Super soft and delicious Orange Plumcake. Oranges are so good and so are the Desserts with oranges! The recipe I want to tell you about today is that of a very soft Orange Plumcake that is very simple to prepare and perfect for breakfast, a snack or any time of the day. Oranges are a fruit rich in vitamins and minerals, low in calories. Their seasonality usually goes from November to April, but there are also many varieties that ripen in summer or spring, so we can practically find them all year round in the market. I recommend not missing the recipe for my Soft Orange Cookies, so good they melt in your mouth. The Soft Orange Plumcake is a cake without butter and milk, with lots of orange juice and zest, so I recommend using unwaxed oranges with edible peel. I can only imagine the delicious aroma that filled my house as soon as I took it out of the oven, and it was impossible to resist eating a slice while still warm. What do you say, have I already convinced you to try it? Let’s head to the kitchen and make a delicious and very soft Orange Plumcake together
AND DON’T MISS THESE RECIPES TOO:
- Difficulty: Easy
- Cost: Cheap
- Preparation time: 20 Minutes
- Portions: For a 8×4.5 inch loaf pan
- Cooking methods: Oven
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: Fall, Winter
- Energy 154.37 (Kcal)
- Carbohydrates 25.74 (g) of which sugars 12.61 (g)
- Proteins 3.40 (g)
- Fat 4.93 (g) of which saturated 0.94 (g)of which unsaturated 3.73 (g)
- Fibers 0.71 (g)
- Sodium 14.86 (mg)
Indicative values for a portion of 70 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA* and FoodData Central** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.
* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov
Ingredients for the Orange Cake
- 2 eggs
- 3/4 cup g sugar
- 2 oranges (unwaxed)
- 1 and 1/3 cup g all-purpose flour
- 3.5 tbsp ml vegetable oil
- 1/2 packet baking powder (8 grams)
- to taste powdered sugar (for decoration)
What you need to make the Orange Cake
- Mixer
- Loaf Pan
- Citrus Juicer
How to prepare the Orange Plumcake
To prepare the Orange Plumcake you need 2 unwaxed oranges to use their peel as well. Wash the oranges well. Grate them to obtain the zest, only the orange part. Squeeze them to obtain the juice. You need about 1/2 cup of orange juice. If it’s not enough, squeeze another half orange.
Beat 2 whole eggs with the sugar using an electric mixer for about 7-8 minutes until you have a light and frothy mixture. Add to the eggs the vegetable oil, the orange juice, and zest. Mix.
Continue the preparation by adding the sifted flour and baking powder. Mix well to combine all the ingredients.
Pour the batter into a greased loaf pan. My pan measures 8 x 4.5 inches. Bake the Orange Plumcake in a preheated oven at 350°F for 35-40 minutes.
Always do the toothpick test to check the cake’s doneness even inside. Let it cool before removing it from the pan and transferring it to a tray. Dust it with powdered sugar as desired.
See you tomorrow with a new recipe, a hug, Loredana
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This cake remains soft and tender in a container for 2-3 days
Also read the recipe for my Wholemeal Plumcake with Chocolate Chips
Your Questions
Can I substitute vegetable oil with butter?
Yes, with 50 grams of melted butter
Can I replace all-purpose flour with gluten-free flour?
Yes, of course, use the gluten-free flour you usually use for baking. Alternatively, you could use half rice flour and half buckwheat flour, both naturally gluten-free
