you have convection oven you can make
Aarthi
@Anonymousyes u can use musambi
Aarthi
@Anonymousno change in temp
Aarthi
@Anonymousit depends on the size of cake pan, if it is big one, it will take the same time. Insert a tooth pick to check whether the cake is done.
Aarthi
@sindhunot sure about making this in microwave.
Aarthi
@Anonymousyes u can bake it in pressure cooket
Aarthi
@Anonymousyes it will work, use milk instead of juice
Rachu
Hi Aarthi..thanks for sharing such brilliant recepies which are easy to make and healthy.
I am new to the baking world and plan to buy an OTG for making cakes and cookies at home for my 2 year old.I wanted to know if its necessary the go for convection function in OTG... i.e with fan or an OTG without fan will also be good enough..kindly help me with your experiences... Thanks Rachana
Aarthi
@RachuOTG with fan is best
Anonymous
Can I make it in microwave?
Aarthi
@Anonymousif u have convection mode, you can make
Anonymous
Hi Arthi
I was so excited the moment read your recipe of Eggless Orange cake that when I went back home from office I just tried the recipe carefully, but only to have a disaster cake, alas!!. It did not raise at all and the texture was like pudding. I guess liquid ingredients was more than required. I don't have the measuring cups. Kindly, give me your tips. I want to get an exact orange cake as it in ur post. Kindly help.
Aarthi
@AnonymousSorry to hear about your disaster. What i suggest you, for baking you need proper measuring cups and spoon. Because for baking measurements are more important. So please get measuring cups and spoons and use that for making cakes
Anonymous
Mera bhi cake accha nahi bana
Breeze P
Hurray!!! came out well. But the outer layer of the cake is dry and little hard (like crisp) and not as soft & moist as the inner part. Followed the same measurement... Not sure what went wrong... Adding more oil will bring the softness? Pls suggest. Planning to try ur orange pudding cake tomorrow...
Aarthi
@Breeze Pu must have over baked it. And as the cakes cool it will get soft
nandini nagasuri
Hi Aarthi,
I tried this recipe today. Only difference is i poured it in a little flat pan and baked, as i dont have a deep round bowl. Initially looked like it baked well. Thought it dint get as brown crust as shown in your pic, edges were brown, and it slightly started cracking on top, When inserted toothpick, it came out clean. But after cooling , i saw its slight wet at bottom. Its happening to all my cakes. :(I tried changing my silicone bakeware to nonstick aluminium bakeware also. Still the same. What is that is going wrong. Can u help me?
Regards,
Nandini
Aarthi
@nandini nagasuriI hope it may be because of the setting. do you preheat the oven before baking.
nandini nagasuri
yes, I preheat too, as per instructions given in manual..
Aarthi
@nandini nagasurithen may be the sugar is not melted properly
sindhu reji
Hi Arthi, can i try pineapple instead of orange for the same receipe? Should i add pineapple as puree or cooked with sugar in a thick consistency? I also hve pineapple essence i wiil try adding the same as u added orange essence. Is there any other change i should make please tell me to get a pineapple cake?
Shanthini Jayanthan
Can I use fine rava in the eggless orange cake ?
Aarthi
I haven't tried it with rava so far. So not sure how it with turn out.
Aarthi
@sindhu rejiuse pineapple puree.
Maria
Hi
Can I use strawberry instead of orange
Aarthi
@Mariayes u can use
Sonal
Thanks for sharing the recp.Which veg oil can be used?can i use groundnut veg oil?will it smell typically?which oil is perfect?
Aarthi
@Sonalany flavourless oil can be used like saffola, gold winner refined oil
swapna dominic
wonderful cake. i just made in half hr. coz the picyorial was very clear.
thanks aarthi
Orange pulp
That cake looks delicious! If I subscribe to your blog, do I get one of this each month in my house? haha, just kidding, great cake.
Nishtha
For what should we keep in Convection Mode..???
Aarthi
@Nishthause same temp and same timing
Arthi R
Hi if I make cupcakes using this recipe, how long should I bake them? Btw, your recipes are all so detailed and I love them!
uzma khan
Hi cake looks amazing any substitute fr curd?
Aarthi
@uzma khanno sub for yogurt
Aarthi
@Arthi Rit depends on the size..check anywhere from 12 mins
Pratap Misra
Hi Arathi, I have tried with the same preparation. After 25 minutes the top of the cake comes out brown and I remove and test with tooth pick, but the inside was not done. I baked for another 5 minutes the cake became flat and after cooling down and cutting I saw it is not done at the middle.
What is the problem. I preheat it with 180 degree convection mode and my oven automatically buzz after preheat.
Bina Patel
Hi Arathi,I follow your blog as each bake looks so tempting. Wanted to try this recipe too.but a little confused as you have mentioned that your cup measures 240 gram.and yet in recipe you have taken 1 cup flour/120 gram maida.plz tell me what weight should I use.120gm or 240 GM.thanks.
Aarthi
@Bina Patelweigh as mentioned in the recipe. Because each ingredient weighs diff in a cup. If you have a 240 ml cup you can use that
Shaista
Just baked it now and as it came out from my oven it is almost fully eaten up. Thank you for the easy and delicious recipe. Please keep up the good work.
Unknown
hi Aarthi..could you please tell me what would be the measurements of ingrients if i take 2 cups of maida?? I have the big size baking mould thats why
shajitha kunhimohamed
hi
Anonymous
Hey article, hope you doing good☺ Can we make orange pulp at home? If yes, then what's the procedure
Regards
Anonymous
Sorry for the typo error. Lol😆 I meant to say Aarti
Swapna
I tried this today. Turned out perfect. Made no change at all. Thank u for a great receipe
Swapna
I tried this today. Turned out perfect. Made no change at all. Thank u for a great receipe
chef amby
Hi tried Ur cake recipe for 1 cup maida it came out well but when I tried it second time I doubled all the ingredients it came out well but it was bit less sweet as compared to smaller quantity I tried earlier...Plz help with sugar amount while doubling the cake quantity
Aarthi
u have to double the sugar level too.
chef amby
Ihad doubled all ingredients sugar too but still it was nt tht sweet
Khush
Hi Arthi
I have tried Orange cake but after 40 mins also it was wet in between. N it not swelled also.. means it was not fluffy.wt may be the reason?
Divisha
Hi Aarthi
How are you?
I would like to try making your eggless orange cake recipe.
Your recipe says 1/2 cup orange pulp
1 big orange take out seeds and grind it coarsely- please can you explain how to grind the pulp.
Awaiting your reply.
Thank you
Divisha
Aarthi
Hi. In india we get a variety of orange in which we can peel off the skin and remove the whole orange fruit inside from it. I removed the peel from the orange as well as the seeds and ground it in a blender whole. Hence you can see the pulp. But you can just use 1/2 cup of orange juice instead.