ORANGE BUNDT CAKE
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Orange Bundt Cake is tender with a wonderful citrus flavor. It has a ribbon of orange zest filled sweetened
I love to bake and I love to bake from scratch. Having said that, I also love to start a cake with a mix when my time is tight. (You can see some of my Cookie and Cake Mix creations here.)
The benefit of using cake mixes as a base for cake is it takes me slightly less time when I use a cake mix and using a cake mix gives me very consistent results every time.
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Orange Bundt Cake
This cake starts with a mix. Additionally, Orange Bundt Cake is full of orange flavor from orange gelatin, orange juice, and orange zest. The ‘frosting’ is in the center of this cake in the form of a
The
The most important tip I can offer for making this cake is to liberally grease the bundt pan. As well, you’ll need to wait 45 to 50 minutes for the cake to cool before inverting it onto a serving tray. The
I use this Classic Nonstick 9-1/2-Inch bundt pan for this Orange Bundt Cake.
I created a video tutorial to show you my method for making this cake. Take a quick look, it’s not very long.
Orange Bundt Cake
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Equipment
Ingredients
For the Cake
- 1 package yellow cake mix butter flavored
- 3 ounce orange-flavored gelatin you'll use dry mix only
- 3 large eggs at room temperature
- 3/4 cup orange juice
- 1/4 cup salted butter at room temperature
For the filling
- 8 ounces cream cheese at room temperature
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 tablespoon orange zest
- 1 tablespoon orange juice
For the Glaze
- 1 cup powdered sugar (aka confectioners)
- 2 tablespoons orange juice
Instructions
For the cake
- Grease a 9 and 1/2 inch or 10 inch bundt pan liberally with solid vegetable shortening.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Reserve 1/4 cup of the cake mix for the filling
- Add butter to the bowl of an electric mixer and mix until creamy.1/4 cup salted butter
Mix the cake ingredients
- Add eggs, cake mix, gelatin, and orange juice to the creamed butter and mix 2 to 3 minutes until everything is combined and smooth.1 package yellow cake mix, 3 ounce orange-flavored gelatin, 3 large eggs, 3/4 cup orange juice
- Spread approximately 3/4 of the cake batter in the prepared bundt pan.
Mix the filling ingredients
- Combine cream cheese, sugar, orange zest, orange juice, and 1/4 cup cake mix to a small bowl.8 ounces cream cheese, 1/4 cup granulated sugar, 1/2 tablespoon orange zest, 1 tablespoon orange juice, 1 package yellow cake mix
- Cream until mixture is smooth.
- Add mixture to a ziptop bag and snip the end off.
- Add the filling on top of the first layer of cake batter.
- Top with the remaining cake batter. Bake
- Bake for 50 to 55 minutes
- Cool cake for 45 minutes before inverting on a serving platter.
For the Glaze
- Add confectioners sugar and orange juice to a bowl.1 cup powdered sugar (aka confectioners), 2 tablespoons orange juice
- Mix with an electric mixture until smooth
- Pour over cool cake
- Serve and enjoy
Video
Nutrition
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It is quite confusing. Do you save off 1/4 cup of dry cake mix or do you mix the batter and add 1/4 cup batter to the cream cheese?
Reserve 1/4 cup of the cake mix, not the batter.