eggless orange cake recipe
I bake a cake or cookies every Friday night, but barely share them here, as my cake recipes are heavily modified to make them healthy (by replacing plain flour and sugar). Sometimes, I do feel that I do not make the cakes as they are supposed to be, airy & fluffy. Though I can make them like the bakery cakes like this simple butter cake , airy and fluffy by using plain flour and eggs, I prefer to make them my way, a bit dense but definitely they taste delicious with all the goodness of health. I have baked using this recipe atleast 8 to 10 times and never been a failure. It is soft, fluffy and a fool proof one.
eggless orange cake recipe below
Eggless Orange Cake Recipe
Ingredients (1 cup = 240ml )
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- ¼ cup plain flour / Maida
- 200 gms condensed milk , sweetened . (I used milk maid)
- 125 gms soft butter
- 200 ml sweet orange juice (I used minute maid bottled orange juice, sweetened and with pulp)
- 5 ml white vinegar
- ½ tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp orange zest (grate the peel leaving the white inner skin intact since it will be bitter) or few drops orange essence
How to make the recipe
- Grease and flour the cake pan evenly. set aside. Preheat the oven for atleast 15 minutes at 175 deg C.
- Mix the flour, baking soda and baking powder. Sieve twice for uniform mixing and discard the coarse granules if any from the wheat flour. set aside
- Whisk the butter to smooth. Add condensed milk to the smotth butter.Mix well
- Add orange juice, essence or zest and vinegar. whisk everything well.
- Add flour a few tbsps. at one time and mix well . Repeat adding flour and mixing till you use up the flour. do not over mix.
- Transfer this to the greased pan, tap it to the counter to remove the bubbles.
- Bake it for 20 to 30 mins till the cake is done.Keep an eye after 15 minutes
NUTRITION
Notes
if you wish to use fresh orange juice, add 2 to 4 tbsps sugar to the juice and set aside.
if your orange juice is not sour, add few drops of lemon juice to it.
if you wish to make it with only plain flour, can replace wheat flour
I have tried using 100 ML baking olive oil instead of butter, works well
step by step pictures eggless orange cake
1. Preheat the oven to 175 deg C, grease and flour the cake tin evenly. set aside
2. Mix the flour, baking soda and powder. Sieve twice for uniform mixing and discard the coarse husk granules in the wheat flour. set aside
3. Whisk the butter to smooth. Add condensed milk and soft butter to a utensil. Mix well
4. Add orange juice, vinegar, essence or zest. whisk thoroughly for uniform mixing,
5. Add flour little by little, few tbsps. at one time, mix well to remove lumps. do not over do the mixing.
6. Pour this in the greased cake tin, shake well to remove the bubbles if any.
7. Bake it for 15 to 30 mins till the cake is done. A tooth pick inserted must come out clean. Baking time depends entirely on the size of your cake pan. I used a 9 inch cake pan, so the cake was thin and wide, just took 15 mins to bake. keep checking after 15 mins.
Irene says
Hi!
Love your recipes. Especially the eggless cakes. I have been wanting to bake this with orange essence but haven’t found any good b.rand in our market. Would you be able to suggest any?
Thanks a bunch.
swasthi says
Hi Irene
Thank you so much. I haven’t used essence anytime. I usually add zest from 1 whole orange for stronger flavor. It turns out very good.
Shilpa says
Hi Swathi,
I tried this cake today, it turned out wonderful. I never got Such a soft and spongy texture cake without using eggs and with wheat flour. My husband and my son finished 3/4th cake when it was still hot.
Thank you.
swasthi says
Hi Shilpa
Thank you so much for the comment. So glad to know the cake turned out good
Sneha says
Hi swasthi,
Just wanted a small favour from u as u r so gud in baking n cooking.i wanted to make this orange cake tomorrow n would like u to please guide me with exact measurements for all purpose flour in grams as I intend to bake with only all purpose flour.i make horrible baking when I use cup measurements.
Looking forward for ur valuable advice.
Thanking u sneha
swasthi says
Welcome Sneha
You can try with – 1 cup equals to 120 to 125 grams of all purpose flour
Bhavana says
Hi swasthi just tried orange cake n has come out too…… Good n tasty my little one finished half of the cake before it cooled down.I have tried many of ur cakes n ladoos recipe n have always turned superb thanks for step by step recipes which r realty helpful
swasthi says
Hi Bhavana
So glad to know you tried so many recipes. Appreciate your comment. Thanks a lot
mea says
hi swasthi.. i loved this recipe.. can you please suggest this recipe with eggs
thank you
swasthi says
Hi Mea
I have not tried orange cake with eggs yet
Smitha says
Also want to try out ragi biscuits and wheat fruit cake. The only thing stopping me is the cup measurement. It would be very helpful if you give it in grams also.
swasthi says
For the Fruit cake i have mentioned the measurements in grams. Hope this helps
Smitha says
Hi ms swathi. I too am into healthy baking. So I tried ur wheat orange cake that looked quite lite n nice. Unfortunately the measurement cup that I use is different from yours. So sadly the cake flopped. Definitely want to try it again. By any chance can you give me measurement s in grams? Thank you.
swasthi says
Hi Smitha
i do not have a note of the flours in grams. If i have i usually mention in the post. But i started updating on the old ones when i make the same cake again. Until i make this again i may not be able to help you. Sorry for that.
Saji says
Made orange cake yesterday. It was great. We finished the cake in one hour. Thank you very much for the fantastic recipe
swasthi says
Welcome Saji
so glad to know it turned out good
Sneha says
I made this yummy cake with plain flour instead of atta n it came out super soft.now I want to know Which frosting can I use for this cake..
Thank you in advance.
swasthi says
Hi sneha,
Glad to know the cake turned out good. You can try making orange butter cream frosting. for 100 grams butter, use 2 cups sugar, 4 to 5 tbsps orange juice, vanilla extract. To make this, cream butter first with a whisk. Add powdered sugar and vanilla . Cream it again. It may not be smooth now. Add orange juice and whisk again until smooth and soft. Allow the cake to cool completely. Add the frosting and spread it. You may need to adjust the amount of orange juice and sugar slightly. Hope this helps. Would love to hear how it turned out.
Anjali Chauhan says
Looks yummy very tempting..
swasthi says
Thank you