One Bowl Vegan Orange Cake
Vegan Orange Cake made in 1 Bowl and just 8 ingredients! Easy Moist Citrusy Vegan Cake. Soyfree Palm-Oil-free Recipe. Makes 1 8 or 9 inch cake pan.
Servings: 4 servings
Ingredients
Dry:
- 1 cup whole wheat pastry flour or use Spelt flour (or use 1 1/4 cup all purpose flour)
- 1/2 cup unbleached white flour or all purpose flour
- 1 tbsp starch like corn or arrowroot
- 3/4 cup powdered sugar I powder raw sugar and use, Add 2 to 4 tbsp more for sweeter.
- 3/4 tsp baking soda
- a generous pinch of salt
Wet:
- 1 cup orange juice
- 2 tbsp oil
- 1 tsp vinegar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F / 180ºc. Line a 8 or 9 inch cake pan with parchment, or grease well and dust with flour.
- In a bowl whisk all the dry ingredients until combined well.
- Add the wet ingredients to the bowl and mix until smooth. Pour the batter in the prepared cake pan.
- Bake for 30 to 35 minutes or a toothpick from near the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes and remove from pan. Cool completely before slicing.
- Add frosting of choice like vegan cream cheese frosting, or with whipped coconut cream and fruit, or make a boozy marmalade glaze.
- For the boozy glaze: Mix a tbsp of liquor in a 1/4 cup of orange or apricot marmalade or preserves of choice. Heat for a few minutes until bubbling. Use as glaze or serve with each slice.
- For a regular glaze: Use a tbsp orange juice mixed with the marmalade, or mix 2 to 3 tbsp orange juice with a 1/3 cup or more powdered sugar.
Notes
For stronger Orange flavor, add zest of a small/medium orange. A must for the zesty flavor.
Use finely ground/powdered sugar in this cake. The sugar is in the dry and will feel granulated if it isn't fine enough.
Overbaking the cake will make it a bit dry, but it will soften as it cools. Add enough glaze or frosting to add more moisture. For a more moist cake, add another 2 tbsp of oil.
You can also make this into a loaf. Add nuts and dried fruit of choice like cranberries/currants and bake for 40 to 45 minutes.
Nutrition
Calories: 346kcal | Carbohydrates: 64g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 8g | Sodium: 238mg | Potassium: 249mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 27g | Vitamin A: 125IU | Vitamin C: 31mg | Calcium: 17mg | Iron: 1.9mg