Orange Bonbon Cake Recipes

ORANGE CAKE

Steps:

• Grease a 10 inch Bundt pan. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
• In a large bowl, stir together cake mix and pudding mix. Make a well in the center and pour in 3/4 cup orange juice, oil, eggs and lemon extract. Beat on low speed until blended. Scrape bowl, and beat 4 minutes on medium speed. Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake in preheated oven for 50 to 60 minutes. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely.
• In a saucepan over medium heat, cook 1/3 cup orange juice, sugar and butter for two minutes. Drizzle over cake.

ORANGE SLICE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 250 degrees F (120 degrees C). Lightly grease and flour one 10 inch tube pan.
• In a mixing bowl, cream margarine and granulated sugar until smooth. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Dissolve baking soda in buttermilk and add to the creamed mixture.
• Place flour in a large bowl and add dates, orange slices, and nuts. Stir to coat each piece. Add flour mixture and coconut to creamed mixture. This makes a very stiff dough, so it will be necessary to stir with a wooden spoon.
• Pour batter into the tube pan. Bake for 2 1/2 to 3 hours. As soon as cake comes from oven, combine the orange juice and confectioners sugar and pour over hot cake. Let stand in pan overnight.

OLD-FASHIONED ORANGE SLICE CAKE

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Preheat oven to 250 F. Grease and flour a 10-inch tube cake pan .
• Cream butter and sugar together in a mixing bowl with an electric mixer, until light and fluffy.
• Add eggs, one at a time; beat well after each addition.
• Dissolve baking soda in buttermilk and add to batter.
• Place flour in large bowl and add dates, orange slice candy, and nuts. Stir to coat all pieces thoroughly.
• Add flour mixture and coconut to creamed mixture. At this point, batter will be stiff. It might be easier to mix with hands or a sturdy spoon.
• Spoon batter into prepared cake pan and spread evenly.
• Bake in preheated oven for 2 1/2 hours.
• Just before cake comes out of the oven, make topping. In a medium bowl, combine orange juice and confectioners' sugar. Stir until smooth and well blended. Gradually pour juice mixture over hot cake as soon as it comes out of the oven. Use a toothpick to prick cake in several places, if desired. Let orange slice cake stand in pan overnight.
• Carefully invert cake onto a cake plate; slice and serve.

ORANGE SLICE CANDY CAKE (TWO VERSIONS)

Steps:

• 1. VERSION ONE: Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs one at a time, beating well. Add 1 cup of buttermilk and beat well. In seperate bowl, mix 1/2 cup buttermilk and baking soda. Add to creamed mixture and combine. In seperate bowl, combine flour and salt. Add to mixture. Add orange slice, and craisins and nuts if desired, and blend. Pour into well greased and floured tube pan. Bake at 275 degrees for 2 and a half hours. In a bowl, add brown sugar to orange juice concentrate and let stand while cake bakes. Pour on cake while hot. Let cake cool in pan before removing.
• 2. VERSION TWO: in a large bowl, mix all ingredients in this order: pecans, orange slices, dates, coconut, butter, eggs, flour, sugar, soda, buttermilk. Mix well. Pour into greased and floured pan. Bake at 300 degrees for 2 hours. Let cool completely in pan, then serve.

CANDY ORANGE SLICE FRUITCAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the applesauce, eggs and buttermilk. In a large bowl, combine the orange slices, pecans, coconut, cherries, dates and 1 cup of flour; toss to coat. Combine the baking soda, salt and remaining flour; add to the buttermilk mixture. Fold in orange slice mixture. , Pour into a greased and floured 10-in. tube pan. Bake at 300° for 1-3/4 to 2 hours or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely.

ORANGE CANDY CAKE

Steps:

• Cream butter with gr.
• sugar, add eggs, one at a time.
• Creaming well after each.
• Dissolve soda in buttermilk.
• Alternate butter mixture and 3 1/2 C flour.
• Mix remaining 1/2 C flour with dates, candy pieces,& nuts.
• Add to flour mixture with coconut.
• Pour batter into 10 inch tube pan (greased& floured) Bake 250* for 3 hours.
• Frost with Orange Candy Frosting.
• NOTES: This cake may be kept in refrigerator two weeks if wrapped in foil or plastic.