I love this cake. Most people aren’t all that thrilled with the idea of an orange cake, but I’ve never had anyone NOT like it once they tried it. It goes really well with vanilla icing or maple icing.
Preheat oven to 350°. Grease or line with parchment paper a standard round or 8 x 8 inch square pan.
In a large bowl whisk together:
- 1 ½ cups all purpose flour
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
In a medium mixing bowl (or I use a large measuring cup) mix together:
- 1 cup orange juice
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
- 1 tbsp vinegar
- 1 tsp vanilla
Pour wet ingredients into dry and whisk until smooth. Pour into cake pan and bake 30 to 35 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
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March 20, 2009 at 1:57 pm
Beevers!
YUMMMMM!!!!!! Are you making some for tonight??
March 23, 2009 at 10:52 pm
Alexandra
OK get this – I am going to work on a modification for this cake that makes it into an orange marmalade cake! I’ll keep you posted…
March 24, 2009 at 12:16 am
larrymilberry
OK, so I made this tonight. It was great (and sooo simple! Just what I need). I used whole wheat flour… and with that mod, I’d use less oil next time, as it was a bit too dense for my taste… Keep on posting… what about that great recipe you have for baked tofu or that brocoli and sesame salad? You should start thinking… cookbook!!
March 24, 2009 at 12:17 am
MissCommuniKate
K… that wasn’t Larry who posted the last comment (as you prolly figured); twas me! Oopsy.
March 29, 2009 at 5:35 pm
Alexandra
OK, I am trying this now with orange marmalade instead of orange juice. I ended up adding the juice of half an orange, because the consistency wasn’t right…I’ll update with results – fingers crossed!
March 29, 2009 at 6:16 pm
Alexandra
Verdict is: the taste is good, the consistency is off. I have an old, pioneer recipe for jamcake (I made it just last week), and in future I will use that recipe when I want a marmalade cake.
However, my family is usually happy to be on the receiving end of my food experiments…so no worries!
April 27, 2009 at 9:25 am
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June 4, 2009 at 12:01 am
Sarah Jo
I replaced the sugar with a mix of honey and agave and cut back on it a bit. Even my non-vegan family loved it. I’m so happy to find a vegan cake that actually is moist and has flavor. Thx!!
August 18, 2009 at 9:08 am
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October 21, 2011 at 11:44 pm
Lauren
I’m very glad this is the first recipe that comes up when I type in “vegan orange cake” on google. It’s in the oven now and looks and smells fantastic!
October 23, 2011 at 7:58 am
Amanda
I’ve just made this cake, but it went brown within 10 minutes and it’s just not cooking in the middle, I re-checked my ingredients and they were all correct!
November 27, 2011 at 2:23 pm
Manda
I do think its a temperature problem.. its 350 i think so maybe you put your cake on 350C instead!!
November 1, 2011 at 4:39 pm
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November 16, 2011 at 10:46 am
Helen Robertson
This was a really brilliant recipe – maybe it was first timers’ luck but it came out beautifully. Thank you!
I didn’t have any non-balsamic vinegar, so I just left it out, and actually it didn’t seem to miss it.
Helen, London, UK
November 29, 2011 at 3:51 am
BK
this looks really good!
December 29, 2011 at 2:37 pm
Christina
What kind of vinegar do you use? Apple cider? White?
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Thinking of making this for my daughters first birthday
December 30, 2011 at 10:25 am
Amanda
I use regular old white vinegar. Apple cider would work too. I think I even used red wine vinegar once.
January 29, 2012 at 4:45 pm
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February 26, 2012 at 7:29 pm
Sunita
Baking this cake now – the scent is heavenly!!
March 26, 2012 at 8:25 am
JM
Just tried this recipe … have no measuring cups here in Tunisia….and didn’t have vinegar at the house. I just took it out of the oven and it smells great!
Hoping it tastes just as amazing!
March 26, 2012 at 3:13 pm
JM
So- it ended up being super moist and tasted really delicious….but, it was crumbly. I might not have cooked it long enough ….or does the vinegar help with that part? Either way – it was all eaten already!
June 2, 2012 at 11:39 pm
Isabelle
I just tried this cake in a very healthy version! I used whole wheat pastry flour instead of regular one, and I have put less than a sixth of a teaspoon of white powered stevia extract instead of sugar… As the mix was a little more wet (taking out the sugar generally does that…), I added something like a third cup of white unbleached flour… And I added the zest of two oranges… and it was a really, really good cake! It tastes amazing for such a simple recipe…
It was a little tiny bit dry, but I cannot blame the recipe with all my modifications… I was told that adding an egg-replacer (like flax) might help…
Anyway, thank you for the recipe!
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May 19, 2013 at 11:36 pm
Gina
I added 2 teaspoons of Poppy Seeds to this cake and its YUM! Next time I might omit the seeds and add orange zest instead just to kick up with orange flavour. Thanks !
May 26, 2013 at 1:44 am
amanda
really good cake.
i used ww pastry flour – like another reviewer. and i cut the sugar in half. the cake still turned out wonderfully.
thanks for the recipe.
next time i make this – i will likely add some orange zest to the batter.
also – i doubled the recipe and it worked well.
June 15, 2013 at 3:38 pm
jackie
For my daughter’s birthday, we invited a vegan friend to her party.
I made 1.5x this recipe and baked it in a springform pan (cook time about 45 minutes). When cool, I sliced it into two layers, spread one jar of raspberry jam between the layers, then topped with vegan chocolate ganache (melt about 2/3 cup vegan chocolate chips and about 1/4 cup almond milk together; when partway cool, pour over cake) and topped with a circle of whole raspberries.
It was so good, I made the same again for a church fundraiser. And a lady from church has hired me to bake one for her husband for father’s day.
I think this may now be my signature dessert.
(Note: Substituting red grapefruit juice for orange juice made a nice fluffy cake, but the flavor experience was … strange.)