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Vegan Orange Cake – How to make Vegan Orange Cake

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Vegan Orange Cake with step by step photos. An Eggless, butter less, vegan orange cake that is so soft, moist and delicious that is perfect for tea time. This vegan orange cake uses water for its liquid base yet turns out absolutely as light as air.

This month, my Blog Hop Partner is Nagasree. She has some yummy traditional Karnataka recipes in her space and all her posts tell a heart rendering story which makes a lovely read. When I saw this cake, I decided to give it a try as we all love citrus bakes at home.

Vegan Orange Cake

I just replaced oranges in place of lemon and they turned out absolutely fabulous. She had mentioned that the cake turned out a bit dense for her so I made some changes to get it light and spongy and you can see that for yourself here.

I have used a bundt pan to bake this cake but you can also use a loaf pan or even bake them into cute little cup cakes if you are going for portion control. You can also glaze the cup cakes.

vegan orange cake

The texture of the cake comes very close to that of the Vegan Dates Cake and Vegan Chocolate Cake. All vegan cakes happen to be a hot favorite at home. If you are looking for a crumbly textured cake that tastes like “Britannia” or “Milka Wonder Cake” that are available in the market for your tea time, I would strongly recommend that you give the Choco Chip Nut Cake a try. I’m sure that you will not be disappointed at all.

Vegan Orange Cake with stepwise photos:

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1. Sieve together all purpose flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda together. Add sugar, mix well and keep aside.

2. Grate the zest of oranges and squeeze the juice and keep aside.

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3. Whisk together olive oil, water, orange juice and orange zest together.

4. Add the dry ingredients little by little and whisk to a smooth and lump free batter.

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5. Pour the batter into the prepared bundt pan and bake for 50 mins in an oven that is preheated at 180 C degrees.

6. Bake till a skewer inserted comes out clean and cool it off on a cooling rack.

eggless orange cake

7. Vegan Orange cake is ready to be sliced and serve with coffee or tea.

I have used EV olive oil to bake the cake but you can also use any unflavored vegetable oil. You can replace half of all purpose flour with whole wheat flour but the cake will be dense and not as moist and soft as it should be.

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Vegan Orange Cake

Vegan Orange Cake with step by step photos. A moist, soft, delicious and a low calorie tea time cake.
Prep Time10 mins
Cook Time50 mins
Total Time1 hr
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Continental
Servings: 1 - 9' Bundt Cake
Author: Radhika

Ingredients:

  • All Purpose flour – 2 cups
  • Baking Powder – 1 tsp
  • Baking Soda – 1 tsp
  • Salt – 1/4 tsp
  • Sugar – 1 cup
  • Oranges – 2
  • Olive oil – 1/2 cup
  • Water – 3/4 cup

Instructions:

  • Pre heat the oven @ 180 Degrees C. Grease a Bundt pan with oil and flour it. Keep aside.
  • Sieve together all purpose flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt together. Mix sugar to this and keep aside.
  • Grate the zest from both the oranges and keep aside.
  • Squeeze out the fresh juice and keep aside.
  • In a mixing bowl whisk together orange juice, grated zest, olive oil and water.
  • To this wet mixture add the dry ingredients little by little while whisking at the same time making sure there are no lumps to form a smooth batter.
  • Pour into the prepared bundt pan and shove into the pre heated oven.
  • Bake for 50 Minutes or till a skewer inserted comes out clean.
  • When done take off from the oven and place it on a cooling rack to let it come to room temperature before unmolding.
  • Vegan Orange Cake is ready.
  • Slice and serve along with coffee or tea.

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  33. Anonymous

    December 19, 2012 at 8:47 am

    This recipe is wonderful!! I made it for my husband’s birthday and it came out just like the picture. I used 1/2 cup less sugar on accident, I was going to use half white sugar and half brown sugar, but it came out just as good. I used only olive oil and we loved the taste. I also put a marmalade glaze over top. Thank you!

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  34. The Trivial

    February 9, 2013 at 12:00 am

    This. Cake. Was. Amazing.

    I may have been more skeptical than even my own brother-in-law, who loves his animal products, but we were all surprised by this recipe. I also topped with some homemade marmalade. I had hoped to try this as a layer cake, but it turned out only half our guests liked marmalade, so I made two nine-inch cakes: one with marmalade and one without. Both were great.

    Thanks for posting this.

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  35. The Trivial

    February 9, 2013 at 1:02 am

    This. Cake. Is. Amazing.

    I may have been more skeptical than even my own brother in law, who loves his animal products, but we were all very impressed by the results. This vegan cake is just a great cake. Period.

    I had intended to make a layer cake with homemade marmalade on top and between the layers, but our guests were split on marmalade, so I ended up with two cakes: one with marmalade on top and one plain. Both were delicious.

    Thanks for posting this.

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  36. Anonymous

    March 13, 2013 at 5:58 am

    I just tried this and for some reason it was so thick, and it turns out i forgot to add water LOL . but it was still not bad. i’ll give it a try again some other time

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  42. Jennifer

    March 27, 2016 at 11:52 pm

    I made this amazing cake yesterday. I only had avocado oil, so that’s what I used, instead of olive oil and sunflower oil. The cake turned out so light, fluffy and moist. I drizzled some vegan glaze over the top of the cake. So delicious! I just had a piece for breakfast.

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      • Jennifer

        March 28, 2016 at 10:35 pm

        You’re welcome! Your cake is really spectacular. I will most definitely be making this again. I might try making cupcakes. How long do you suggest the cooking time should be when making cupcake version of this cake?

        Reply

  45. Hayley

    July 6, 2017 at 7:42 am

    This cake is absolutely divine! I found it hunting for a cake recipe to serve my vegan friend. This was perfect with no weird/out there ingredients. All I had to buy was the oranges! I also added 1tsp of cinnamon for a bit of an extra kick. Delicious!

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  46. Frances Bottrell

    September 1, 2017 at 9:31 am


    This is the best simple orange cake of all. Turned out perfectly. I used rice bran oil instead of olive and next time I will add the cinnamon too! Delicious. Thank you.

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  48. Roya

    May 17, 2018 at 5:52 am


    I have made this cake at least 10 times in the past 2 years. It’s delicious and easy so I decided that it’s about time to thank you for sharing this with us. THANK YOU

    Reply

  50. Squash Lady

    October 27, 2018 at 11:34 pm


    Really good recipe. I make an orange layer, a lime layer and a lemon layer and put vegan cream cheese frosting with more zest from each type of citrus in between the layers. I put the lime layer on top and drizzle it with coconut yogurt. All the vegans love it and all the non-vegans don’t even notice that it’s vegan. Thank you!

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