Here’s a simple, moist orange cake recipe you can make at home.
🍊 Easy Orange Cake
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 ½ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ¼ tsp salt
- ¾ cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- ½ cup vegetable oil (or melted butter)
- ¾ cup fresh orange juice
- 1–2 tbsp orange zest (very important for flavor)
- ½ cup plain yogurt or milk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract (optional)
Optional glaze
- ½ cup powdered sugar
- 2–3 tbsp orange juice
👩🍳 Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180°C (350°F). Grease and flour a cake pan.
- In a bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
- In another bowl, beat sugar and eggs until slightly fluffy.
- Add oil, orange juice, zest, yogurt, and vanilla. Mix well.
- Slowly add dry ingredients into wet mixture. Stir until just combined (don’t overmix).
- Pour into prepared pan.
- Bake for 30–40 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Let it cool before removing from pan.
🍯 Optional orange glaze
Mix powdered sugar with orange juice and drizzle over the cooled cake for extra sweetness and shine.
If you want, I can also give you:
- Eggless orange cake version
- Bakery-style fluffy orange sponge
- Orange pound cake (denser, richer)
