Recipe for an Orange Cake
Made with in-season, fresh oranges, and totally dairy, gluten, and refined-sugar free, we can’t get enough of this Recipe for an Orange Cake!
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 40 minutes
- Total Time: 70 minutes
- Yield: 12 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Oven
- Cuisine: American
- Diet: Gluten Free
Ingredients
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CAKE
- 2 1/2 cups whole grain gluten free flour
- 1 1/2 cup coconut sugar
- 1 cup coconut oil, softened
- 1 cup orange juice
- 4 eggs
- 1.5 teaspoons cream of tarter
- 1/2 teaspoon Himalayan pink salt
- Zest from 1 orange
ORANGE GLAZE
- 1/4 cup orange juice
- 2 tablespoons tapioca starch
- 1 tablespoon orange rind
- 2 tablespoons coconut sugar
- 1/4 cup maple syrup
- 1 orange, peeled and chopped
Instructions
- Begin by preheating your oven to 350ºF, and lining a cake pan with unbleached parchment paper.
- Combine all dry ingredients for cake in large mixing bowl.
- Combine all wet ingredients in a separate bowl, and mix until smooth.
- Add wet ingredients into the dry ingredients, and mix until smooth.
- Add about 1/2 cup water into a small, oven safe dish on the bottom rack for adding extra moisture to the orange cake.
- Pour orange cake mixture into cake pan, and place in the oven on the top rack.
- Allow to bake for approximately 40 minutes, or until cake is turning golden brown, and a tooth pick comes out clean.
- While cake is baking, make Orange Glaze.
- In a small saucepan, add in everything for the Orange Glaze except for the coconut sugar and chopped oranges.
- All mixture to warm (about 5 minutes on a medium heat), and then add in coconut sugar. Mix constantly until mixture slightly thickens (this took mine an additional 5-10 minutes).
- Remove from heat, and add in chopped oranges.
- Once cake has cooled, poor Orange Glaze on top, and enjoy chilled, or slightly warm.
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