Whole Orange Cake - Real Recipes from Mums

This recipe is simple and makes the most amazing cake bursting with flavour.

Ingredients (makes 1 Cake)

440g Navel oranges
185g Butter softened
1 1/2 cups Caster sugar
1 tsp Vanilla extract
3 Eggs
2 1/4 cups SR flour

Method

Pre heat oven to 160 degrees fan forced or 170 degrees no fan. Grease a 22 cm round or spring form pan, and line with paper
Cut oranges into quarters and remove any seeds and the thick core if there is one, then roughly chop
Place oranges - skin and all into a food processor and pulse until roughly chopped
Add butter and sugar and vanilla and pulse again until combined. Don't be worried if it looks curdled Add in eggs and pulse to combine
Pour mix into a bowl and fold in the flour until just combined.
Spoon mix into the tin, smooth the surface and place into the oven for 50-55 minutes or until skewer comes out clean
Allow to mostly cool before removing from the tin and finish cooling on a wire rack

Notes

Navel oranges are best for this recipe as they have minimal pith and hardly any seeds The weight is important for the oranges, so make sure you weigh them and trim one if needed.

19 Comments

- - Fiona M said
  - 31 Mar 2019
    8:32 pm
Wow! Amazing that you can put the whole orange in!

- - mom356066 said
  - 24 Feb 2019
    12:32 am
Thinking of using this as one of the tiers in a three tiered wedding cake, do you think this cake is dense enough.

- - Cookfromscratchmum said
  - 01 Nov 2018
    11:09 am
Simple yet divine cake I love orange cakes delicious ????

- - mom112023 said
  - 10 Nov 2017
    6:33 am
Exactly what I was looking for. Need something extra to pack for work lunch. Thanks.

- - maddisonmelkie@gmail.com said
  - 08 Nov 2017
    11:39 am
This cake looks super fantastic i love that you have used a whole orange i believe its the way to go.

- - mom266216 said
  - 25 Oct 2017
    11:52 am
Love this presentation and looks delicious.

- - mom81879 said
  - 25 Oct 2017
    10:32 am
I bet this cake is bursting with flavour. Orange would have to be one of my favourite cakes. Lovely with some orange syrup drizzled over

- - Toni Rowland said
  - 20 Oct 2017
    3:03 pm
Yum. I’m salivating at the thought of this cake.

- - LuckyMum said
  - 08 Oct 2017
    4:29 pm
Looks delicious Beautiful photo too!

- - mom94125 said
  - 04 Sep 2017
    5:53 pm
this ingredients list is do-able and this cake seems easy to make. i reckon that this would be a great cake to have with an afternoon coffee. cheers for sharing this fab idea

- - natct said
  - 28 Aug 2017
    7:29 am
Love making this it’s been a fave for years. Thanks for the reminder.

- - mom94378 said
  - 19 Aug 2017
    9:32 pm
This looks mouth watering. Lovely job, tasty and a nice hit of vitamin C too.

- - youngoldlady said
  - 18 Aug 2017
    7:50 pm
This looks great and a great way to use up the excess oranges we have. Thank you for this and the hints.

- - mom90758 said
  - 16 Aug 2017
    3:59 pm
This cake must be full of flavour. It looks very good!!

- - taynik46 said
  - 16 Aug 2017
    7:19 am
i have heard lots about whole orange cakes in the thermomix community but I am yet to try it – it does look and sound amazing though – thanks for sharing!

- - cherz said
  - 15 Aug 2017
    8:28 pm
Your whole orange cake sounds delicious ..would also be a delicious way of getting added vitC in winter. Your presentation is amazing. Thanks so much for sharing.

- - mom112217 said
  - 15 Aug 2017
    8:27 pm
A beautiful orange cake recipe and it look’s fantastic! Thanks!

- - mom93821 said
  - 15 Aug 2017
    7:18 pm
Thanks for your orange cake recipe – it looks so delicious and the presentation is gorgeous.
- mom93821 replied
  
  16 Aug 2017 , 5:43 am
  Thanks for the extra notes/tips about the oranges too.