White Chocolate Orange Cake Recipe

Summary
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Prep time | 40 minutes |
Cooking time | 45 minutes |
Total time | 1 hour, 25 minutes |
Description
The white chocolate in this orange cake recipe is a delicious enhancement to the orange flavor. The cake's texture is similar to coffee cake, making it more suitable to serve with a glaze than to make as a layer cake with frosting.
Ingredients
2 c
all purpose flour 2 t
Baking Powder 1 t
baking sode 1⁄4 t
Salt 8 T
butter (melted) 2
Eggs (beaten, at room temperature) 2⁄3 c
Sugar 1⁄2 c
orange juice 1 t
Vanilla Extract 8 oz
white chocolate (chopped)Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Grease and flour a loaf pan.
- Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a large bowl.
- In another bowl, combine the melted butter, orange juice, vanilla and eggs.
- Add the orange juice mixture to the flour mixture and combine until all dry ingredients are moistened.
- Add the white chocolate to the batter.
- Scrape the batter into the loaf pan.Bake in the center of the oven for 45 - 50 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean from the center of the cake.
- Allow the cake to cool for 10 minutes before removing from the pan.
- When cool, drizzle orange glaze over the top, if desired.
Orange Glaze
3/4 c. confectioner's sugar
1/2. c. orange juice
Stir confectioner's sugar and orange juice together until the mixture is lump-free.
Pour on top of cake.
Notes
Orange Cupcakes
Makes 24 cupcakes.
Double the recipe for orange cake.
Line cupcake pans with cupcake liners. Fill each liner up 2/3 way with batter.
Bake at 350 degrees F for 15 - 20 minutes.
When cool, frost with orange icing, if desired.
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