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    by [Archana Potdar] · This post may contain affiliate links · 34 Comments

    Yeasted Orange Cake #Bread Bakers

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    Yeasted Orange Cake is made not with baking powder as the leavening agent but with yeast. This cake soaked in syrup and served with generally with berries and whipped cream and is one of the most delicious cakes I have had.

    Yeasted Orange Cake,Baked, No leaveners,

    Yeasted Orange Cake

     A cake, a well-known dessert in nothing but is modified bread!  Yeast cakes are very old and are similar to yeast bread. The traditional yeast cakes are babka, stolen. In England, the difference between a cake and a bread were that the cake was round and flat. The cake was also turned over once while cooking.

     Yeast was discovered accidentally when the dough made from flour and water were left alone long enough for natural yeast to ferment the dough. Be thankful that the homemaker then did not throw out the fermented dough.

     Yeast is technically a fungus, yes in the same category as your mushrooms and is an integral part of bread making. The use of yeast has given us bread that has a light texture and soft crumb not taking in to account that the bread is delicious. In fact, longer the rise time better is the flavour.

    With the arrival of chemical leavening agents like baking powder, the world that depended on yeast went through a transformation radically.

     I for one did not know we could use yeast to make cakes. My education started with  BienenstichKuchen/ German Bee Sting Cake,  Cinnamon Chocolate Babka Muffins, Egg-less Slovak Paska Bread Easter Special then I forgot about my desire to search for more cake recipes using yeast.  Thanks to Stacey this time for #Bread Bakers for whom I am hosting and we are doing yeasted cakes.

    This recipe is copied from King Auther  Flour. My only problem with the cake was taht the syrup did not seep to the centre. Will try poking the cake and pouring the surup next time.

    Yeasted Orange Cake,Baked, No leaveners,

    Yeasted Orange Cake

     Yeasted Orange Cake #Bread Bakers

    •  Serves: 10-inch cake
    • Preparation time: 20 minutes
    • Cook time: 25 minutes
    • Passive time: 60 minutes

     Ingredients:

     For the Cake:

    •     2 ¼ cups Maida/ All-Purpose Flour, divided
    •     2 ¼ teaspoon instant yeast
    •     ¼ cup sugar
    •     ½ teaspoon salt
    •     ½ cup warm milk
    •     10 tbsps unsalted butter, melted
    •     4 large eggs
    •     1 tablespoon Orange zest 

    For the Syrup:

    •      ¾ cup sugar
    •     ½ cup water
    •     ½ cup orange juice

     Method:

    •  Grease a 10” diameter bundt pan.
    • Mix ¾ cup of the flour, the yeast, sugar, and salt.
    • Mix the warm milk and melted butter.
    • Add the flour mixture gradually, mix for 2 minutes.
    •  Add the eggs, the remaining 1 ½ cups of the flour, and the zest.
    • Beat for 2 minutes vigorously.
    • Add the dough in the pan and spread the dough evenly.
    •  Cover with a kitchen towel, and let rise for 1 hour.
    • After about 45 minutes, preheat the oven to190◦C/ 375F.
    •  Bake the cake for 22 to 25 minutes, until a tester inserted into the centre comes out clean.
    • Remove it from the oven. 
    • As the cake is baking get the syrup ready by bringing to boil the sugar and water in a pan over medium heat.
    • Simmer until the syrup thickens say 10 minutes.
    • Add the orange juice, and remove from the heat.
    • Brush half the syrup over the cake, and allow it to cool for 5 minutes.
    • Turn the cake out onto a rack set over parchment or a pan. Brush the remaining syrup over the newly exposed bottom crust.
    • Turn the cake right-side up onto a plate, and cool completely.
    • Serve with whipped cream and berries. But since we had no berries available in this season not even grapes  I have served it plain with dried cranberries.
    Yeasted Orange Cake,Baked, No leaveners,

    Yeasted Orange Cake

     

    Yeasted Orange Cake,Baked, No leaveners,

    Yeasted Orange Cake #Bread Bakers

    A cake baked with yeast as a leavening agent!
    5 from 8 votes
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    Course: Dessert, Festival Cooking, Kid-Friendly, Simple and Healthy Diet
    Cuisine: World
    Keyword: Bake, Bread, Dessert, How to make, Kid Friendly Food, Yeasted Orange Cake
    Prep Time: 20 minutes
    Cook Time: 25 minutes
    Total Time: 1 hour 45 minutes
    Servings: 10 Bundt
    Calories:
    Author: ArchanaPotdar

    Ingredients

    For the Cake:

    • 2 ¼ cups maida/ all purpose flour divided
    • 2 ¼ tsps instant yeast
    • ¼ cup Sugar
    • ½ teaspoon Salt
    • ½ cup warm milk
    • 10 tbsps unsalted butter melted
    • 4 large eggs
    • 1 tablespoon Orange zest

    For the Syrup:

