Italian Orange Cake

From a Betty Crocker mini recipe mag. Posted for safekeeping. Times are an estimate; I haven't made yet. Show more

Ready In: 1 hr 10 mins

Serves: 12

Ingredients

  • Cake

  • 1 (18 1/4ounce)  'super moist'  white cake mix
  • 1 14 cups water
  • 13 cup light olive oil
  • 14 cup sweet marsala wine, Muscat or 14 cup  sherry dessert wine or 14 cup  orange juice
  • 1  tablespoon  fresh orange zest
  • 3  eggs
  • Frosting

  • 1 (12 ounce) container vanilla or 1 (12 ounce) container  whipped cream  frosting
  • 1 12 teaspoons  fresh orange zest
  • 1  tablespoon sweet marsala wine, Muscat or 1  tablespoon  sherry dessert wine or 1  tablespoon  orange juice
  • Garnish

  • 1  tablespoon  fresh orange zest
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Directions

  1. Heat oven to 325. Generously spray bottom of 10-12 inch springform pan with baking spray (with flour).
  2. In a large bowl, beat cake ingredients on low speed 30 seconds; increase speed to medium and beat 2 minutes. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake a 10 inch pan 45-50 minutes, a 12 inch pan 35-40 minutes. Top of cake may appear very dark brown and rippled with a crack in center of cake. Cool completely, 1 hour.
  3. Carefully run knife around side of pan to loosen, remove side of pan. Transfer cake to serving plate. In medium bowl, combine frosting ingredients; frost cake. Garnish with orange peel. Store loosely covered in refrigerator.

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