PARADISE CAKE with ORANGE, an easy and quick dessert for breakfast or snack for the whole family, as soft as a cloud.
I prepared this orange paradise cake for Sunday, when you crave a simple but well-made dessert. It’s a classic pantry cake, soft, fragrant, tall, that scents the whole kitchen already while baking. One of those recipes you often remake because it always works, without stress.
This easy orange cake is perfect for breakfast and snack, it’s simply good, like homemade cakes of the past.
The orange scent is a true star: fresh juice and grated zest make the difference and keep this soft orange paradise cake moist, never dry, never heavy. It’s one of those desserts that’s even better the next day, often disappearing sooner.
Join me in the kitchen today there’s the orange paradise cake.
- Difficulty: Very Easy
- Cost: Very Economical
- Preparation time: 25 Minutes
- Portions: 8/10
- Cooking methods: Oven
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: Fall, Winter, and Spring
Ingredients
- 7 oz butter
- 1 1/4 cups powdered sugar
- 4 eggs
- 1 cup all-purpose flour (the one you usually use)
- 3/4 cup potato starch
- 1/3 cup orange juice
- orange zest (from 2 oranges)
- 1 packet baking powder
- 1 pinch salt
Steps
Cream the butter with the powdered sugar for 8–10 minutes, until it is very pale and fluffy (key step for the “paradise” effect).
Add the eggs one at a time, continuing to beat, then add the grated zest and orange juice.
Sift together flour, potato starch, baking powder, and salt and gently fold them in with a spatula or at low speed.
Pour the batter into a 9-inch well-greased and floured pan, bake in a static oven at 340°F for 45–50 minutes.
Let it cool completely and dust with powdered sugar.
Bon appétit
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PARADISE CAKE with ORANGE
Useful tips: use untreated oranges because the zest matters greatly; cream the butter and sugar well for a tall and light paradise cake; do not open the oven in the first 30 minutes, or you’ll lose the softness; a dusting of powdered sugar only when it’s cool, so it stays nice even the next day.
If you want an even more intense aroma: replace 20 ml of juice with orange liqueur (like Cointreau).
For an extra-soft cake: use large eggs and don’t open the oven in the first 35 minutes.
Also great filled with milk cream or orange marmalade 🍊
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FAQ PARADISE CAKE with ORANGE
Does the orange paradise cake stay soft?
Yes, if you beat the mixture well and don’t overbake. Softness is its strong point.
Can I use packaged orange juice?
Better not. Fresh juice gives true fragrance and taste to the orange paradise cake.
Does it keep for several days?
Yes, 3–4 days under a dome. It stays soft and fragrant.
Is it suitable for children?
Absolutely yes. It’s a simple cake, without liqueurs, perfect for breakfast.
