This orange cake comes together quickly and tastes like an orange creamsicle!
Ingredients
- 6 cups cake flour or White Lily All Purpose Flour
- 3 2/3 cups sugar
- 6 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3 cups orange juice
- 2 cups vegetable oil
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons orange extract
- 4 large eggs
- Orange food coloring
Instructions
Preheat oven to 325°F. Prepare Old Country Kitchenware square tube pan by brushing with pan coat and lining the bottom with parchment paper (if using two piece pan, fit with a parchment paper square between the two pieces first). In a large bowl, sift together all dry ingredients. Make a well in the center. Add wet ingredients and stir together until ingredients are fully combined. Pour batter into prepared tube pan and bake for 1 hour 50 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the cake comes out nearly clean. Let cool until the pan is comfortable enough to handle, then use a thin spatula to release the sides of the cake. Transfer the cake to a wire rack in two steps: first, turn the cake up on its side, then invert fully. (If using two-piece pan, invert the entire cake without separating the pieces). Let cool completely.
Orange Cream Cheese Frosting
- 1 stick (1/2 cup) butter, room temperature|
- 1 package (8 oz) cream cheese, room temperature
- 1 tablespoon orange extract
- 4 cups powdered sugar
Beat cream cheese and butter together with an electric mixer until creamy. Beat in extract. Gradually beat in powdered sugar until completely combined. Frost cooled cake, using the back of a spoon to apply down the tube hole.
Orange Icing
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 tablespoon orange extract
- Orange food coloring
- 2-3 tablespoons orange juice
Beat sugar, extract, orange food coloring, and 2 tablespoons orange juice with an electric mixer. Add more liquid a spoonful at a time until you reach the desired consistency. If a thicker icing is desired, add more powdered sugar. Transfer to piping bag fitted with a round tip and pipe starburst design on to cake.
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