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.
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
eggless orange cake recipe 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 eggless orange cake warm with tea or coffee.
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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
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.
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
welcome rj
Don we need to add curd in eggless cake as we r using eggless custerd pd
depends on the recipe. you don’t need to add curd in all eggless cakes.
May i know what is orange zest
the top layer of the orange peel is orange zest. this is grated and added to the cake.
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
thanks sital for sharing your variation. yes do try other cake recipes.
sorry forgot to add.. that if you using stevia u need to add 1/3 extra cup of the bulking agent.. in this case the orange juice… thanks and will look forward to more of your healthy but delicious recipes
thanks again.
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.
thanks for the feedback swathi.
My batter came out very thick it was not a flowing tendency.I am baking the cake now.Keeping my fingers crossed
hope the cake turned out good. not sure why the batter was thick. may be the quality of flour.
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.
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?
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.
orange cake in the oven…the house is smelling divine..what a way to welcome hubby dear home:)…will tell you how it was
thanks and hope the cake was good.
Instead of vanilla custard powder if i add corn flour, will it be advisable to add vanilla essence as well?
you can add corn flour instead of custard powder. yes you can add vanilla essence.
do you have any recipe for make bread at home ?
you will find all the bread recipes from the blog on this link – http://www.vegrecipesofindia.com/recipes/bread-recipes/
do u have substitute for eggs . i would like to know substitute for an egg.
Thnx
by substitute what do you mean? there are many substitutes for eggs.
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.
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.
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
welcome anita. god bless u too.
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.
thanks and welcome db.
Hi,
Would you please advise how much in weight (grams) is there in a cup that you use?
Thank you
hi raksha, the weight in grams depends on the ingredients. one cup all purpose flour will be 120 gms whereas one cup granulated sugar would be 200 gms. you can use this link for online conversions from cup to grams – http://www.convert-me.com/en/convert/cooking/
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?
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.
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
thanks and welcome shefalee.
how should i get the upper layer darken of orange cake..?
amrita, you have to bake the cake for some more time.
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?
depends on the quality of oranges. you can add orange essence. baking soda is required in this recipe, hence cannot skip it out completely.
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.
thanks mardi for your nice and positive feedback. i am glad the orange cake was good.
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