This Gluten Free Orange Almond Flour Cake recipe, made with six healthy ingredients, is one of our favorite gluten free desserts.
Gluten Free Orange Almond Flour Cake
Every time I serve it people are shocked to find out my Orange Almond Flour Cake is made with whole oranges, peel, and all.
Almond Flour Recipes
Using the whole orange adds an incredible flavor dimension to this gluten free cake, as well as healthy bioflavonoids.
This is one of my nutritious almond flour recipes that you don’t want to miss out on.
Gluten Free Cake
Wondering how to make Orange Almond Flour Cake from scratch? All you need is whole oranges, almond flour, eggs, honey, salt, and baking soda. –that’s it!
People tell me it’s the best recipe for gluten free cake they’ve ever had!
Gluten Free Orange Almond Flour Cake
Ingredients
- 2 small oranges, 6.5 ounces each
- 4 large eggs
- ¾ cup honey
- 2 cups blanched almond flour (not almond meal)
- ½ teaspoon celtic sea salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
Instructions
- Wash the oranges and boil them whole (peel and all) for 1½ hours, or until soft
- Place whole oranges (peel and all) in a food processor and blend until smooth
- Pulse in eggs, honey, almond flour, salt, and baking soda until well combined
- Pour batter into a greased 9 inch springform pan
- Bake at 375°F for 35-45 minutes, until a toothpick stuck in the center comes out clean
- Cool in the pan for 2 hours
- Serve
Orange Cake Recipe
This easy orange cake recipe is the perfect dessert for holidays such as:
But we love it so much we make this cake all year long! My holiday guests rave about this healthy gluten free recipe.
Orange Cake
If you’ve never had orange cake you’re in for a treat.
I first came upon an orange almond cake recipe in the 1990s in one of Claudia Roden’s cookbooks, The Book of Jewish Food.
Roden is a British cookbook author, food scholar, and cultural anthropologist. She is also one of my heroes.
According to Roden, orange almond cake is a traditional Sephardic recipe commonly served at Passover.
Gluten Free Passover Dessert Recipes
This Gluten Free Orange Almond Flour Cake is perfect for Passover because it does not contain chametz.
As an aside, all of my dessert recipes are Kosher for Passover since they are free of chametz!
Whole Orange Cake Recipe
It seems weird to make a cake with whole oranges.
However, using the orange with its peel is what makes my orange cake with almond flour moist and totally unique.
Yes, as I mentioned, use the entire orange, including the peel! Make sure your oranges are fresh and sweet so the cake is fresh and flavorful.
Make Ahead Almond Flour Cake Recipes
You can make this cake recipe ahead of time, that’s what I do when we’re entertaining.
If I’m having people over for Shabbat dinner, I make the cake Wednesday, let it cool on the counter overnight, then wrap it and store it in the fridge until Friday.
Cuisinart Food Processor
You know I love getting into the kitchen to test recipes for you and enjoy sharing my favorite kitchen tools, including this food processor.
This one is not only affordable, it gets the job done quickly and easily.
Gluten Free Dairy Free Desserts
Using a good food processor blends this cake batter to perfection, making it incredibly smooth.
Still, it’s amazing this cake is so rich and melt in your mouth delicious, given the lack of butter and flour. This is a fantastic gluten free, dairy free dessert.
Chocolate Orange Cake
I’ve always wanted to smother this orange cake in my Chocolate Dairy Free Frosting recipe.
As a kid, I loved chocolate-covered orange peel, and couldn’t get enough of that flavor combo. I haven’t tried it here yet, but I imagine it would be incredible.
Almond Flour Lemon Cake
This paleo cake recipe would be incredible with lemons, though many adjustments would need to be made since lemons are smaller than oranges, not as sweet, and far more bitter.
I tested this orange cake recipe a couple of dozen times to perfect it so I’m not sure how substitutions would work in order to create a recipe for lemon cake.
I wish I had a crystal ball, it would make the process so much easier! If you do experiment with lemons leave a comment and let us know if it works.
Gluten Free Desserts
Thankfully, you really don’t need to experiment with anything, given that I have hundreds of easy recipes for gluten free desserts here on the website and in my three cookbooks!
Gluten Free Orange Cake
But back to my orange cake recipe, which has been shared over ten thousand times on social media –it’s a real deal hit!
When I serve it, everyone loves it –those with diet restrictions as well as folks who can eat anything they want.
Almond Flour Cake
My cakes with almond flour are so popular because they’re rich, dense, and full of flavor.
Almond Flour Baking
Another benefit of almond flour baking is that it’s low carb and healthy.
I love using almond flour rather than the usual high carb wheat flour, the main ingredient in most cakes.
