Description
Orange Bundt Cake recipe with an orange frosting and crown of maple walnuts feels approriately bright on those dark gray days.
Ingredients
Cake
100 grams / 3.5 ounces, butter softened
170 grams / 3/4 cup superfine/caster sugar
3 eggs, room temperature
71 grams / 1/4 cup Greek yogurt
60 milliliters / 1/4 cup orange juice
2 tablespoons orange peel, finely chopped
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
320 grams / 2 cups plain flour
8 grams / 2 teaspoons baking powder
5 grams / 1 teaspoon baking soda
Frosting
265 grams / 2 1/4 cups confectioner's/icing sugar
50 grams / 1.75 ounces butter, slightly softened
125 milliliters / 1/2 cup orange juice, reduced (see note)
1 tablespoon orange peel, finely chopped
Maple Walnuts
1 tablespoon orange juice, reduced (see note)
12 grams / 1 tablespoon brown sugar
40 grams / 2 tablespoons maple syrup
33 grams / 1/3 cup walnuts, roughly chopped
1/4 teaspoon sea or kosher salt
Instructions
Cake
- Preheat your oven to 180°C/355F and grease the bundt tin.
- Place the butter and sugar into a bowl and beat until light and fluffy, approximately 3 minutes with a hand beater.
- Add in 1 egg and beat until well combined and fluffy, approximately 1 minute, repeat with the remaining eggs.
- Place the zest and orange juice into a small bowl and mix with the yogurt and extract until well combined.
- Add the juice mixture and the extract into the butter mixture and beat until well combined and smooth.
- Sift the flour, baking powder and baking soda into the orange mixture and beat on low until just combined and no dry patches remain in the bowl.
- Pour into the prepared tin and bake for 40 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean.
- Set aside on a cooling tray, before inverting onto a serving plate.
Frosting
- To make the frosting, place the orange juice in a saucepan on medium heat until it's simmering and has reduced slightly, approximately 3 minutes.
- Set aside 1 tablespoon of the juice in a frying pan and pour the remaining in a bowl, allowing to cool for 5 minutes.
- Add butter and icing sugar to the bowl with the orange juice, beat until smooth.
- Spread the frosting over the cake evenly.
Maple walnuts
- Add the maple syrup, brown sugar and walnuts to the frying pan with the tablespoon of reduced orange juice and place on a high heat until bubbling, stirring to coat evenly.
- Sprinkle the sea salt over the walnuts and spoon carefully on top of the cake (they will be a little sticky).
- Slice and serve, alongside your favorite hot beverage.
- Dig in!
Notes
Reducing the orange juice: Simmering the juice allows the sugars to caramelize and will bring the overall flavor to be stronger within the frosting. You do not want to simmer it for more than 3 minutes so as it doesn't reduce too much.
Allow the cake to cool before frosting: Frosting the cake is best when it's almost completely cool so it holds.
Keeping the cake: The cake will keep well for up to 4 days, if kept covered.
Recipe by Roamingtaste
Nutrition
- Calories: 461 calories per serve
Keywords: orange recipe, bundt cake, orange cake