Olive Oil Orange Bundt Cake is a moist & flavorful cake with bright orange citrus flavor! Homemade orange bundt cake made with olive oil & topped with a lovely cream cheese frosting.
This olive oil bundt cake is a fantastic light and fluffy cake packed with citrus flavor. Making this olive oil citrus bundt cake for any occasion will delight your family and friends by how delicious it is.
Olive Oil Citrus Bundt Cake
This cake is a perfect dessert to serve up in the summer or for fancy occasions, but it is simple enough to make any weeknight too! Baked to perfection and then served with a fluffy whipped cream cheese frosting and garnished with fresh orange slices, it is satisfying every time. Also, using olive oil is a healthier fat when compared to vegetable oil or butter and it helps to add in a distinct flavor that pairs wonderfully with citrus. In this cake recipe, we get to enjoy olive oil as a way to make our cake moist and flavorful. This cake is irresistibly good and will have you rethinking everything you know about cakes!
Olive Oil Orange Cake ingredients
For the cake, you will need:
-Flour: You will need 2 ½ cups of all-purpose flour for the base of this recipe.
-Salt: Use 1 teaspoon of salt to help bring out the flavors and enhance the taste of this cake.
-Leaving agents: You will need ¾ teaspoons of baking powder and ¼ teaspoon of baking soda to make this cake rise properly.
-Sugar: Use 1 ½ cups of granulated sugar to make this cake wonderfully sweet.
-Olive oil: Adding in 1 cup of olive oil will give us needed fats to make the cake moist and give us a nice and subtle flavor. This is a healthier option as opposed to vegetable oil or butter, so basically healthy cake.
-Eggs: You will need 2 eggs plus 2 additional egg yolks to get the cake well bound and with good consistency.
-Orange juice: Use 1 ⅓ cups of orange juice to make this cake a wonderful citrusy flavor.
-Milk: You will need 1 cup of milk to help get the batter to the right texture.
-Orange zest: Use 2 tablespoons of freshly grated orange zest for added freshness and citrus taste.
-Vanilla extract: Use 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract to bring out all the wonderful flavors in this cake.
For the frosting topping, you will need:
-Cream cheese: You will need 1 cup of cream cheese for the base of this rich frosting.
-Powdered sugar: Use ⅔ cups of powdered sugar to make the frosting smooth and sweet.
-Orange extract: You will need 1 teaspoon of orange extract to help flavor the frosting.
-Vanilla extract: Use 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract to help give a good base for the flavors to build off of.
-Salt: You will need ½ teaspoon of salt to help make the flavors well enhanced.
-Heavy cream: Use 1 cup of heavy cream to give the frosting a rich and creamy taste.
For garnishes, you may want:
-Orange slices: To help give a more citrus appearance and to highlight the main flavor of this cake recipe.
-Fresh mint leaves: For a nice touch of color to complement the orange colors.
How to Make Olive Oil Orange Bundt Cake
Prep
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F.
Then, grease and flour the inside of a 9-inch springform cake pan or bundt pan and then set it aside.
Prepare batter
Next, in a small bowl, whisk together the flour, salt, baking powder, and baking soda. Set aside.
In a separate large mixing bowl, whisk together the sugar and olive oil.
Then, add in the eggs and whisk until fully incorporated.
After that, add in the orange juice, milk, orange zest, and vanilla extract. Whisk well until combined.
Lastly, pour in the flour mixture to the orange juice mixture and stir until just combined. Be careful not to over mix.
Bake
Proceed to pour the cake batter into the prepared baking pan and smooth it out into an even layer.
Place into the preheated oven and bake for 48 minutes. Or until a toothpick can be inserted and come out clean or with just a few moist crumbs.
Once baked, remove the pan from the oven and place it onto a cooling rack to cool completely.
After the cake has cooled, release the springform pan sides and place the cake onto a cake stand. If using a bundt pan, flip over and invert onto a cake plate/stand.
Prepare cream cheese topping
In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, mix together the cream cheese, powdered sugar, orange extract, vanilla, and salt.
Continue to beat on high speed for 2 minutes or until smooth and creamy. Scrape down the sides of the bowl as needed.
Transfer the frosting to a different bowl, set aside.
