"Orange Yogurt Cake Recipe with Step by Step Pictures. Orange Honey Cake is a very light cake taste sweet and slightly tangy from the orange juice, too good with a cup of tea."
I love baking with oranges. Those wonderful fruit adds so much flavour to your cakes and baked goods. I have made so many version of orange cake on my channel before. Make sure you check those out as well.
- Orange Upside down cake
- French Almond Cake
- Eggless Orange cake
- Iced Orange Cake
- Gluten Free Orange Cake
- Orange Pudding Cake
- Orange Syrup Cake
HOW TO ZEST AN ORANGE
- Take a fine grater or a zester.
- Use firm orange.
- Wash the orange really well and dry with a towel.
- Now gently zest the orange. Grate only the orange part, never grate the white part.
- White part will be very bitter, so never use them.
- Now your orange zest is ready.
- One large size orange gives you around 1 teaspoon of orange zest.
How to Make French Orange Cake at Home
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Preheat oven to 180 degree C. Line a standard loaf pan or two small loaf pan with parchment paper. S
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\]et aside.
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Take eggs, yogurt, sugar, oil, vanilla and orange zest in a bowl. Whisk well and set aside.
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Take flour, baking powder, salt in another bowl and mix well.
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Add the wet ingredients into the dry and fold gently.
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Now spoon this into the prepared loaf pan and spread evenly.
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Pop it into the oven and bake for 35 to 40 mins. It will vary depending on the size of loaf pan. Check notes.
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Remove it from oven and cool for 5 mins.
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Now mix together honey, juice from one orange in a bowl. Brush this syrup all over the cake.
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Pour the extra syrup over the cake so it can absorb the syrup.
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Leave the cake to cool completely.
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Now remove from pan, slice and serve.
TIPS & TRICKS
- Use one whole orange for this recipe. Use the zest of the orange in the cake. Juice of the orange in the glaze.
- Never over mix the batter, else it may turn hard.
- You can sieve all the dry ingredients for more lighter cake.
- Use melted butter instead of oil if you want too.
- Instead of orange , you can use lemon as well.
- Use plain unflavoured and unsweetened yogurt.
- If you don't have yogurt, you could use sour cream as well.
BAKING TIME
I used two small loaf pans to bake this cake. It took me 35 to 40 mins.
If you use standard sized loaf pan, then it may take around 45 to 55 mins.
STORAGE SUGGESTIONS
The cake stays good for upto a week in fridge in an air tight container.
You can store the cake at room temp for upto 2 days.
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French Orange Yogurt Cake
Ingredients
- 1½ cup All Purpose Flour / Maida (180 grams)
- 1 cup Sugar (200 grams)
- 2 teaspoon Baking Powder
- ¼ teaspoon Salt
- 3 large Eggs
- ½ cup Oil (120 ml)
- ½ cup Yogurt / Curd (120 ml)
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- 1 teaspoon Orange Zest
FOR SYRUP
- ¼ cup Honey
- 1 Orange
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180 degree C. Line a standard loaf pan or two small loaf pan with parchment paper. Set aside.
- Take eggs, yogurt, sugar, oil, vanilla and orange zest in a bowl. Whisk well and set aside.
- Take flour, baking powder, salt in another bowl and mix well.
- Add the wet ingredients into the dry and fold gently.
- Now spoon this into the prepared loaf pan and spread evenly.
- Pop it into the oven and bake for 35 to 40 mins. It will vary depending on the size of loaf pan. Check notes.
- Remove it from oven and cool for 5 mins.
- Now mix together honey, juice from one orange in a bowl. Brush this syrup all over the cake.
- Pour the extra syrup over the cake so it can absorb the syrup.
- Leave the cake to cool completely.
- Now remove from pan, slice and serve.
Notes
TIPS & TRICKS
- Use one whole orange for this recipe. Use the zest of the orange in the cake. Juice of the orange in the glaze.
- Never over mix the batter, else it may turn hard.
- You can sieve all the dry ingredients for more lighter cake.
- Use melted butter instead of oil if you want too.
- Instead of orange , you can use lemon as well.
- Use plain unflavoured and unsweetened yogurt.
- If you don't have yogurt, you could use sour cream as well.
HOW TO ZEST ORANGE
- Take a fine grater or a zester.
- Use firm orange.
- Wash the orange really well and dry with a towel.
- Now gently zest the orange. Grate only the orange part, never grate the white part.
- White part will be very bitter, so never use them.
- Now your orange zest is ready.
- One large size orange gives you around 1 teaspoon of orange zest.
BAKING TIME
I used two small loaf pans to bake this cake. It took me 35 to 40 mins. If you use standard sized loaf pan, then it may take around 45 to 55 mins.STORAGE SUGGESTIONS
The cake stays good for upto a week in fridge in an air tight container. You can store the cake at room temp for upto 2 days.Nutrition
Pictorial:
1)Take all your ingredients.
2)Crack 3 eggs in a bowl.
3)Add in plain yogurt / curd
4)Add oil or melted butter.
5)Add vanilla extract
6)Add sugar
7)Add in orange zest.
8)Mix well.
9)Take all purpose flour in another bowl
10)Add in baking powder
11)Add a pinch of salt.
12)Mix well
13)Now add the wet ingredients
14)Fold gently
15)Divide between two parchment lined small loaf pan.
14)Time to bake.
15)Bake till done.
16)Remove from oven, and cool for 5 mins.
16)Take honey in a bowl
17)Add in orange juice.
18)Brush this syrup over the cake. Drizzle extra syrup over the cake.
19)Let the cake cool completely.
20)Slice and serve.
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