Orange Juice Cake

By Kevin Williams

Wow, amazing Orange Juice Cake.   Citrus fruits are considered a real treat in Amish and Mennonite communities because, traditionally, they just were not very plentiful.  The average Amish bulk food store did not stock oranges and tangerines and the like, but as more and more Amish shop in traditional supermarkets, fresh citrus is becoming more common in Amish kitchens.

I still have not posted about this really neat Mennonite bakery that I visited last week. I think I'll save it for next week.  But I did pick up a homemade "orange juice" cake while I was there.  Yum. Yum. Yum.  Orange juice cakes, if you have never had one,  have a strong citrus taste.  I really like a citrus cake, it's a nice, sweet alternative to chocolate.

This recipe comes from an Amish woman in Holmes County, Ohio.  I'm sure it's similar to the one used in the Mennonite bakery.  They all follow pretty much the same formulation.  I cake I bought was in a loaf pan and most of the recipes I see call for tube (Bundt) pans, but I think it would turn out fine either way.

AMISH ORANGE JUICE CAKE

Orange Juice Cake

 

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Prep time

15 mins

Cook time

45 mins

Total time

1 hour

 

Serves: serves 6

Ingredients

• 1 yellow cake mix
• ½ cup oil
• 4 eggs
• 1 box vanilla pudding (4 - serving instant)
• 1 cup orange juice
• Sauce:
• ½ cup butter
• 1 cup orange juice
• 1 cup sugar

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a Bundt Pan.
2. Mix all the cake ingredients until smooth and put in pan.
3. Bake the cake for 45 - 50 minutes.
4. Just before the cake is done, mix up the sauce ingredients in a saucepan and boil for 3 minutes.Pour sauce over the cake in the pan, after removing it from the oven.
5. Let cake cool for 30 - 45 minutes,then remove from pan.

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