Posted on Monday, February 11, 2019 in Cake Recipes

Moist & Fluffy Orange Cake

This moist and fluffy orange cake (bolo húmido e fofo de laranja) is easy to make and tastes amazing.
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Moist & Fluffy Orange Cake
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Preparation time 10 min
Cooking Time 40 min
Ready In 50 min
Level of DifficultyEasy
Servings8

Ingredients

Cake:3/4 cup of softened butter1 cup of sugar2 cups of flour4 eggs1 tablespoon of baking powderZest from 1 orangeJuice from 1 and 1/2 orangesTopping:3 tablespoons of powdered sugarJuice from 1/2 orange
Cake:3/4 cup of softened butter1 cup of sugar2 cups of flour4 eggs1 tablespoon of baking powderZest from 1 orangeJuice from 1 and 1/2 orangesTopping:3 tablespoons of powdered sugarJuice from 1/2 orange
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Preparation

  1. Preheat the oven to 170°C or 340°F .
  2. Grease a cake form with butter and sprinkle it with flour. 
  3. Beat the butter with the sugar, add the eggs, flour, baking powder, the orange zest and orange juice and beat again very well.
  4. Pour the batter into the form and bake for about 40 minutes or until the cake is done.

Topping:

  1. Beat the orange juice very well with 3 tablespoons of powdered sugar.
  2. Once you unmold unformed cake, pour this over the cake while it is still hot.
  3. Let the cake cool down completely and serve.
Recipe & Photo Credit: receitasdeportugal.com *
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Julia guarino
Julia guarino
This orange cake receipt is so good because I made this a while ago. The only mistake I see is that you never wrote that you had to heat up confectioners sugar WTH orange juice before you put it on cake. It should be warm
1 year ago, Monday, October 17, 2022
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Chris Ledo
Chris Ledo
I love orange cakes so I'm going to have to try this recipe for sure!!!!
2 years ago, Friday, September 17, 2021
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