I hosted a Portuguese dinner party several years ago, and I used David Leite’s The New Portuguese Table cookbook for most of my recipes. This Orange Cake was one of them. The whole dinner was fabulous, but this Orange Cake (Bolo de Laranja) was the star. Everyone loved it and asked for more.
Ingredients needed:
oranges all purpose flour baking powder kosher salt eggs white sugar extra virgin olive oil powdered sugar
How to make
The complete, printable recipe is at the end of this post.
You can see from the photos that this cake has a tender crumb. It’s a little more dense than a layer cake- more like a bundt cake/pound cake consistency. The orange flavor comes through nicely. It’s so good!
The oil used in this recipe is olive oil, which isn’t typical for a cake recipe. Many have asked if the olive oil lends a weird flavor to the cake. The answer is “no.” Use a lighter flavored olive oil when you make this cake. If you use an olive oil with big, bold, earthy flavors then you might pick up those “weird” flavors. My Mom’s side of the family is Portuguese, but we had never tried this Orange Cake (Bolo de Laranja). Now it’s one of my favorites to make and serve as a dessert for company. I hope you’ll try it too. Enjoy!
The best bundt cake recipes:
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