eggless orange cake recipe, how to make eggless orange cake

By on May 21st, 2014

eggless orange cake vegan recipe

eggless orange cake recipe - here’s an easy, simple and no fuss recipe to make vegan and eggless orange cake. the cake is full of orange flavor with a light orangish color…. soft and light.

first time we had an orange cake and it reminded us of the orange cream biscuits that we get here, in india.

i have made the orange cake with fresh orange juice but you can even use readymade orange juice. the quantity is a medium sized bar of cake enough for 3-4 people.

eggless orange cake vegan

you can even frost the cake with some orange whipped cream or butter icing. i kept it plain as we like it this way. even orange muffins can be made from this cake batter.

this orange cake can be baked both in regular oven and in the microwave oven with convection mode.

i made the cake with whole wheat flour & powdered jaggery, but you can easily substitute all purpose flour and fine or powdered sugar. this is not a heavy cake as i have used very less oil (1/4 cup)… so even after having the cake, you won’t feel heavy. a healthy recipe of an orange cake.

eggless orange cake recipe

you might also love to check these eggless cake recipes:

  1. Eggless Plum Cake Recipe
  2. Eggless Christmas Fruit Cake
  3. Vegan Banana Chocolate Cake
  4. Chocolate Banana Carrot Cake

eggless orange cake recipe below:

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eggless orange cake
 
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Recipe type: dessert, brunch
Cuisine: world
Serves: 3-4
Ingredients (american measuring cup used, 1 cup = 250 ml)
  • 1 cup whole wheat flour or all purpose flour/maida or half-half of both the flours
  • ½ tsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp baking soda
  • a pinch of salt
  • ¾ cup orange juice
  • ½ cup powdered jaggery organic unrefined cane sugar or regular fine or powdered sugar (add more if required)
  • ¼ cup olive oil or butter
  • ½ tsp orange zest
  • 1 tbsp eggless vanilla custard powder or corn flour/corn starch
Instructions
  1. preheat your oven to 180 degrees C.
  2. sieve the whole wheat flour with salt, baking powder and baking soda.
  3. in a bowl add the sugar and oil.
  4. with an electric beater or hand beater or a wooden spoon, beat this mixture of oil/butter and sugar till well blended and creamy.
  5. now add the orange juice and orange zest.
  6. stir well.
  7. fold in sieved flour and custard powder/corn starch.
  8. after folding, you can even lightly beat the cake mixture.
  9. pour the batter in a lined or greased cake tin of about 7x4 inches.
  10. bake in a preheated oven for 180 degrees C for 30-35 minutes.
  11. serve eggless orange cake warm with tea or coffee.
Notes
if using fresh orange juice, then make the juice just before you add it to the oil-sugar mixture. keeping orange juice for a long time can result in it getting bitter and spoiling the taste of the cake.


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  1. purple says

    Hi Dassana! Thanks for sharing this awesome recipe. I’m very new at baking, and tried this as cupcakes (n=12) yesterday. They came out delicious! :) Simple, easy and healthy :)

  2. Ashwini says

    Hi Dassana,
    Looks like an interesting cake to be tried out. Can you give me some ideas to frost this cake? Thank you.

    • says

      hi ashwini, best will be an orange butter frosting. whip unsalted butter till smooth, light and fluffy. add a bit of orange juice or orange essence and some orange zest. next would be a a chocolate icing with orange juice. melt chocolate in a double boiler or microwave. add powdered sugar, orange juice or essence and orange zest.

          • Ashwini says

            Thanks again Dassana for this recipe…its truly superb….I baked this for my parents’ wedding anniversary yesterday and everyone just loved it!!just like you said,the cake was light and soft….this cake scores a 10/10 for the taste,texture and health point of view…Had just one more doubt, if I have to double the quantity of the ingredients,how long should it bake in the oven?

            • says

              thanks ashwini for the positive feedback on orange cake. give my best wishes to your parents on their wedding anniversary. it will be difficult to tell the exact time as it depends upon oven settings, temperature. i guess, it will be around 15-20 minutes more.

  3. aslam says

    Hi there … I tried it as ‘Cup Cake’ … I used butter (1 stick) and 1 spoon of yogurt (not sour) , carbonated orange drink …. it turned up well and spongy …

  4. Nisha says

    Haii,This cake looks delicious and healthy.I want to try it.You’ ve mentioned that 1cup is 250ml.Request you to tell me how many grams 1cup is.The 1 cup I have holds 130grams.Thanks a bunch.

