Orange Cake

Moist and delicious, this Orange Cake starts with an easy citrus bundt cake that is covered in a sticky, sweet orange glaze. This cake is always a hit!

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I love a good, simple cake. If you’re looking for even more cake recipes, try this Tres Leches Cake, this Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting, or this Dump Cake Recipe.

This cake always makes an appearance when summer rolls around – it is the perfect dessert for a potluck or bbq. It does start with a cake mix, which makes it super simple and practically foolproof. The cake itself is amazing, but the orange glaze is what really takes it over the top!

Even if you are a cake-mix hater, you have got to try this cake. I’d bet that it would change your mind!!

I have made this Orange Glazed Bundt Cake multiple times. And it still is one of my favorites.

Ingredients

For the Cake:

• Yellow Cake Mix – I have only tried this with a yellow cake mix. My guess is that a white cake mix would work as well, but I haven’t tested it.
• Lemon Pudding Mix – Yes, I know this is an orange cake, but most of the orange flavor comes from the glaze. The lemon brings in a citrus flavor that compliments the orange well.
• Orange Juice – If possible, fresh is best, but if you buy it, try to get pure orange juice and not from concentrate.
• Vegetable Oil – This gives you a perfectly moist cake!
• Eggs – I use large eggs.
• Lemon Extract – If you have orange extract on hand you can use that, but it’s not an extract I usually have.

For the Glaze:

• Sugar – Not only does the sugar make the glaze sweet, but it also helps to make it nice and thick and sticky.
• Orange Juice – Again, fresh is best. You need orange zest, as well, so zest your oranges before juicing them.
• Butter – I use unsalted butter, but salted butter would work, too.
• Orange Zest – I like to use a microplane to zest the orange.

How to Make this Orange Cake

1. Grease and flour your bundt pan. This is very important to ensure that the cake comes out cleanly.
2. Combine the cake mix and pudding mix, then mix in the orange juice, oil, eggs, and extract. Mix on medium for 4-5 minutes. Pour into the pan.
3. Bake the cake until a tester inserted comes out with just a few moist crumbs on it. Let the cake cool for a few minutes, then turn out onto a plate. Let it cool completely.
4. Make the glaze by combining the sugar, orange juice, and butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Let it cook for 2 minutes, stir in the orange zest, then spoon over the cake.

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Watch the video above to see how to make this Orange Cake.

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Chocolate Bundt Cake
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Orange Cake

5 from 7 votes

Author: Deborah Harroun

Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 1 hour hour

Total Time: 1 hour hour 15 minutes minutes

Servings: 16 servings

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

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Moist and delicious, this Orange Cake starts with an easy citrus bundt cake that is covered in a sticky, sweet orange glaze. This cake is always a hit!

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Ingredients

Cake:

• ▢ 1 package 15.25 oz yellow cake mix
• ▢ 1 package 3.5 oz instant lemon pudding mix
• ▢ 3/4 cup orange juice
• ▢ 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• ▢ 4 eggs
• ▢ 1 teaspoon lemon extract

Glaze:

• ▢ 2/3 cup sugar
• ▢ 1/3 cup orange juice
• ▢ 1/4 cup butter
• ▢ 1 teaspoon orange zest

Instructions

• Preheat the oven to 325ºF. Grease and flour a 10-inch bundt pan.
• In a large bowl, combine the cake mix and the pudding mix.  Add the orange juice, vegetable oil, eggs, and lemon extract.  Beat on low speed until combined.  Scrape the sides of the bowl, then beat on medium speed for 4 minutes.  Pour the batter into the prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 45-60 minutes, or until a tester inserted in the center comes out clean.  Let the cake cool for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a serving dish. Allow to cool completely.
• Place a small saucepan over medium heat.  Add the sugar, orange juice and butter and cook until the butter is melted.  Once melted, cook for 2 minutes then remove from the heat.  Stir in the orange zest.
• Slowly pour the glaze over the cooled cake.  (There will be some extra glaze that doesn’t soak into the cake. I like to take a spoon and spoon the excess glaze over the cake.)

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Recipe Notes:

Adapted from allrecipes.com

Nutrition information provided as an estimate only. Various brands and products can change the counts.

Nutrition Information

Serving: 1slice, Calories: 273kcal (14%), Carbohydrates: 29g (10%), Protein: 3g (6%), Fat: 12g (18%), Saturated Fat: 4g (25%), Polyunsaturated Fat: 8g, Cholesterol: 54mg (18%), Sodium: 271mg (12%), Sugar: 15g (17%)

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