Italian Orange Drizzle Cake Recipes

SCHIACCIATA ALLA FIORENTINA OR ITALIAN EASTER CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 360 degrees F (180 degrees C).
• Grease a 9x13-inch baking dish with butter.
• Mix flour, sugar, milk, olive oil, orange juice, orange zest, eggs, baking powder, vanilla extract, and nutmeg in a large bowl until batter is well combined.
• Pour batter into the prepared baking dish.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, about 30 minutes. Let cool before serving.

SIMPLE GLAZED ORANGE CAKE

Steps:

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

ORANGE DRIZZLE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9-inch cake pan well using butter and flour.
• Combine flour, eggs, sugar, butter, orange juice, orange zest, and baking powder in a bowl. Mix with an electric hand mixer or stand mixer until batter comes together and is pale in color. Pour into the prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, 30 to 40 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool in the pan for 5 minutes. Carefully remove from the pan and place on a cooling rack with a tray underneath.
• While cake cools, combine sugar and orange juice for drizzle in a small bowl. Pour over the still-warm cake. Let cool completely before slicing.

SICILIAN ORANGE CAKE RECIPE | "PAN D'ARANCIO"

Steps:

• Wash the orange really carefully. Cut the orange with the peel into pieces, removing any seeds. Put in a food processor and blend everything until smooth and set aside.
• Put the eggs with the sugar in the mixer. Mix well for about 5 minutes until the mixture is light and fluffy. Then add the seed oil a little at a time.
• Now add then the orange puree, mixing well on medium speed without turning off the mixer. Add the sifted "00" flour a little at a time and continue to work with the mixer. Finally add the almond flour and the baking powder.
• Pour the mixture into a round springform pan with a diameter of 22 cm (9 inch) covered with parchment paper. Place in a preheated oven at 180°C (350 ° F) for about 40 minutes. Check the cooking with a toothpick. Remove from the oven and let it cool. Decorate with icing sugar.

ITALIAN ORANGE DRIZZLE CAKE

Steps:

• Melt butter.
• Whisk eggs, icing sugar, caster sugar and orange zest until pale and fluffy (takes about 5 minutes with an electric hand whisk).
• Fold in melted butter with a large metal spoon.
• Sieve flour and baking powder together and gently fold into egg mixture.
• Bake at 180°C in a greased and lined 20cm tin for 30-35 minutes.
• Cool for 5-10 minutes in the tine before turning out to cool completely.
• To make icing mix icing sugar with orange juice until fairly runny and drizzle all over the cooled cake.

ORANGE DRIZZLE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 180C/Fan 160C/Gas Mark 4. Beat the butter and 225g sugar together until pale and creamy. Add the eggs, one at a time, slowly mixing through after each addition.
• Sift in the flour then add the zest of the orange and mix until well combined.
• Line a loaf tin with grease-proof paper then spoon in the mixture and level the top.
• Bake for 45-50 minutes until a thin skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean.
• While the cake is cooling in its tin, mix the juice of the orange with the 25g sugar. Prick the warm cake all over with a fork and drizzle the drizzle over the top.
• Leave in the tin until completely cool, then remove and serve. Will keep in an airtight container for 3-4 days and will freeze for up to 1 month.

ORANGE DRIZZLE CAKE

Steps:

• Heat the oven, line the tins and make the sponge exactly as described in the 'Goes well with' recipe, simply adding the orange zest to the sponge mixture.
• For the drizzle, roughly crush the sugar cubes with orange juice until they absorb the juice and become slushy. For the filling, whip the crème fraîche until stiff. Spread over one of the sponges, then spread the other with orange curd and sandwich the two together. Spoon over the drizzle and serve.

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.