    • says

      a cup is always measured in ml. so when a dry ingredient like flour or rice or grains are added in cups, their weight in grams differ depending on the space they occupy in the cup. so 1 cup of rice would weigh differently than 1 cup of sugar. 1 cup of whole wheat flour weighs differently than 1 cup of maida or all purpose flour.

  5. Nimmi says

    Dassana, I used ghee instead of oil/butter and had a very difficult time in dissolving the sugar but the end result was worth the effort. it was really fluffy and delicious and was done in 25 mnts at 180 c. one doubt, If i want to double the quantity, do i need to add more baking powder and baking soda? Thanks

    • says

      nimmi, you made a ghee cake :-) ghee will surely make the cake taste delicious. yes you will need to increase the baking powder. increase the baking soda will give that soapy smell. so i suggest adding 1 tsp baking powder and 1/2 tsp baking soda.

  6. rj says

    very nice recipe.doesnt involve a hand mixer and thats what i loved the most.i forgot to add the corn flour and didnt notice much change in the texture.wud however reduce the sugar by quarter. thanks

  9. sital says

    I made this cake today with multigrain flour, and stevia for a diabetic loved one and it was delicious…….will try making the others too

  10. swathi says

    I liked this cake very much as it is healthy to use wheat flour instead of white flour. Itreally came out well. SSmooth cake. Loved it. I didnot use corn flour/ venilla. I made orange juice in mixy and used pulp too. ( I tasted orange juice to test bitterness) (y) thank you so much for the mouth watering recipe.

  11. SUNDEEP says

    My batter came out very thick it was not a flowing tendency.I am baking the cake now.Keeping my fingers crossed

  12. Devang says

    The cake was AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    I had plucked dozens of oranges from our garden, didn’t know what to do with em. PERFECT!!!!
    Thanks a ton! My Mom doesnt lemme enter the kitchen, so i baked it when she was out. :P
    Everyone loved it!
    So m bakin it again, with whipped cream and stuff.
    I just wanna know, can i moisten the layers by orange juice before spreading the cream?

    • says

      thats great. you are lucky to have oranges from your garden :-)

      yes, you can moisten the layers. just brush lightly with orange juice. make sure that the cake does not becoming soggy.

  14. Devang says

    Instead of vanilla custard powder if i add corn flour, will it be advisable to add vanilla essence as well?

  17. rupali varma says

    my cake did not come out well .It was wet in middle bottom and hard above it on top Can you mail me a video .I have panasonic microwave convection oven with automenu . plz let me know how to make it that auto menu has cakes menu with orange cake predifined for 7 mins. .
    Thnx.

    Waiting for your reply.

    • says

      did you microwave or used the convection mode. never use auto menus unless the recipe is given by the company and is specifically meant for the auto menu. something has gone wrong in the oven. you have to use the convection mode to bake the cake.

  18. Anita says

    Hi Dassana,

    Tried your eggless orange cake. It turned out excellent and was consumed within minutes. Thanks for a great recipe and a mouth watering website. Keep up the good work. God bless!

    Anita

  19. db says

    hi! i was looking for eggless cake recipe and baked this cake for the first time. The cake came out a huge success..thanks for the recipe.

  20. Raksha says

    Hi,
    Would you please advise how much in weight (grams) is there in a cup that you use?
    Thank you

  21. Gitika says

    Hi I tried baking the cake in the microwave option the taste was awesome but it came out too soft… How can I make it a lil hard?

    • says

      microwave for some more seconds or minutes. you will have to check after some seconds in between so that the cake does not become dense.

  22. Shefalee says

    didnt have any baking soda.. so i used self-raising flour instead of the ‘flour and baking soda’. the cake did rise and became just like in the pictures.
    thanks for the recipe ;)

  24. Shubhada says

    Atta, jaggary & eggless. What else can one ask for! I could not wait to try it out. It turned out too good. But the oranges did not have strong flavor. Can I add orange essence to it? Can I do it without soda?

    • says

      depends on the quality of oranges. you can add orange essence. baking soda is required in this recipe, hence cannot skip it out completely.

  25. mardi says

    Was looking for an eggless cake today with oranges as a friend gave some from her tree. Stumbled accross your website. What a great find! I love Indian food and have just been getting into making dahls. My cake turned out just like yours in the photo. That never happens! It was quick and easy and tasted great. Will definately make again as oranges in season in Australia at the moment. Really nice homemade cake. Thanks. Glad I found your site.