Gluten Free Dessert Recipes
All of the easy gluten free recipes for desserts below are also dairy free cakes.
Gluten Free Coffee Cake
My homemade Gluten Free Coffee Cake is one of my favorite comfort foods. It’s also one of my most popular recipes, with over forty thousand shares on social media.
Made with a base of almond flour, plus five other ingredients, you can throw this low carb coffee cake together in no time.
Gluten Free Carrot Cake
This lightly sweetened nut free Carrot Cake recipe from scratch will blow your mind.
This is one of my favorite cakes made without almond flour.
It’s a nut free cake everyone can enjoy. If you’re allergic to nuts, be sure to check out my Nut Free Recipes page.
Gluten Free Birthday Cake
If you’re looking for a cake that’s chocolate, this family favorite Gluten Free Birthday Cake is a clear winner.
I made this easy cake recipe often when the boys were growing up. Soon they took over and made it for my birthday!
Prefer vanilla birthday cake? Check out my fan favorite Gluten Free Vanilla Cake with Chocolate Buttercream Frosting.
Both of these gluten free cakes are nut free and made with a base of coconut flour.
Healthy Cake Recipes
I hope you love these healthy cake recipes as much as we do and that you enjoy all of my gluten free recipes!
Which of these cake recipes will you bake?
This post is an oldie but goodie from the archives. I first shared this Gluten Free Orange Almond Flour Cake in November 2008.
Leeann says
My daughter is on the SCD and has to eliminate eggs from her diet for a while. Do you have a suggestion on how to make this cake without the egg? Thank you!
Gabriel says
I cut the oranges into segments around 7 to 8 slices per orange and toss them for a few short minutes into a small pressure cooker with a steaming pan inside. A cup water suffices.
The oranges cook to perfection during the cool down and are ready to be mashed up.
Elana says
Thanks Gabriel!
Sandy says
This is an amazing cake the first one was too moist (it tasted juicy ) second one I did cupcakes and cooked a little bit longer & smaller oranges better. I’m going to try the chocolate chips today that sounds great
Elana says
Sandy, for the moisture issue, make sure to use the orange weight recommended in the recipe and the cake will be perfect every time :-)
Freda says
One of our new favorites!!! It freezes well, too.
Elana says
Thanks Freda!
Peggy says
The orange cake is outstanding.. I made it with monkfruit, drizzled an 85% chocolate bar on top….made another one with stevia chocolate chips inside (added after the food processing) and another with the 85% chocolate bar in the food processor.. so good! Excellent served with whipping cream❤️ Thank you, Elana! I love your recipes!
Elana says
Peggy, thanks for sharing your fun adaptations and for telling me this is excellent!
Amy Jean says
Tku so much Peggy! I’m making it now, & posted a question to Elana, but she may not be able to respond in time! I have 1/2 cup of honey & bo more in pantry. So I asked her about using 1/4 cup of agave, but after reading u comment, I will use monk sugar! The agave may make the cake too thin. Tks for your post!!☺️
Elana says
Amy Jean, I hope your cake was fantastic!
Molly Honigsfeld says
Wow! The most delicious, surprising cake ever. What frosting would you recommend?
Elana says
Molly, for more on that go to the section entitled “Chocolate Orange Cake” :-)
Elana says
You’re welcome, Aimee!
Aimee says
Made thus cake for Easter and it was incredible. Loved by all and could not have been easier. I used 4 organic cuties and 20 mins steam function in Instant Pot vs boiling. Easy peasy! Thanks Elana!
Elana says
Aimee, I love that idea and must try it. Thanks for letting me know the cake was incredible :-)
Abigail G says
I chose to make this for our Easter Sunday lunch to accompany breakfast sausage from a local farm. I was so nervous to make this cake and watched my oranges the whole time I boiled them. I could not get them to fully submerge because they wanted to float, so I kept turning them to make sure they were evenly softened. After all my worry, it worked exactly like Elana described! I am still fascinated that the ENTIRE orange is used!
Unfortunately, my oranges were a a little bitter so the cake was too. It was very moist, as described, but I might experiment with finding a way to make it just a bit more dry.
All in all though, it was a success and I will be making it again! In fact, when my husband found out the orange cake I was making was from Elana’s website, he said “oh, then it will definitely be good!” Thank you, Elana, for giving me reliable, allergen-friendly recipes that even my “Frasier” husband loves!
Elana says
Abigail, I’ve been making this for over a decade and I too am fascinated that the entire orange is used! Thanks for letting me know this was a success :-)
Selina Posthumus says
Can this lovely yummy cake be made ahead of time, I was thinking of 1 day ahead. Thanks,
Selina
Elana says
Selina, yes :-)