here’s an easy to make eggless orange cake. the recipe is simple and no fuss one. its full of orange flavor with a light orangish color. the cake is 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 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.
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.
you might also love to check these eggless cake recipes:
- Eggless Plum Cake Recipe
- Eggless Christmas Fruit Cake
- Vegan Banana Chocolate Cake
- Chocolate Banana Carrot Cake
recipe details for eggless orange cake below:
- 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
- preheat your oven to 180 degrees C.
- sieve the whole wheat flour with salt, baking powder and baking soda.
- in a bowl add the sugar and oil.
- with an electric beater or hand beater or a wooden spoon, beat this mixture of oil/butter and sugar till well blended and creamy.
- now add the orange juice and orange zest.
- stir well.
- fold in sieved flour and custard powder/corn starch.
- after folding, you can even lightly beat the cake mixture.
- pour the batter in a lined or greased cake tin of about 7×4 inches.
- bake in a preheated oven for 180 degrees C for 30-35 minutes.
- serve warm with tea or coffee.
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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how to cook this egg less orange cake in microwave
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.
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?
thanks. no eggs or number of eggs?
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
thanks and welcome nivedita.
Thanks for the orange cake recipie..came out very well ..my 3yr old son and 60yr old pa in law both loved it…
good to know and thanks.
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
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.
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?
use the same temperature & time settings that is bake at 180 degrees C for 30-35 mins or more if required.
can we use metallic mold for baking cake in convention mode of microwave
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.
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.
do try.
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
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
thanks jennifer. glad your kids loved the orange cake. with biscuits you can crumble or powder them in a food processor or dry grinder. add some melted butter or oil, sugar to the mixture. mix well. line a prepared tart pan with this mixture. press well. bake in a preheated oven till it become crisp and browned from top. once the pastry cools down, apply jam and top up with mixed fruits or fruit custard or fruits with chocolate. there are also milk shakes and puddings that i have seen bloggers making with biscuits, but never tried them.
here is a recipe from nags of edible garden which is similar to what i make – a no bake biscuit cake: http://www.cookingandme.com/2008/01/marie-biscuit-chocolate-logs.html
this is another one: http://www.cookingandme.com/2011/08/eggless-no-bake-biscuit-brownie-recipe.html
Loved the soft cake will try for sure
that too a healthy vegan cake what else one can ask for?
I tried this. It came out so well. Just want to thank you for such wonderful, delicious and easy to make recipe.
welcome harsha.
Can orange juice of RASNA co made at home be added ?
Thanks
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.
Can anything else be substituted instead of orange juice ?
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.
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?
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.
Hi,
Is this the samel jaggery that is available in Kirana stores ?
Thanks.
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
From where I can I get organic jaggery in Mumbai ?
Thanks
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.
Fine. Yet to try. That too using jaggery!
pls. let me know how to make it in a microwave.. exact time for baking…
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.
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.
thanks harsha for letting me know. next time i will try in the microwave.
Need to try this when the moment u say wheat flour ! lovely
did you use atta?
yes nags. thats the only whole wheat flour available in india
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.
This is similar to orange cupcakes but adding jaggery is sound more good.
Cake looks quite soft n fluffy…very healthy too…
Such beautiful crumbly texture and lovely color!
This cake has such a wonderful crumb, looks awesome and I love orange cakes!
Looks lovely..will try it definitely..plus the jaggery addition makes it healthy