Orange Layer Cake with Orange / Vanilla Whipped Cream Filling and Frosting

Source : Make Orange Cakepreheat The Oven To350 Spray 3 - 8 Inch Cake Pans Well With Bakers Dprayin A Bowl Whisk Together Flour Baking Powder And Saltin A Larg...

PreTime
more Minutes
CookTime
a few Minutes
Yield
Some Servings

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at : May 1, 2026

Step:

  1. Make Orange Cake

  2. Preheat the oven to350. Spray 3 - 8 inch cake pans well with bakers dpray

  3. In a bowl whisk together flour, baking powder and salt

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  4. In a large bowl beat butter, sugar and orange zest until fluffy, about 3 minutes

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  5. Add eggs one at a time, beating in after each egg. Beat in vanilla and orange extract

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  6. Add flour mixture alternating with orange juice just until combined, don't over beat

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  7. Divide batter evenly in prepared pans and bake 18 to 20 minutes until a toothpick comes out just clean. Cool 10 minutes in pan then remove to wire racks to cool completely before frosting

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  8. Make Orange Whipped Cream Filing and Frosting

  9. Dissolve orange gelitin in boiling water, stirring until fully dissolved. Add cold orange juice and combine, refrigerate while whipping cream

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  10. Whip cream tosoft peaks

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  11. Beat in sugar, extracts, orange zest and cool but still liquid gelatin. Beat until cream holds its shape

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  12. Assemble cake

  13. Place one cake layer, bottom side up on serving plate

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  14. Add some orange whipped cream

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  15. Add second cake layer, bottom up

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  16. Add some more orange filling

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  17. Add third cske layer and frost entire cake with the orange whipped cream. If the fillingvis still quite soft then you can refrigerate the cake and remaining frosting for about an hour to firm it up if frosting is difficult

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  19. Garnish with shaved chocoolate and orange sprinkles. Refrigerate cake at least 4 hours to allow whipped cream to firm up before slicing

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Ingredients

  1. For Orange Cake
  2. 2 1/2 cups cake flour
  3. 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
  4. 1/2 teaspoon salt
  5. 10 tablespoon unsalted butter, at room temperature
  6. 2 teaspoons fresh grated orange zest
  7. 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
  8. 3 large eggs
  9. 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  10. 1/2 teaspoon pure orange extract
  11. 1 cup fresh orange juice
  12. For Orange Whipped Cream Filling and Frosting
  13. 3 cups cold heavy whipping cream
  14. 1/2 cup confectioner's sugar
  15. 1 teaspoon vanilla
  16. 1/4 teaspoon pure orange extract
  17. 1-3 ounce box orange gelatin (jello)
  18. 1/2 cup boiling water
  19. 1/2 cup fresh orange juice

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