Sicilian Orange Cake is similar to butter cake, with addition of orange juice. Sicilian Orange Cake is buttery, rich, and delicious.
It’s the Father’s Day weekend and I am sure many of you will be celebrating the special day.
I always think that Father’s Day is way underrated compared to Mother’s Day.
I personally think that fathers give as much as mothers, if not more.
They are out working, making a living to support the family, and when they come home, they have to play with the kids and help out with the chores.
I have the world’s best father at home (Mr. Rasa Malaysia), and my son is very lucky that he has a wonderful father.
I am blessed that I have someone whom I can “unload” my son to in the evening and on the weekends. It’s really precious.
Anyway, I digress.
When I saw this Sicilian Orange Cake on my friend CP’s Facebook, I knew that I had to tell her to share this Sicilian Orange Cake recipe with me.
Sicilian Orange Cake tastes like butter cake, with an addition of orange juice.
I love my butter cake recipe a lot, but the orange juice does add a citrusy tang and aroma to it.
The end result is this beautiful and pleasing Sicilian Orange Cake that is very hard to resist.
This weekend, why don’t you surprise your father by making a cake for him.
Cakes are not only for Mother’s Day, but can be a great surprise for your father.
The recipe is in metrics measurement, but you can use my conversion tool to convert to US measurement.
However, for the best results, please follow the exact recipe below.
Have a great Father’s Day weekend!
Sicilian Orange Cake
Adapted and modified from j3ss kitche3n and Nasi Lemak Lover
Ingredients
- 250 g unsalted butter, room temperature
- 250 g castor sugar, (or reduced to 200g)
- 4 medium eggs, (3 large eggs)
- 2 grated oranges zest
- 270 g self raising flour
- 120 ml freshly squeezed orange juice
- 1/2 teaspoon Rum, (optional)
Directions
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1Preheat the oven to 180C. Grease and line a 22cm round cake pan.
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2Using a electrical beater, cream the butter with sugar until light and fluffy
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3Beat in eggs, one at a time, beating well before each addition, if necessary adding a spoonful of flour with the last egg to prevent mixture from curdling.
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4Beat in orange zest. Add the flour all at once and mix well, then slowly mix in the orange juice.
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5Scrape the batter into the prepared pan and bake in the preheated oven for 45-50 minutes or until skewer inserted into the center of the cake, comes out clean. If it starts to brown too quickly, cover loosely with a sheet of lightly greased aluminium foil.
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6Leave the cake in the pan to cool on a wire rack, then unmold and serve.
Recipe Notes
Convert to US measurements using this conversion tool.
Rum is optional but do use it for deeper flavor.
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Linda Rowe-regelean
Found this searching for Brazilian Orange Cake…as it’s Ivan Lins’ birthday today. Looks wonderful and hope to try soon!
Rasa Malaysia
Yes, thanks!
Min
Can i add cocoa n make it a chocolate orange cake? If yes, how much to add? Thanks.
Ping
My mum likes to bake so I added your website to her iPad. She can only understand simple English but she managed to make the cake with great success. Thanks
Katrucia
Thanks for the recipe. I made this cake during the weekend. I also reduced the sugar even though I did not put any icing on the cake. It was easy to prepare, the aroma was superb. Yummy is probably not the right word to describe … I will definitely recommend this recipe to my friends.
Marjie
250g (or 1.1 cups or 8.8 oz. or 17 Tbsp.) unsalted butter, room temperature
250g (or 1.1 cups or 8.8 oz.) castor sugar (white sugar) (reduced to 200g (or 7.1 oz. white sugar)
4 medium eggs (3 large eggs)
Grated orange zest from 2 oranges (4 Tbsp. of zest)
270g (or 1.14 cup or 9.5 oz.) self raising flour*
*To make self rising flour (1 cup regular flour; 1½ tsp. baking powder; ½ tsp. salt= 1 cup self rising)
120ml (1.1 cup or 9.5 oz.) freshly squeezed orange juice
1/2 tsp. Rum or Rum extract, optional
Preheat the oven to 180C or 356F. Grease and line a 22cm (8 inch) round cake pan.
Using a electrical beater, cream the butter with sugar until light and fluffy.
