Delicious orange loaf made with fresh orange juice, orange zest and oil taste similar to pound cake without butter. 
My daughter likes fresh orange juice, which is freshly squeezed. In our old house we have a juicy orange tree it gives lots of sweet oranges for several months in a year, and as we moved to new house we are missing or fresh oranges. So nowadays we buy oranges from the Sam’s club where they sell freshly squeezed orange juice. You can see them squeezing the oranges right in front of you. If I can’t go there I buy fresh oranges from my local grocery store. This week I decided to make this orange loaf with them.
If you like orange pound cake, then you will like this one too. It taste similar to pound cake, but the best thing is that it is without any butter yes it is made with oil, fresh orange juice and generous amount of orange zest. This recipe is from Traditional Jewish Baking: Retro Recipes Your Grandma Would Make… If She Had a Mixer by Carine Goren which I borrowed from the library. This book has a few good recipes that I would love to try, and this orange loaf is one of them. Original recipe requires a Bundt pan; but I made it into loaf. If you want you can make it in your Bundt pan. I have made an orange yogurt cakeorange ginger yogurt cake earlier. If you buy the book go with metric measurements for the recipes as the baking soda’s imperial measurement is off.
I shared half of the loaf with my friend as finishing the entire loaf in my home is nearly impossible; my kids won’t take a look at it as it has no chocolate and my hubby is worried about sugar. I know oil make the cake moist; and in order prevent the cake from drying; when it comes out the oven I brush it with fresh orange juice. Great thing is that it is just orange juice and does not contain any orange syrup. If you want you can dust it with powdered sugar which I didn’t, make this cake to go with coffee or tea. If you like orange then don’t miss this cake.
Grab these ingredients to make this delicious cake. For making this Cake you need only few ingreidents and steps.
First mix dry ingredients ( Flour and baking powder ) , then wet ingredients eggs, oil, orange juice, sugar and orange zest.
Mix dry ingredients into wet ingredients. Then bake at 325F for 40 minutes
Key is that you need to brush them with orange juice once it is comes of out the oven.
Orange Loaf
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups (300g) granulated sugar
- 4 eggs
- 1 cup (240ml) canola oil
- Zesty of 2 oranges
- 1 cup (240ml) orange juice
- 2 ½ cups (350g) all purpose flour
- 2 ½ teaspoon (10g) baking powder
- For finishing the cake
- ½ cup (120ml) orange juice
- Powdered sugar 2 tablespoon/20g
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325⁰F/160⁰Grease a 9x 5 inch loaf pan and 5x4 inch loaf pan. Sprinkle with granulated sugar to prevent sticking to the sides.
- In a bowl, whisk together, eggs, granulated sugar, oil, orange zest and orange juice until incorporated.
- In another bowl mix flour, baking powder and mix well then add this dry ingredients to wet mixture until combined.
- Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake for 40 minutes or until the cake is golden in color and tooth picks comes out clean when it is inserted.
- To finish the cake brush with orange juice, this will keep the cake moist, then dust with powdered sugar if you want, I didn’t.
Nutrition
99
This is Swathi ( Dr. Ambujom Saraswathy Ph.D) from Zesty South Indian Kitchen who loves to explore cuisines from all over the world. Whenever possible I try to to give an Indian touch to several of the world cuisine, and has weakness for freshly baked bread. All the recipes you see here are created by me and approved after taste-test by my family.
Sandhya Ramakrishnan says
Love using freshly squeezed orange juice in bakes and I am big fan of citrus flavored bakes. Oil makes the cake so moist and absolutely love the idea of brushing the baked loaf with orange juice.
Daniela Anderson says
This loaf would be amazing with a nice cup of tea, it must be so flavourful. I tried the lemon version which absolutely love, although l think the orange one must be as delicious. Nothing like a good dessert!
Amanda says
Just the fact that it has citrus in it sucked me in. Love any kind of citrus in foods. 🙂
Suja Manoj says
Moist and super yum, love it
Kylee from Kylee Cooks says
I LOVE oranges in baked goods. Little flecks of freshness and flavor are amazing!
Julie | Bunsen Burner Bakery says
Love that there's no butter! Dairy free desserts can be hard - this looks great.
Natalie | Natalie's Food & Health says
I'm a huge fan of pound and loaf cakes. Dunno why that simple yet so delicious dessert is so appealing to me 🙂 This orange loaf cake looks absolutely amazing. So moist and delicious. Love citrus flavour in cakes! Next time you make this loaf cake just invite me for tea. I'll help you with finishing it off heheh Pinning and sharing my friend 😉
Molly Kumar says
There's nothing more refreshing that a citrus cake with a hot cup of tea and this looks so delicious. I'm a big fan of citrus flavors and can't get enough of them.
Hanady | Recipe Nomad says
What a gorgeous bright and colorful cake! I have lots of oranges, tangelos and kumquats that would taste divine in this!
Christine McMichael says
I'm obsessed with citrusy things right now, so this orange loaf sounds incredible! Would love to have this for dessert tonight!
Dene' V. Alexander says
I love that this does not use any butter! Very nice use of flavors!!
Megan Marlowe says
I've made lemon loaf before but never orange cake and I am so intrigued and so excited to try this recipe. I'm a huge fan of citrus flavors and know this loaf will be absolutely delicious. Will go perfect with afternoon tea!
Gunjan says
I can totally imagine the fresh aroma of oranges in this loaf. I could eat this all day especially for evening snack with tea.
Amy says
Yum! I love the little specks of orange zest in the crumb of this loaf! The texture looks wonderful!
Gloria @ Homemade & Yummy says
I do love pound cake. This sounds like a nice change of pace...and the orange flavour would be so fresh. I could eat this for breakfast.
Adriana Lopez Martn says
This is such a lovely recipe, nothing like a sweet treat baked at home. This orange loaf reminds me my mother's recipe for orange coffee cake.
ManilaSpoon says
I have actually made an orange olive oil cake similar to this one so I can surely attest to how delicious this is. I love citrus flavored cakes and I need to control myself if this is before me. 🙂 YUM!
Veena Bhavanam says
Please ignore my last comment 🙂 I forgot sugar and flour measure differently. You are right in measurement. Sorry.
Veena Azmanov says
SO cool to have an orange tree in your yard... I love orange cakes. Love the color on this one..
Marisa González says
Dear friend, I live in the land of Spanish orange trees and I love all type of recipes made with oranges. Your loaf is perfect for me because it's butterless. I always use olive oil instead of butter.
I'll like to give it a try.
Hope you are feeling better.Dear friend, I live in the land of Spanish orange trees and I love all type of recipes made with oranges. Your loaf is perfect for me because it's butterless. I always use olive oil instead of butter.
I'll like to give it a try.
Hope you are feeling better.
Brandi Crawford says
This looks amazing! Pound cake is my favorite cake. I love how you lightened it up and added flavor! I must try this.
Erren says
This sounds delicious! I really want to try this!
Jasmin says
Oh wow! This actually looks so delicious and bright. Orange is one of my favourite flavours, it's so lively!
Emily says
This is my kinda cake I love orange in cakes. It would be perfect for breakfast!
Mary says
I don't think we use oranges in baked goods enough! This looks wonderful!
Stephanie@ApplesforCJ says
That must have been great having an Orange tree in your yard! Nothing like fresh squeezed orange juice. This orange loaf looks simple enough and would be great with morning coffee!
Surbhi says
Hi....plz tell substitute for eggs
Swathi says
Try with yogurt/curd. I haven't tried it so not sure how it turned out.