Orange Cake With Creamy Orange Frosting
Created by QueenBea on October 30, 2011
- Servings: 9
- Prep Time: 30m
- Cook Time: 50m
- Recipe #1760
Ingredients
- Cake:
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 egg yolks
- 1 tablespoon orange rind, grated
- 1 3/4 cups all purpose flour
- 3 tablespoons baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/3 cup orange juice
- 1/3 cup water
- 2 egg whites
- Creamy Orange Frosting:
- 2 tablespoons butter, softened
- 1/2 cup icing sugar, sifted
- Pinch of salt
- 1 egg yolk
- 2 teaspoon orange rind, finely grated
- 1 tablespoon orange juice
- 1 1/2 cup icing sugar, sifted
How to Make
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Step 1: For Cake: Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
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Step 2: Grease a 9” square cake pan, line bottom with parchment paper.
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Step 3: Cream butter, gradually beat in sugar.
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Step 4: Add egg yolks and beat until thick and lemon coloured.
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Step 5: Add grated orange rind.
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Step 6: Blend together flour, baking soda and salt.
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Step 7: Add dry ingredients to creamed mixture alternately with orange juice and water. Combine after each addition.
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Step 8: Beat egg whites until stiff but not dry. Carefully fold into cake batter.
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Step 9: Pour into prepared pan.
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Step 10: Bake for 45 to 50 minutes.
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Step 11: Let cool completely before frosting.
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Step 12: For Frosting: Cream butter and add 1/2 cup icing sugar and salt and blend until smooth.
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Step 13: Add egg yolk, orange rind and orange juice and beat well.
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Step 14: Gradually beat in about 1 1/2 cups icing sugar, just enough to make of spreading consistency.
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Step 15: Beat until creamy.
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Step 16: Frost cake.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (150.3 g)
- Calories 570.7
- Total Fat - 16.6 g
- Saturated Fat - 3.6 g
- Cholesterol - 26.5 mg
- Sodium - 150.2 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 101.7 g
- Dietary Fiber - 1 g
- Sugars - 79.4 g
- Protein - 3.8 g
- Calcium - 34.2 mg
- Iron - 0.8 mg
- Vitamin C - 6.9 mg
- Thiamin - 0 mg