    • ¾ cup Sugar
    • ½ cup Water
    • ½ cup Orange juice

    Instructions

    • Grease a 10” diameter bundt pan.
    • Mix ¾ cup of the flour, the yeast, sugar, and salt.
    • Mix the warm milk and melted butter.
    • Add the flour mixture gradually, mix for 2 minutes.
    • Add the eggs, the remaining 1 ½ cups of the flour, and the zest.
    • Beat for 2 minutes vigorously.
    • Add the dough in the pan and spread the dough evenly.
    • Cover with a kitchen towel, and let rise for 1 hour.
    • After about 45 minutes, preheat the oven to190◦C/ 375F.
    • Bake the cake for 22 to 25 minutes, until a tester inserted into the centre comes out clean.
    • Remove it from the oven.
    • As the cake is baking get the syrup ready by bringing to boil the sugar and water in a pan over medium heat.
    • Simmer until the syrup thickens say 10 minutes.
    • Add the orange juice, and remove from the heat.
    • Brush half the syrup over the cake, and allow it to cool for 5 minutes.
    • Turn the cake out onto a rack set over parchment or a pan. Brush the remaining syrup over the newly exposed bottom crust.
    • Turn the cake right-side up onto a plate, and cool completely.
    • Serve with whipped cream and berries. But since we had no berries available I have served it plain.
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    Yeasted Orange Cake,Baked, No leaveners,

    Yeasted Orange Cake

    Yeasted Orange Cake,Baked, No leaveners,

    Yeasted Orange Cake

    This month, the Bread Bakers are making yeasted cakes, a theme chosen by Archana of The Mad Scientist's Kitchen. Here are everyone's yeasted cakes:

    #BreadBakers is a group of bread loving bakers who get together once a month to bake bread with a common ingredient or theme. Follow our Pinterest board right here. Links are also updated each month on this home page.

    We take turns hosting each month and choosing the theme/ingredient. Our theme this month is Yeasted Cakes.

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    Please also subscribe to my mailing list and join me in my journey of Food! Will enjoy seeing what you make so that I too can learn from you!!!

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    1. What an awesome texture you have got there. Loved your Orange Yeast Cake. Simply awesome. And thanks for Introducing me to this new world of cakes.

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      • Aww! Renu! So sweet of you. You would have discovered it by and by. But glad you liked it.

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    2. I love the flavor combinations in this cake. A yeasted cake really does have a special flavor and texture. It's really pretty, too!

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    3. A perfect cake...the crumb looks so light and moist.

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    4. This sounds delicious! I love King Arthur Flour recipes, and I'm enjoying learning so much about yeasted cakes. Thanks for the great theme!

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    5. Hello Archana,
      Firstly, thanks for hosting the event and choosing such a wonderful theme. Every post was worth reading and learning. Your cake has a beautiful colour. it looks so citrusy and flavourful. Decorating with cranberries and chocolate is a good idea!

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    6. Love this cake, looks so delicious. Thank you for hosting this month.

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    7. Love this cake. Looks so delicious.

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    8. Thanks for such a wonderful theme, Archana ! So much to read about yeasted cakes although in hindsight, we had been baking some of these without calling them cakes ..love the zing of orange in ur cake here ; my little one is a great fan of citrusy and orange flavours and wouldmhave so enjoyed this

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    9. Your cake looks absolutely delicious. I love citrus in cakes, especially when a syrup is involved.

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      • Thanks a lot.

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    10. 5 stars
      What a lovely share. The texture of the cake is so good. Though I bake orange cake, I have not heard about yeasted cake. Thanks for introducing me into this.

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      • Thanks, Niranjana it tastes amazingly delicious, do try it.

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    11. Sounds interesting. The cake has such a lovely texture and looks very light too.

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      • Thanks.

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    12. This cake really have come out so well, perfect moist, spongy and looking so tasteful. Feels like grabbing one and munch on. Lovely recipe.

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      • Thanks, Jolly.

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    13. Nice, interesting recipe. Using of yeast in cakes is quite new to me. I must try sometime.

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      • Thanks.

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    14. 5 stars
      Yeast cake is something new to me. A delicious cake recipe Archana . Love the beautiful texture of the cake.

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      • Thanks.

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    15. 5 stars
      I loved this cake when I made it for the challenge, and again now when I read it again 🙂 yeasted cakes came into my life, thru your challenge !

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      • Thanks, Kalyani.

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    16. 5 stars
      Beautiful texture of the yeasted cake and with orange must be so flavorful. I bet it was a fight as to who gets the lonely chocolate on top 🙂 I have a yeasted cake in my recipe book jotted down eons ago but have not got down to baking it. You are tempting me to do so. Beautiful bake Archana and love the simple click.

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      • The chocolate is of course for the baker!!! Me!! 😀 Thanks Mayuri. Glad you like it.

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    17. 5 stars
      When I saw the texture from your wonderful photos, I knew I had to try a yeasted cake - something I had never tried before. What a great recipe!

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      • Thanks, Mir.

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    18. 5 stars
      Superb arch, that texture of the cake, looks awesome!! Love the list of yeast cakes you have listed here, now that you have kindled the interest, i might even try one today!

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      • I am wishing I was close by. I get to eat a ready cake.

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    19. 5 stars
      Texture of the cake is amazing. It is full of flavors and looks so inviting. Never tried using yeast for cakes. Will try it out sometime.

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      • Thanks, dear.

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    20. 5 stars
      sounds very interesting a cake with yeast, it looks so soft with great texture, bookmarking this recipe to try later.

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      • Thanks, Pavani.

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