Low fat orange cake is a mildly sweet moist cake with bursting flavors of orange and warm spices. Make this cake effortless with any hand blender or your juicer mixer grinder ,the end results are always same.
This eggless orange cake is a perfect tea time cake and is good on your waistline too.
I'm not a cake lover but saying so there are some exceptions for my all time favorite Tres leches , plum cake , banana muffins and also lamingtons.
This recipe post is updated from achieves , was first published in March 2016
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About this recipe
This low fat spiced orange cake is a perfect tea time cake , lightly spiced, moist and too good to resist. With Christmas around the corner made this citrus cake , it's so good in taste and has 162 k calories per big slice
Low fat orange cake is really easy to make with few handful ingredients and you can make effortlessly in a mixer grinder. Or just blend everything with a hand blender and it's good to go. No need of any stand mixer to achieve a moist , utterly delicious orange cake.
Low fat spiced orange cake is
- Easy to make
- Simple
- Effortless
- Tasty
- Low Calories
Ingredients
To make this delicious tea cake , all you need is traditional cake ingredients flour, baking powder , cooking soda and salt . Along with it to make a low fat cake with tasty citrus note , following are the ingredients that get in while making this cake, moist and flavorful.
Brown Sugar - I'm hooked to this ingredient for baking as it is less sweet and gives a real good color to the baked goods. But you can use unrefined sugar too in this recipe
Flax eggs - Actually recipe called for eggs but I use Flax eggs as I wanted to make it eggless. You can substitute eggs for flax eggs or chia eggs
Orange - Orange juice and orange zest , hero ingredient as it adds depth of flavors . Be sure to use fresh fruit orange juice as it adds flavors and naturally acidic , which helps to achieve great texture in cake inspite of using less fat.
Oil - use olive oil or any vegetable oil to make this cake. Just ¼ cup is sufficient to make this low fat orange cake.
Yogurt - Yeah , this is a yogurt cake. Don't skip on this !
Vanilla - Oh yes, it's needed though we are making a orange cake because it hepls the flavors to pop.
Warm spices - nothing is as better as spiced cakes in winter , isn't it ! I have used cinnamon powder , clove powder , ginger powder and pinches of nutmeg.
Do refer recipe card for actual measurements.
FAQ's
Can I make this with eggs?
Yes of course , you can use either eggs or flax eggs alternatively in this recipe
Can I make this with whole wheat flour ?
Yes you can bake this with whole wheat flour. I have made this several times , tastes great !
Can I refrigerate leftover flax egg?
Awww, It stays good in sealed container for 1-2 days in fridge . But I recommend to make it fresh as it is super easy and a quick recipe.
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How to make low fat spiced orange cake
Flax Egg:
In a JMG , blend 1 tablespoon of flaxseed into fine powder.
Transfer into a bowl and add 3 tablespoon of water.
Whisk well together and set aside for 15 minutes.
After 15 minutes , it turns gelatinous and thick ; Flax egg is ready to use
To make Cake :
Sift all purpose flour , baking powder , cooking soda, salt , warm spices together into a mixing bowl and set aside.
Into a JMG jar , add oil , sugar , curds, orange juice, vanilla , orange zest and flax egg .
Blend everything together for 1 minute on a low speed.
Pour wet ingredients into sift dry ingredients ;
with cut and fold technique mix everything.
Now ,pour cake batter into a lined 8 “ inch cake tin.
Bake
Preheat oven to 180 deg Celsius ( 356 deg Fahrenheit ) and bake for 22 -25 minutes .
Skewer inserted at center should come out clean , remove cake tin from oven , cool on wire rack
Serving
Dust some powdered sugar, decorate with few slices of orange and serve
Recipe
Low fat Spiced Orange Cake Recipe
Ingredients
For Flax Egg
- 1 tablespoon Flax seed
- 3 tablespoon Water
To Make Cake
Wet Ingredients
- ¼ cup Oil
- ⅓ cup Brown Sugar
- ½ cup Yogurt
- 2 tablespoon Orange Juice
- ½ teaspoon Vanilla
- 1 teaspoon Orange Zest
Dry Ingredients
- 1 Cup All purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon cooking soda
- 1 pinch salt
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon powder
- ¼ teaspoon clove powder
- ¼ teaspoon ginger powder
- 1 pinch nutmeg powder
Instructions
Flax Egg
- In a JMG , blend 1 tablespoon of flaxseed into fine powder.
- Transfer into a bowl and add 3 tablespoon of water.
- Whisk well together and set aside for 15 minutes.
- After 15 minutes , it turns gelatinous and thick ; Flax egg is ready to use
To make Cake :
- Sift all purpose flour , baking powder , cooking soda, salt , warm spices together into a mixing bowl and set aside.
- Into a JMG jar , add oil , sugar , curds, orange juice, vanilla , orange zest and flax egg . Blend everything together for 1 minute on a low speed.
- Pour wet ingredients into sift dry ingredients ; with cut and fold technique mix everything.
- Pour cake batter into a lined 8 “ inch cake tin.
Bake
- Preheat oven to 180 deg Celsius ( 356 deg Fahrenheit ) and bake for 20 -22 minutes .
- Skewer inserted at centre should come out clean , remove cake tin from oven , cool on wire rack
- While serving , Dust some powdered sugar, decorate with few slices of orange and serve
Healthy Grocery says
Can see my blog for nutritional facts of low fat food at grocery stores.
Anonymous says
It was super quick and easy for me to make. The sweetness was also just right, and now I can have a healthier sweet treat whenever I like!