Homemade Orange Cake with Orange Icing
This orange cake is so easy to make and very delicious. I use fresh squeezed orange juice and the zest of these oranges for the freshest flavored orange cake you could make.
Homemade Orange Cake with Orange Icing
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup granulated white sugar
- 2 eggs
- 3 TBS fresh orange zest
- 1/2 cup fresh squeezed orange juice
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
Icing Ingredients
- 1 3/4 cup confectioners sugar
- 1/4 cup fresh squeezed orange juice
- 1 TBS fresh orange zest
- 1 TBS butter, melted
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a standard size (9x5x3) loaf pan and set aside.
- In a large stand mixer bowl, beat together, sugar and butter until light and creamy.
- Beat in eggs one at a time until well mixed. Add in orange juice and zest and mix until fully combined.
- In a medium bowl whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt. Gradually add into butter mixture and beat until well combined.
- Pour batter into loaf pan and smooth out.
- Bake for 50-60 minutes. You should be able to pull out a toothpick clean.
- Let cool in pan for 10 minutes. Take out of pan and cool completely on wire rack.
- To make the orange glaze, mix all glaze ingredients in a pourable container or measuring cup. (To thin glaze, add a small amount of milk. To thicken glaze add more confectioners sugar.)
- Pour glaze on the top of cake. Let sit for a few minutes. Enjoy.