Beat in eggs, one at a time, beating well before each addition, if necessary adding a spoonful of flour with the last egg to prevent mixture from curdling.
Beat in orange zest. Add the flour all at once and mix well, then slowly mix in the orange juice.
Scrape the batter into the prepared pan and bake in the preheated oven for 45-50 minutes or until skewer inserted into the center of the cake, comes out clean. If it starts to brown too quickly, cover loosely with a sheet of lightly greased aluminum foil.
Leave the cake in the pan to cool on a wire rack, then unmold and serve.
Xin
Hi anyone knows how to substitute the self raising flour in this recipe with plain flour? How much baking powder & salt to add?
Thanks!
Marjie
*To make self rising flour (1 cup regular flour; 1½ tsp. baking powder; ½ tsp. salt= 1 cup self rising)
Carol
where is the recipe for the icing? Could I substitute lemon juice for the orange juice? Would you still suggest the rum in that version?
Carol Ann
Hi Carol I have made this type of icing several times, it is just a glaze, a mixture of liquid and icing sugar. You can use water but many times it is lemon juice. Or vanilla and water. In this recipe the perfect match would be orange juice! There is a very good video on YouTube called “How to make vanilla glaze” by about.com. Just substitute orange juice for the milk and vanilla. Hope this is helpful.
S
I made this cake last week when u posted it. It keeps very well, and gets richer in flavour each day. I also reduced the sugar as the icing added to the sweetness. Didn’t use the rum as I didn’t have any, but I’m sure it would enhance the flavour even more. It’s an easy cake to make and well worth the effort. – Will add rum next time!
Jane
S, read your comments about the cake and how moist and how
the flavour improved the next day. What type of pan did you use? I would like to use a bundt pan if possible
Thanks
Jayne
I love mixing up flavours for butter cake too. One of my favorites is marble pandan cake. I love orange very much too. My dad would enjoy this is I made it. I think I shall, maybe next week.
Markus
Use a scale, anyhow much faster and easier than cups. Or simply google gram butter cup and you’ll get the answer 250g = 1.1 cup(us)or 1.04cup metric. Trad oven has a great conversion tool. The cake looks great, the recipe is very close to one I have used and turned out great.
Cleo
Is your book done in metric or do you have a version for us dumb Americans?
mooseworks
Is this cooked in a large or a smaller sized bundt pan – not sure what a 22 cm cake pan is in US terms. I will google it to see – but it looks so pretty in bundt style – will make tomorrow one way or the other because it looks so yummy.
Paula
Can you please put in the recipe what 270 grams of flour is equal to in cups? The same with 259 g butter? I would love to make this cake but its not possible with the recipe like this..
Joanne T Ferguson
G’day Your cake looks GREAT, TRUE!
Love the staging of the photo; very appealing too!
Cheers! Joanne
Baquist
Bee, this looks absolutely fabulous! I’m curious how you got the slices that shape; did you use a bundt pan? Going to try this this weekend.
Agnes Ma
In 4th paragraph could you pls explain:
1. The method of adding the flour to the butter & eggs mixture? Do you mean to use the beater? If so, in what speed? Or do you mean to fold the flour in with a rubber spatula?
In the same paragraph, how to mix in the orange juice? To use the beater again or mix in by hand?
Thanks.
Cindy
I’ve got the conversion to North American measurements ok for the butter as a pound is 2 cups, but I’ve never used a weight measurement for sugar. Would this be approximately a cup as well?
Edie Layland
The cake looks so tempting! Thanks for the recipe. And I agree with your thoughts about dads, they do so much for their families.
Leslie
This recipe looks FANTASTIC. All your pictures are always so beautiful. Can’t wait to make it!
Kiran @ KiranTarun.com
Decadence! And I absolutely love the shape of this cake. So festive :)
Eccentricous Pip via Facebook
yummie perfect! Looks so moist to
Tech
Hi Bee,
Loves your site and of course your recipe. Just wondering if you have any recipes meant for diabetic person?
Thanks
Raymond Deou via Facebook
What sort pan did you use for this recipe to look like that? Could I just use an average round or square pan?
Bret
It is a heart shaped bundt pan. I would figure you could also use the traditional round bundt pan.