Then, add the heavy cream to the stand mixer bowl. Use the whisk attachment to beat the heavy cream into stiff peaks.
Once the cream has stiffened, add the cream cheese mixture to the heavy cream and use a rubber scraper to gently fold them together until smooth and combined.
Use a rubber spatula or offset spatula to spread the frosting over the entire surface of the cake.
Garnish and serve
If you want to garnish the cake by placing orange slices and fresh mint on top that would add extra appeal to the cake.
Slice and serve. Enjoy!
OLIVE OIL ORANGE BUNDT CAKE
Ingredients
Cake:
- 2 ½ cup flour
- 1 tsp salt
- ¾ tsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp baking soda
- 1 ½ cup sugar
- 1 cup olive oil
- 2 eggs
- 2 yolks
- 1 ⅓ cup orange juice
- 1 cup milk
- 2 tbsp orange zest
- 1 tsp vanilla
Topping:
- 1 cup cream cheese
- ⅔ cup powdered sugar
- 1 tsp orange extract
- 1 tsp vanilla
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 cup heavy cream
Garnish:
- Orange slices
- Fresh mint leaves
Instructions
Prep
- Preheat the oven to 350 F. Spray a 9” springform tube pan or 9” springform or cake pan with baking spray. Set aside.
Prepare batter
- Next, in a small bowl, whisk together the flour, salt, baking powder, and baking soda. Set aside.
- In a separate large mixing bowl, whisk together the sugar and olive oil.
- Then, add in the eggs and whisk until fully incorporated.
- After that, add in the orange juice, milk, orange zest, and vanilla extract. Whisk well until combined.
- Lastly, pour in the flour mixture to the orange juice mixture and stir until just combined. Be careful not to over mix.
Bake
- Proceed to pour the cake batter into the prepared baking pan and smooth it out into an even layer.
- Place into the preheated oven and bake for 48 minutes. Or until a toothpick can be inserted and come out clean or with just a few moist crumbs.
- Once baked, remove the pan from the oven and place it onto a cooling rack to cool completely.
- After the cake has cooled, release the springform pan sides and place the cake onto a cake stand. If using a bundt pan, flip over and invert onto a cake plate/stand.
Prepare cream cheese topping
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, mix together the cream cheese, powdered sugar, orange extract, vanilla, and salt.
- Continue to beat on high speed for 2 minutes or until smooth and creamy. Scrape down the sides of the bowl as needed.
- Transfer the frosting to a different bowl, set aside.
- Then, add the heavy cream to the stand mixer bowl. Use the whisk attachment to beat the heavy cream into stiff peaks.
- Once the cream has stiffened, add the cream cheese mixture to the heavy cream and use a rubber scraper to gently fold them together until smooth and combined.
- Use a rubber spatula or offset spatula to spread the frosting over the entire surface of the cake.
Garnish and serve
- If you want to garnish the cake by placing orange slices and fresh mint on top that would add extra appeal to the cake.
- Slice and serve. Enjoy!
Notes
Nutrition
How long is olive oil cake good for?
This cake can be kept well stored in an airtight container for up to 3 days in the fridge. You can also freeze the unfrosted cake in an airtight container for up to 3 months. I do not recommend keeping the cake at room temperature as the frosting must be kept chilled for food safety reasons. Unfrosted cakes can be stored at room temperature.
Why is my cake rubbery?
If you overmix your cake batters you will cause the glutens in the flour to develop which in turn will give you a more dense and rubbery texture to your cake. You want to mix just enough that everything is well combined and distributed without leaving behind any flour streaks. Using a whisk helps to achieve this with a few trips around the bowl.
HOW TO PREVENT CAKES FROM STICKING TO THE PAN:
Make sure to grease the inside of your cake pan well and then add in a dusting of flour to help as well. For chocolate-based cakes, using cocoa powder instead of flour works well but flour is best for the lighter colored cakes. You can also use a nonstick baking spray with flour in the mix to make it a little easier as well but I’ve found that manually adding grease + flour works best as the spray doesn’t always help cakes to come out flawlessly.
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This soft and springy olive oil orange bundt cake is a recipe for success. Topped with a delicious fluffy cream cheese frosting and garnished with orange slices and mint leaves this cake is almost too pretty to eat!
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