Glazed Orange Cake Recipes

ORANGE-GLAZED SPONGE CAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, beat egg yolks until slightly thickened. Gradually add 3/4 cup sugar and beat until thick and lemon-colored. Blend in orange juice and zest. Sift together flour and salt; add to batter. Beat until smooth. In another bowl, beat egg whites until soft peaks form. While beating, add the remaining sugar, 1 tablespoons at a time. Beat until stiff. Fold 1/4 of the egg whites into the batter; then fold in remaining whites. Spoon into an ungreased 10-in. tube pan, smoothing top. Bake at 350° for 40 minutes or until tester inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean. Invert pan over a narrow-neck bottle to cool. , Meanwhile, for glaze, combine water, chopped orange and sugar in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil. Cook until very thick and almost all the water has evaporated. Remove from the heat and blend in confectioners' sugar and butter. Run a knife between the pan and cake. Turn out onto a platter. Spread warm glaze over the top and sides of cake.

SIMPLE GLAZED ORANGE CAKE

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 350°, grease and flour an 8 or 9 inch bundt pan.

ORANGE GLAZE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Grease and flour a 10-in. fluted tube pan., In a large bowl, beat butter and sugar until crumbly, about 2 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in orange zest and vanilla. In another bowl, whisk flour, baking powder and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with milk, beating well after each addition (batter may appear curdled)., Transfer to prepared pan. Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 45-50 minutes., Poke holes in warm cake using a fork or wooden skewer. Mix confectioners' sugar, melted butter and orange juice; spoon slowly over cake. Cool 15 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack; cool completely. Serve with candied orange peel and additional confectioners' sugar.

FRESH ORANGE POUND CAKES WITH AN ORANGE GLAZE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• Grease 24 (1/2 cup) mini bundt pans (2 pans of 12 mini bundt tins). In an electric mixer, fitted with a paddle attachment, combine the butter and sugar. Beat until smooth.
• Add the eggs and yolks, 1 at a time, and continue to beat until incorporated. Add the orange zest and vanilla. Add the flour and salt, 1/2 cup at a time until the batter is smooth. Spoon 1/3 cup of the batter into the prepared pans.
• Bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until the top of the cake domes and are slightly golden. Remove from the oven and cool slightly. Unmold the cakes onto wire racks.
• In a small mixing bowl, combine the confectioners' sugar and orange juice together. Whisk until smooth. Place the wire racks over a baking sheet, lined with parchment paper. Drizzle the glaze over each cake. Sprinkle the top of each cake with the almonds. Cool the cakes to room temperature. Place the cakes on a serving platter and serve.

SIMPLE ORANGE GLAZE

Steps:

• Whisk sugar with orange zest and orange juice in a small bowl until smooth.

HONEY CAKE WITH ORANGE GLAZE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.
• In a bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cloves, nutmeg, and cinnamon until thoroughly mixed together. In a separate large bowl, stir together the vegetable oil, 1 cup of sugar, and honey, and beat the eggs in one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in the flour mixture, alternating with the coffee in several additions. Mix in the shredded apple, if desired.
• Transfer the batter into the prepared baking dish, and sprinkle the walnuts over the top of the cake. Bake in the preheated oven until the cake springs back when lightly touched with a finger, about 1 hour. Allow the cake to cool until warm, about 15 minutes.
• In a small saucepan, melt the butter, and whisk in 2/3 cup of sugar and the orange juice until the sugar has dissolved. Bring the mixture to a boil, and remove from heat, whisking constantly. Pour the glaze over the warm cake.

GLAZED ORANGE-FLOWER MADELEINE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Butter an 8-inch cake pan. Place a round of parchment on the bottom, butter the parchment and dust the entire pan with flour, tapping out excess.
• Melt the 3/4 cup of butter in a small saucepan. Cool to lukewarm and skim the white solids off the top.
• In the bottom of a double boiler, bring 1 inch of water to a very low simmer. Set the top over it. Add the eggs and whisk until lukewarm. Whisk in the sugar. Remove from the heat and, using a hand mixer, beat until pale and creamy, incorporating as much air as possible, 3 to 5 minutes. When cool, gradually fold in the cake flour. Mix in the melted butter, vanilla and neroli oil. Transfer to the cake pan and bake until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean and the cake is golden, 22 to 25 minutes. Cool completely on a wire rack. Using a knife, separate the edge of the cake from the pan. Turn the cake out onto a plate.
• When cool, prepare the glaze. Place the confectioners' sugar in a bowl. Stir in the milk, vanilla and orange zest. Spread over the top of the cake.

