Orange Cream Angel Food Cake
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Orange cream angel food cake is a light, flavorful cake and perfect for a spring or summer dessert. With its refreshing citrus and vanilla flavors, this cake is reminiscent of a Creamsicle!
This Orange Cream Angel Food Cake was my dad’s favorite cake. Every year, mom would make it for his birthday, and after my parents got divorced, I’d make it for him. I hadn’t made it in years, but memories of how delicious it is have been filling my head with orange flavored dreams! A cloud of angel food cake, with layers of orange whipped cream, topped with orange buttercream. (This post was originally published on April 15th, 2014 and contains affiliate links)
If you love orange, you’ll really going to love this cake! I thought it would be the perfect dessert for an Easter dinner. The recipe comes from her 1957 Ford Treasury of Favorite Recipes from Famous Eating Places Cookbook.
The little cookbooks were given away by the Ford Motor Company, maybe as a promotion? It features recipes from restaurants all over the country. This recipe was from Port’s Tea Room & Coffee Shop in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Want to save time?
While I’ll be giving you a recipe for angel food cake, you could cheat and purchase a pre-made cake, (I won’t tell!) since the filling and frosting are what really make this cake fantastic!
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Orange Cream Angel Food Cake
Ingredients
- 1 cup cake flour
- 1 1/2 cups white sugar divided
- 12 egg whites
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 teaspoons cream of tartar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
- In a bowl, sift together the flour, and 3/4 cup of the sugar, set aside.
- In a large bowl, whip the egg whites, until soft peaks form.
- Add the vanilla, cream of tartar and salt, and continue whipping until medium stiff peaks form. Gradually add the remaining sugar, while continuing to whip whites to stiff peaks.
- After stiff peaks form, fold in the sifted ingredients gradually, one third at a time. Do not overmix. Put the batter into at 10" tube pan.
- Bake for 40 to 45 minutes in the preheated oven, until the cake springs back when lightly touched. Flip the tube pan upside down and allow to cool completely. When cool, run a knife around the edge of the pan and invert onto a plate.
- To assemble cake, cut into thirds. Divide Orange Whipped Cream between layers, filling center hole and smoothing excess around cake.
- Frost with Orange Buttercream.
Mom uses her own angel food cake and orange buttercream recipes. While I usually don’t sift flour when I bake, it’s important with an angel food cake in order to keep it feather-light.
Here’s the orange cream filling recipe, my favorite part of the recipe.
Orange Cream Filling
Ingredients
Instructions
- Combine all the ingredients, except for the heavy cream, in the top of a double boiler.
- Bring to a boil, stirring constantly.
- When thick, remove and cool. Place curd in an ice bath to speed up the process.
- Meanwhile in a standing mixer, whip cream until stiff peaks form.
- When cool, gently fold into whipped cream.
Make the orange curd in a double boiler. If you don’t own a double boiler, place a slightly smaller saucepan inside a larger one filled with boiling water.
Carefully fold the orange curd into the whipped cream.
Cut the cake into thirds.
Divide the filling between the layers.
Fill the center hole with remaining orange cream. Smooth any filling around the cake.
Frost the orange cream angel food cake with Orange Buttercream
Orange Buttercream
Ingredients
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- 2 sticks unsalted butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 3 Tablespoons orange juice
- 2 Tablespoons grated rind
Instructions
- Beat butter in a mixer until light and fluffy.
- Add sugar, vanilla, juice and rind and continue mixing until blended.
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Looooooving these flavors Cynthia! I wish I had a slice of this right now 😛 (instead of the spoonful of almond butter I’m currently eating!)
This may sound NUTS but … I have NEVER EVER had angel food cake before in my life! 😮
Really? Wow! I love angel food cake!
This looks heavenly! Wish I could reach through this screen and grab a slice!
An orange version sounds so wonderful!! What a great idea!
This cake looks so heavenly! I sure wish I had a slice right now!
The orange frosting is so refreshing!
This is a beautiful dessert! I will be making this especially for my mom! She loves these flavors!
I love the idea of dressing up Angel food cake with a buttercream instead just powdered sugar. So delicious!
It’s truly a light and lovely dessert!
Yum, looks delicious! I have always been intimidated by angel food cake.
If you’re intimidated, try using a store-bought cake the first time and just make the mousse and buttercream…shhhh! I won’t tell anyone!
awesome recipe..saved and shared on my social media accounts..In addition to face book i just followd you on Twitter..Regards and best wishes
thank you!
This looks so delicious!!
Does this cake require refridgeration or can it sit out on the counter?
Thanks!
It can sit out for awhile, but actually it doesn’t really last too long. I usually store whatever leftovers there are on the counter for a day or two.
I really like orange in a cake as it’s such a delicate flavour, this looks so light! I would love a slice!
thank you!
very nice recipe thank you for shearing keep it up.
Hi Cynthia,
Definitely going to try in this weekend! I think, my family would love it. What is the substitute of vanilla extract?
Hmmm? Do you mean you can’t use vanilla? I can’t think of something. Or are you talking about vanilla bean paste or a vanilla bean?
Such a great idea about the orange cream angel food cake thanks sharing this article
This is a beautiful dessert! I will be making this especially for my mom! She loves these flavors!
oh! So happy! My dad’s favorite!
My dad’s favorite cake too!
Absolutely delightful cake! Scrumptious!
Thank you so much!
Oh my goodness that looks amazing! I think I’ll try making this for Valentine’s dessert! That lovely tea cup would be perfectly paired with this!
Looks so good! Making this cake for my tea party. Hope to serve one of my guests tea in the beautiful tea cup! #Enter
this is the perfect cake for a tea party!
This was AMAZING! I did cheat and buy an angel food cake though! I made this for valentines dessert and EVERYONE loved it!! I will definitely make this in the summer again. This is going on repeat! Kettle or Aprons. Thank you Cynthia for this recipe, I love so much that it’s your mom’s recipe as well!
I love angel food cake. This looks delicious, can’t wait to make it. Thanks