Looking for a citrus flavored Bundt cake for a spring celebration? Why not try my Orange Sunshine Bundt Cake?
I recently found this handwritten recipe tucked into my mom’s recipe box. When I was growing up, my Aunt Edna would often make this orange cake for me. Sometimes, she would let me help her. She always made it in an angel food pan. I loved this cake! I always called it Aunt Edna’s Cake. Even as a child, I was creative with naming things!
The timing of finding this recipe was perfect! With Spring finally here and Easter just around the corner, I was anxious to practice making this cake so I could serve it for Easter Brunch. I wasn’t even sure if they still made orange cake mix or hot roll mix. Fortunately, I was able to find both of these items on Amazon! Check your local grocery store as they might be available there as well.
Since I don’t have an angel food cake pan, I decided to try the recipe in a Bundt pan. I love how pretty the cake looks when it comes out of the Bundt pan. When using a Bundt pan, be sure to grease it thoroughly before adding the cake batter. This will help insure that the cake comes out of the pan when it has finished cooling. I also found that the cake cooked faster in the Bundt pan than it did when my aunt used an angel food cake pan.
If you decide to make the cake, use the recipe included below. I included my aunt’s handwritten one only for sentimental reasons!
Today I am sharing not only my recipe for Aunt Edna’s Cake (Orange Sunshine Bundt Cake), I am joining 5 of my blogging friends to share recipes to help you create an Easter Dessert Buffet! My friend, Cindy from Cloches & Lavender is the hostess of this blog hop. You will find all the links to my friends’ posts at the bottom of this post! Once you have completed the hop, you will have several choices for your Easter and Spring celebrations!
No matter how you arrived here today, whether you are joining me from Renae’s blog or you are one of my regular readers or you found me on Google or via Hometalk, I am so glad you are here! My name is Kimberly and I have a passion for flowers (a former florist) and flour (a former pizzeria owner) and many things in between! Especially rusty and chippy items!
I love to share all the things I have learned over the years. Sometimes I tell stories about my life. Other times, I will share a craft or a recipe. I hope you enjoy your thyme here today and learn at least one thing during your visit!
Orange Sunshine Bundt Cake
Equipment
- 1 10 inch Bundt pan may also be referred to as a 12 cup Bundt pan
- 1 large mixing bowl
- 1 mixer hand mixer or use a stand mixer
- 1 spatula
- 1 cooling rack
Ingredients
- 1 box Orange Cake Mix I used Duncan Hines
- 1 box Hot Roll Mix I used Pillsbury
- 3 eggs
- 2 cups warm water temp should be 105 to 110 degrees
- 1 cup chopped walnuts
Instructions
- Add the orange cake mix, the hot roll mix including the yeast packet, 3 eggs, 2 cups warm water in large mixing bowl
- Blend well, until all ingredients are mixed together.
- Add 1 cup chopped walnuts to the batter and mix well
- spread batter in a prepared* 10 cup Bundt pan.
- bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 45 minutes. Cake is done when a toothpick inserted as close to the center as possible, comes out clean.
- cool upright on a rack for 15 minutes
- Using a hot pad or hot mits, place cake plate over the cake pan, invert and cake should come out. You can also use a rack instead of a plate when inverting the cake.
- allow cake to cool completely before decorating. I let mine cool for about an hour.
- a simple glaze can be used to drizzle on the cake. Simply add 2 cups powdered sugar (confectioner's sugar), 2-3 Tablespoons milk and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract in a bowl and mix together. Use a whisk to be sure all ingredients are well blended. Use more milk if you want a thinner glaze. Drizzle over cake.
- Add sanding sugar or colored sprinkles to the cake to add interest. I used gold sanding sugar
- slice and serve, store the cake in a covered container or use foil or plastic wrap to cover the cake.
Notes
Won’t you join me for a slice of cake?
From cookies to candy to cake, my friends and I have you covered with recipes for your celebration this Spring!
Next on the hop is my friend, Tammy from White Lilac Farmhouse. She is sharing her recipe for Homemade Peanut Butter eggs! I can’t wait to try them! You certainly can’t go wrong with a peanut butter/chocolate combination!
Click the links below the images to go straight to their posts. We hope this inspires your sweet tooth and enjoy the upcoming Easter and Passover season!
I am embarrassed to say that I had no idea there was an orange cake mix! I am going straight to get one and try this cake!
I think it is sometimes hard to find! Let me know if you find the cake mix and how you like the Bundt cake! Great hoping with you!
Kimberly … there’s nothing I love more than a bundt cake and this looks super pretty and delicious! And I love that it comes from an old family recipe. There’s nothing more precious than old recipe card and notes written out by our family members. Treasures. Your cake is sure to please everyone around a Spring table. I’m going to try it! xo
Thank you, Juliet! I am thankful that my aunt used a pen to write the recipe! So many of my Mom’s recipes were written in pencil! I even used a pencil to write some when I was younger…. now I can’t read them! This cake is so easy to make! I hope you enjoy it! Thanks for hopping with us!
Kimberly, I love orange flavored cakes. This sounds like a winner for Easter.
Thank you, Tammy! It would look pretty with some of your peanut butter chocolate eggs around the bottom of the cake!