GLAZED ORANGE BAVARIAN CAKE

Steps:

• Glaze the orange slices:.
• Bring the sugar and water to a boil in a large pot.
• Add orange slices, lower the heat and simmer for 2.5 hours.
• Remove from heat.
• Let cool in syrup overnight.
• Make the Cake:.
• Preheat overn to 350 degrees.
• Butter and flour a 10-inch springform pan.
• Beat the eggs and sugar with an electric mixer for 10 minutes, until very thick and pale.
• Gradually fold in the flour.
• Fold 1/4 of the batter into the melted butter, then fold the butter mixture into the remaining batter.
• Spoon the batter evenly into the prepared cake pan.
• Bake in the center of the oven for about 35 minutes, until a cake tester inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean.
• Cool on a wire rack.
• Run a knife around teh edge of the pan to release the cake.
• Remove the sides and the bottom of the pan.
• Trim any crips edges and slice the cake horzontally into 3 thin layers.
• Orange Bavarian Cream:.
• In a medium saucepan, heat the milk to simmering.
• In a bowl, beat the yolks with 9 tablespoons of the sugar until well combined.
• Gradually beat in the hot milk.
• Stir in the softened gelatin.
• Retrun the mixture to the saucepan and cook over low heat, stirring constantly with a wooden sppon for about 10 minutes, until the mixture thickens enough to coat the back of a spoon, (Do not let boil or the eggs will curdle.).
• Stir in the vanilla and Cointreau.
• Place the saucepan over a bowl of rice and stir until the mixture of mounds.
• In a bowl, softly whip the cream with the remaining tbsp of sugar.
• Carefully fold it into the chillled Bavarian mixture.
• Assemble:.
• Line a 10" springform pan with plastic wrap, leaving a 5" overhang all around.
• Drain the orange slices and reserve the syrup.
• Choose the largest slices and place them in a decorative pattern on the bottom and sides of the pan.
• Finely chop the remaining oranges and fold into the Bavarian Cream.
• Spoon 1/3 of the Bavarian Cream over the oranges.
• Place 1 layer of the cake over the cream and brush with some of the reserved syrup.
• Repeat twice wtih the remaining cream and layers.
• Cover with plastic wrap.
• Place a 9" cake pan on top of the cake and put a 2 lb. weight in the center of the pan.
• Refrigerate for at least 4 hours.
• To Serve:.
• Remove the weighted pan and plastic wrap.
• Invert the cake onto a serving platter.
• Remove the sides and bottom of the pan and peel off the plastic wrap.
• Slice with a very sharp knife.

ORANGE CHIFFON CAKE WITH ORANGE GLAZE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°.
• Prepare an ungreased 10-inch tube pan.
• In a large bowl blend together the flour with sugar, baking powder and salt.
• Add in oil egg yolks, orange juice, water, orange zest and vanilla; beat using an electric mixer until smooth and no sugar granules remain (about 5 minutes).
• In a large bowl beat room temperature egg whites until frothy then add in cream of tartar, continue beating until very stiff.
• Using a spatula gently fold in the egg whites into the flour/sugar mixture.
• Pour the batter into tube pan.
• Bake for about 50-60 minutes or until cake tests done.
• Invert the pan and allow cake to cool completely (I use a en empty beer bottle for this).
• Run a knife around the inside of the pan to release the cake and invert onto a serving plate.
• To make the glaze; in a bowl whisk together all ingredients until smooth. Drizzle over the cooled cake.

SPICED OLIVE OIL CAKE WITH ORANGE GLAZE

Steps:

• Make the cake: Heat the oven to 375 degrees. Coat a loaf pan with nonstick cooking spray.
• In a large bowl, whisk together the dry cake ingredients, including ground spices. In another bowl, whisk the oil, milk, eggs, rum, orange zest and juice until smooth.
• Pour the wet ingredients into the dry. To prevent clumps, stir together starting from the center of the bowl, gradually drawing in the dry ingredients. Mix just until smooth. The batter will be thick. Pour into the prepared loaf pan.
• Bake in the center of the oven for 1 hour, rotating after 30 minutes. When done, the cake will be just firm and dry on top and a tester inserted into the center will come out clean.
• Meanwhile, make the glaze: In a measuring cup with a pouring spout, whisk together the confectioners' sugar and 2 tablespoons orange juice until smooth. The texture should be runny; add more orange juice if needed.
• Let the cake cool in the pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes, then turn out. While it is still warm, drizzle the glaze over the top, making messy, Jackson Pollock-style zigzags by moving the cup back and forth over the cake. Let cool completely to set.