Figgy Orange Streusel Cake Recipes

ORANGE STREUSEL COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Stir together the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt.
• Stir in orange rind.
• Mix together in separate bowl -- all the wet ingredients.
• Make a well in centre of dry ingredients and add wet ingredients.
• Mix until JUST blended.
• Prepare 8" round cake pan (greased and floured).
• Pour into cake pan.
• Sprinkle with topping.
• Bake at 350 degrees for about 30 minutes or until golden.

ORANGE STREUSEL LOAF CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°.
• Grease and flour two 9x5x3-inch loaf pans.
• For streusel topping, place 2 tablespoons cake mix, brown sugar, butter or margarine and cinnamon in medium bowl.
• Mix well with fork until crumbly.
• Stir in pecans, if using.
• Set aside.
• For cake, combine remaining cake mix, pudding mix, eggs, sour cream and oil in large bowl.
• Beat at medium speed with electric mixer for 3 minutes (do the entire 3 minutes).
• Pour batter into pans.
• Sprinkle with streusel mixture.
• Bake for 50-60 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool in pans 15 minutes.
• Remove loaves from pans and let cool completely.
• For glaze, combine confectioners' sugar and milk or orange juice in a small bowl.
• Stir until smooth.
• Drizzle over cooled loaves.

ALMOND ORANGE STREUSEL COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9 inch tube pan.
• In a medium bowl, mix brown sugar, almonds, and flour. Stir in butter and 1 teaspoon orange zest, and set aside.
• In a separate medium bowl, thoroughly beat together butter and sugar with an electric mixer. Mix in eggs one at a time. Beat in remaining teaspoon orange zest and vanilla extract.
• In a large bowl, mix flour, baking powder, and baking soda. With an electric mixer set to Low, alternately mix in egg mixture and 2/3 cups orange juice to make a batter. Spoon 1/2 the batter into the prepared 9 inch tube pan. Top with 1/2 the brown sugar mixture. Cover with remaining batter, and top with remaining brown sugar mixture.
• Bake 25 to 35 minutes in the preheated oven, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Turn out onto a wire rack to cool.
• Mix 5 teaspoons orange juice and confectioner's sugar in a small bowl, and use to glaze the cooled cake.

CRANBERRY AND ORANGE STREUSEL CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Grease a 9 inch square pan.
• Make the struesel topping by combining the brown sugar, flour, nuts and butter together with a fork until crumbly. Set aside.
• Stir together the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a large bowl.
• Add the melted butter, orange juice, boiling water and egg. Stir with a wooden spoon until combined.
• Fold in the cranberries.
• Pour into the prepared pan.
• Sprinkle struesel over the cake batter.
• Bake for about 45 minutes or until a cake tester inserted into the cake comes out clean.
• The cake may be frozen and reheated at 350 degrees F for 10 minutes.