    • says

      just microwave on high or medium high power. if using high power, then microwave for 2 to 3 minutes and check. if not done, then microwave again for some seconds. but remember that even after removing from microwave, the food keeps on cooking for some minutes.

  27. wynot says

    Hi Dassana, I just made your cake and it was delicious. My family loves it and will be making it again and again. Was just wondering about the no eggs. Would it mess up recipe?

  28. Nivedita says

    I tried this cake for tea time today..it was delicious! My family loved it too. Didn’t have any jaggery powder so I used cane sugar. Thank you so much for this easy recipe :-)

  29. Shilpa says

    Thanks for the orange cake recipie..came out very well ..my 3yr old son and 60yr old pa in law both loved it…

  30. anu says

    thanks loads..I love baking but too much worried about the calories.I tried this cake and turn out good.did u try this as mufffin? Does it works? I am looking forward to see your low calorie cake and muffin recipes in future

    • says

      hi anu. i have not tried the orange cake as muffins. i think the batter should work as a muffin batter too. i try to keep most of the cakes or muffins i make with less oil. shall be posting some more cake recipes.

  31. Keyuri says

    You said that you can make the cake in microwave convention mode but how to use it? I mean what should be the temperature and what should be the time?

    • prem pancholi says

      can we use metallic mold for baking cake in convention mode of microwave

      • says

        you can use metallic baking pans or tins while baking in the convection mode of microwave oven. but don’t use these in the microwave mode. there will be arcing and fire sparks will be seen.

  32. says

    ohhhh yummm I got to try is asap the cake looks so soft and u haven’t even added any curd or milk nice!!! super moist.

  33. Dee says

    Thank you for this wonderful recipe. I love it that this recipe isn’t fuddy-duddy as they usually are and you have given us a lot of scope for substitution. At present my cake is in the oven. It smells and looks lovely. I can’t wait to eat it! xx

  34. jennifer says

    hi dassana, lovely healthy cake .my kids loved it.since i have 2 kids, there r lots of biscuits that friends n relatives get 4 them .so can u suggest any recipe where i can use these leftover biscuits pls.thanks

  36. harsha says

    I tried this. It came out so well. Just want to thank you for such wonderful, delicious and easy to make recipe.

    • says

      no… avoid adding rasna… it wont give you the natural flavor of orange juice in the cake. may spoil the taste of the cake. you can add the real brand or any other good brand of packed fresh orange juice.

        • says

          no…. no other juice can be substituted in this recipe as its the acidic nature of the orange juice that helps in the baking along with the other ingredients. lemon juice can be added, but the proportion would be different and the whole recipe will change. the closest juice that i can think of is sweet lime (mosambi juice).but i don’t know how the cake will turn out and taste.

  38. Parvathy says

    hi,
    a silent follower of ur blog. tried this out and it came out really good. super dupper keeper receipe. my son could’nt stop eating. made muffins, got 12 small ones,used sugar as i was not having jaggery, reduced sugar by 1TBSP. i forgot to add salt, but yuummm muffins. thks a million. could u suggest way to make vanilla cakes with atta?

    • says

      thanks parvathy and i hope you won’t remain silent now :-) i have tons of recipe requests for vanilla cake. i made twice and failed miserably. so will have to come up with a fool proof recipe.

    • says

      hi hemlata, the jaggery is same and not yet same. i use organic jaggery. i get it already in powdered form, so that reduces my work of powdering it :-)

        • says

          organic jaggery can be easily got from the organic section of supermarkets like nature’s basket, hypercity, spencers and big bazaar. you can also got organic sugar and dried sugarcane juice from fabindia. dried sugarcane juice is too good and makes even simple drinks like nimbu pani or aam panna very delicious plus healthy too. another option is to buy online. i get all organic stuff from an organic shop close to my place.

    • says

      the cake has to be baked in the convection mode in the microwave. its the same time and temperature. 180 degrees C for 35-40 minutes. but just check the cake after 25-30 minutes as due to the fan, the baking is a bit quick in the microwave.

    • harsha says

      I made in the Microwave. Preheat as usual and then Micro high for 5 – 6 min & then microgrill combination on 6 min. Mine came out really well.

  44. says

    This definitely will be tried in my own kitchen soon. I don’t think I have ever come across any cake recipe with jaggery I totally agree that it is healthier than the ones with white sugar.