Orange Slice Bread Recipes

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.

ORANGE SLICE BARS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Generously grease 15x10x1-inch pan with shortening or cooking spray.
• In large bowl, stir together melted butter and brown sugar. Add eggs; mix well. Add flour, chopped candies and pecans; stir until well blended. Pour batter into pan.
• Bake 25 minutes. Cool 15 minutes. Cut into 9 rows by 4 rows. Cool completely in pan on cooling rack. Remove bars from pan; cut each in half diagonally. Sprinkle bars with powdered sugar.

ORANGE LOAF

Steps:

• Stir together flour, baking powder, salt, and nuts.
• In a large bowl, beat together butter or margarine and 1 cup sugar. Beat in eggs one at a time. Stir in rind and 1/2 cup juice. Pour in flour mixture, and stir until moistened. Turn into a greased 9 x 5 x 3 inch loaf pan.
• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 1 hour, or until done. Remove loaf from oven, but not from pan.
• Combine 1/2 cup orange juice with 1/4 cup sugar in a small saucepan. Heat and stir to dissolve sugar. Spoon glaze over hot loaf. Let stand in pan for 10 minutes before removing loaf to rack to cool.

ORANGE BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375°F/190°C.
• In a large mixing bowl, cream the eggs with sugar until smooth and pale.
• Add orange zest, freshly squeezed orange juice and softened butter. Mix with the electric mixer.
• Sift in the flour and baking powder (mix these two ingredients beforehand) and mix well with the mixer. Pour the batter into a loaf tin (10x4 inch/25x10 cm) lined with baking paper.
• Bake in a preheated oven at 375°F/190°C for 1 hour or until an inserted skewer comes out clean.
• When ready, take out from the oven pour some more orange juice over the loaf. Let it sit for about 10 minutes before transferring onto a wired rack. Let cool completely.

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 BREAD

Steps:

• Peel orange (save fruit for another use). Place the peel in a small saucepan and cover with water; cook over medium-high heat for 5 minutes. Drain. Cover peel again with water and cook for 3 minutes; drain. Finely chop peel; set aside. , In a bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Combine egg and milk; stir into dry ingredients just until combined. Fold in nuts and orange peel. Pour batter into three greased and floured 5-3/4x3x2-in. loaf pans. Bake at 350° for 35-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes; remove from pans to a wire rack.

ORANGE DATE BREAD

Steps:

• In a bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add eggs; mix well. Combine flour, baking soda and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk. Fold in walnuts, dates and orange zest. Pour into two greased and floured 8x4-in. loaf pans. Bake at 350° for 60-65 minutes or until done. Combine glaze ingredients; spoon half over hot bread. Cool for 10 minutes. Remove from pans; spoon remaining glaze over bread.

ORANGE SLICE BREAD

Steps:

• Sprinkle 1 tablespoon sugar over candy in bowl. Let stand for several minutes.
• Cream butter with 1/2 cup sugar in mixer bowl until light and fluffy.
• Blend egg and banana into creamed mixture.
• Add dry ingredients alternately with milk, mixing well after each addition.
• Stir in orange candy.
• Spoon into greased and floured loaf pan.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour or until brown.