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!
Orange Cream Angel Food Cake
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.
A 10 inch tube pan is a must for making an angel food cake.
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.
Orange curd.
Carefully fold the orange curd into the whipped cream.
Cut the cake into thirds.
Mom cutting 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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Michaela says
I’m in love. I think I just found my Easter dessert!
Cynthia says
You won’t be disappointed! Let me know how it turns out!
Meg @ The Housewife in Training Files says
This is so dreamy! I can’t wait to make it!
Cynthia says
Dreamy is a good word for it! Thank you!
Joanne T Ferguson says
G’day! Looks terrific and reminds me of childhood!
Cheers! Joanne
Cynthia says
Thanks so much Joanne!
nancy@skinnykitchen.com says
What a lovely dessert Cynthia for this time of year!
Cynthia says
Thanks Nancy! it’s not so “skinny” though! Lol!
Anne says
This looks fabulous! I love orange, and can’t wait to try a spin on the strawberry shortcake. I’m glad I found your post through the Treasure Box Tuesday link party.
Cynthia says
Thank you Anne! So glad you are here!
Easy Life Meal & Party Planning says
What a wonderful recipe and it sounds heavenly!! Stopping by from The Wednesday Roundup.
Cynthia says
Thank you for sharing!
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Great cake! Thanks for linking to the Southern Special
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Catherine says
Dear Cynthia, what a beautiful, dreamy cake. I would love a slice of this! Pinning. xo, Catherine
susan // the wimpy vegetarian says
Oh my! I love this cake – it’s so perfect for spring. And I LOVE those Creamsicle ice cream bars!!! Perfect for Easter 🙂
Cynthia says
Definitely perfect for Easter!
Mirlandra @ Mirlandra's Kitchen says
This looks so beautiful! I just set my menu to entertain this weekend – I wish I had seen this first! Maybe next time. Mmm – I can taste that luscious orange whipped cream now.
Cynthia says
the filling is divine!
Cynthia says
The orange whipped cream is the best Miralanda!
cristina says
Yes, love creamsicles. Orange Julius used to make their drinks that way too with that creamsicle deliciousness. What a lovely cake to welcome spring with and a pretty presentation for the holiday too! Bright, happy, and fresh cake!!
Cynthia says
I loved Orange Julius when I was a kid!
Laura @ Family Spice says
Ooooh, I am swooning over that orange cream! I love citrus desserts, especially orange. I would love to have this for my annual birthday cake, too!
Cynthia says
It was my dad’s birthday cake when he and my mom were married.
fabiola@notjustbaked says
The perfect cake, it is so pretty!
Sarah Sonnamaker says
I love creamsicles, this looks delicious!
Meg @ With Salt and Wit says
I love creamsicle anything! It just reminds me of being a kid. I love this cake version and needs to happen at our next BBQ!
Joanne T Ferguson says
I want a slice of your angel food cake right now! 🙂 Pinned and shared!
Christina | Christina's Cucina says
I have a few oranges on my tree and would love to use them for a cake! This might be happening in my house soon!
Melissa says
Orange and cream are the perfect flavor combination. This cake looks so delicious.
Marye says
This looks heavenly! I love orange cream flavored sweets!
allie @ Through Her Looking Glass says
Now that is one gorgeous cake, Cynthia. It is light, airy and refreshingly delicious. Loving those layers. I don’t think I’d even feel guilty having seconds!
fabiola@notjustbaked says
Your memory alone makes me want to make this cake, it is so sweet. And it looks like fluffy goodness!
christina says
What a nice change from a regular chocolate or yellow cake! This would be perfect for almost any occasion! Love how light it is!
Annie @ Annie's Noms says
I’ve still never made an angel food cake! How?! They are so beautiful and this one looks so delicious with all that zesty orange flavour!