This Old Fashioned Orange Cake Recipe will make you smack your lips and beg for seconds. Its citrusy goodness is perfect throughout this spongy and delightful cake.
Ingredients
4Cflour
3tspBaking powder
4large eggs
1/2Cunsalted sweet cream butter, melted
4Csugar
2CButtermilk
2tsppure Vanilla extract
2tspOrange extract
4tbspOrange zest
3-5drops of orange gel food coloring
Vanilla Frosting Ingredients:
6sticks, 3 C unsalted sweet cream butter, softened
6-8Cpowdered sugar
3tspvanilla extract
1large piping bag fitted with a star tip
1small angled spatula
Orange gel food coloring
2medium mixing bowls
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and spray 3 9inch baking rounds with pam baking spray
Using a large mixing bowl, whisk together the flour and baking powder
Using a standing mixer, beat together the eggs, butter, and sugar until combined
Beat in the buttermilk, vanilla, orange extract and orange zest until combined
Gradually beat in the flour mixture until combined
Mix until combined the orange food coloring
Divide the batter between the three pans and baking for 30-35 minutes or until a knife comes out clean in the center
Allow the cakes to cool down completely. Then, cut the dome on top of the cake and the stiff sides.
Vanilla Frosting Directions:
Using an electric mixer, beat the butter, sugar, vanilla on low speed until smooth, then mix for an additional 2 minutes, scraping down the bowl as needed.
Place one cake layer on a serving platter.
Spread 1 cup of frosting over top, then top with the second cake layer, pressing lightly down.
Spread 1 cup of frosting evenly over the top
Repeat the steps with the remaining two cake layers
Frost a crumb coat onto the cake and then place cake into the fridge for 30 minutes
Decorating directions:
Scoop 1 C of white frosting into one bowl
In the first bowl, mix in a few drops of orange gel food coloring
Remove cake from fridge and place onto a rotating cake stand
Scoop 1 C of white frosting into the piping bag
Using remaining white frosting, frost entire cake and smooth with a cake smoother
Using the angled spatula, scoop out some orange frosting and randomly dap it onto the white frosting
Using the cake smoother, smooth the orange frosting into the white to create a unique blend
Pipe dollops of white frosting onto the top
Zest an orange over the top
Place in the fridge overnight to allow frosting to harden before enjoying!