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Recipe: Lunar New Year Orange Cake

Celebrate the Lunar New Year by baking this quick and easy orange cake!

By Feeding Westchester

Published January 22, 2023


Lunar New Year Orange Cake

  • Prep Time: 15 Mins
  • Bake Time: 30 Mins
  • Total Time: 45 Mins

Ingredients

  • 4 eggs
  • 3 egg whites
  • 1 cup of sugar
  • 1 cup of flour
  • 1 teaspoon of baking powder
  • 1 cup of orange juice
  • Orange zest

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F.
  2. In a large mixing bowl, combine the eggs and the sugar then mix.
  3. Add flour, the orange juice, baking powder, and mix.
  4. Separate the egg whites.
  5. Beat the egg whites for 4-5 minutes until it becomes a fluff.
  6. Add the fluff to the mixtures.
  7. Continue to mix.
  8. Use a cheese grater for orange zest.
  9. Add the orange zest to the mixture.
  10. Continue to mix.
  11. Generously grease a rectangular, tube, or Bundt cake pan with a cooking spray.
  12. Add the mixture to the pan.
  13. Insert the pan into the oven for 30 minutes.
  14. When the cake is cooled, turn it out, reversing it, onto a platter with a raised edge.
  15. Serve the cake immediately, or let stand, covered for up to 24 hours, prior to serving.

Enjoy!


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