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.
Ann Karine says
So good and easy! I’ve made it 5 times already.
Connie says
I made this recipe with Meyer Lemons today and did not change a thing. (I had about 3/4 cup of ML puree) It’s absolutely fab. Since the Meyer Lemons are “sweeter” than regular lemons, it had enough agave for my tastes. I’m so happy I found a lemon cake recipe that’s GF, tasty and easy to make! Thank you Elana, once again!
A.Z. says
Hi everyone. I must admit that I have never left a comment regarding recipes before. Not for a lack of word, but for a lack of time. I have type 1 diabetes and Hoshimoto’s thyroiditis so my M.D. told me to completely eliminate gluten permanently. I have purchased 25lbs of almond flour and now bake everything on Elana’s website :) My children are happy, my husband is happy and now I can eat yummy sweets with them.
This orange cake is unbelievably moist, decadent and easy to make. It tastes so moist that my husband said that it was not done when he was cutting it with the knife. I had to hide it from him after 3 pieces LOL. I wonder what the proportions would be for pumpkin, carrot or squash instead of oranges. There would be less liquid than you would get from oranges. I will try to make it with other veggies and fruits and post a comment.
Thank you so much Elana for your tasty and easy recipes.
Angela says
Hi Elana,
I love your site! I’ve had success with a few of your cupcake recipes and the coconut frosting was a huge hit! I’m going to try your orange cake recipe for a family party this weekend. I would like to try and use a bundt pan– I was wondering what you thought of that idea, do you think I would be able to get it out of the pan smoothly after the cooling?
Thanks!
Kate says
I’ve made this cake a couple fo times, with oranges and with other citrus, and it is always fabulous! I have to share that I just ran into big bags of organic oranges (I will not go near non-organic citrus) on an amazing clearance rack at my local supermarket and am doing cartwheels of joy!! Guess I’m baking lots of orange cake this weekend – maybe muffins and mini-loaf cakes too for Christmas presents!!
Also, I’m going to boil most of them then freeze the puree in portions so can just thaw out and use as needed – yayyyyyyy!!!!
marsha says
In a jet lagged stupor, I made a double recipe of Orange Cake for Thanksgiving…but with a few modifications.
I had 5 juice oranges so I used them all. I used a combination of 1 cup Splenda (to reduce the carbs) and 2 squirts of agave. I measured a little more salt than double…caught myself before doubling the doubled recipe.
And here’s the Big Booboo…I measured out 32 oz of Honeyville almond flour (double the doubled recipe)! I thought the batter was thicker than it should be, but proceeded anyway.
It baked in about the same time as the original recipe.
Best of all, it was terrific! The taste (glad I used that extra orange) and texture were just fine. It was not as moist and more cake-like.
Being diabetic, I love this cake and am happy to have stumbled onto a modification that gives me a choice of textures.
Thanks for the recipe!
Anastasia@healthymamainfo.com says
I’m gonna keep this recipe in mind! Sounds amazing!
Heather says
I made some modifications to this cake – I found the original recipe too moist.
1 orange – boiled for 45 mins
3/4 coconut sap as sweetener (powder form, like sugar only better!)
2 eggs
bake in 8×8 square pan
still delish, but less moist
Amy H says
Anise.
Add a small amount (1/4 – 1/2 tsp) of anise for a nice counter balance flavor. It will be hard for folks to pinpoint the flavor but it brings a bit of an earthiness.
-Amy
Anna says
I made this for a friends birthday last weekend and it was sooooo good! As it was a special treat I topped it with a frosting of mascarpone, whipping cream, orange juice, and confectioners sugar (not healthy but it was oh so good on the cake). Served with sliced strawberries over it and it was very pretty.
Elana your website has made gluten-free baking fun and delicious, thank you very much!