This Paleo Orange Cake recipe, made with 6 healthy ingredients, is one of our favorite desserts. All you need to make it is whole oranges, almond flour, eggs, honey, salt, and baking soda.
This easy paleo cake recipe is the perfect holiday dessert for Christmas, Hanukkah, Easter, and Passover.
It seems weird to make a cake with whole oranges. However, using the orange with its peel adds a rich flavor dimension to the cake. Yes, use the entire orange including the peel in this recipe!
The idea for this easy grain-free cake recipe came from one of my favorite cookbook authors, Claudia Roden. Her recipe is called 
Gateau a l’Orange. Nigella Lawson also has a a citrus cake recipe using fruit and peel made with clementines.
This paleo cake recipe would likely be incredible with lemons, though adjustments would likely need to be made. If you do experiment leave a comment and let us know if it works.
Here are some of my other easy low-carb paleo cake recipes for you!
This post is an oldie but goodie from the archives. I first shared this recipe in November 2008.
Comments
359 responses to “Paleo Orange Cake”
This is my favorite cake; I eat a small slice every day, and I give it as gifts with a small amount of sifted powdered sugar on top. It makes the cakes look so fancy. Thank you, Elana, your recipes are my favorite.
Ann, I love that I get to be part of your day via this cake!!!
I’d like to double the recipe and bake it in a bundt pan. Any tips from someone who’s done it??? Thanks so much! ☺️
Claudia, I think someone mentioned in the comments that they had tried that :-)
I had to improvise as I did not have enough almond flour or honey
I also doubled the recipe and used a bundt pan
2 – 8 oz oranges
1 cup almond flour
3 cups bob mills paleo flour
1/2 cup honey
1 cup cane sugar
8 eggs
1 tsp sea salt
2 tsps baking soda
I baked according to the original post
it turned out great!
PS- boiling the oranges was a first for me and my house smelled fantastic!
Thanks Mary!
I did this with some oranges that were a little larger than recommended, it baked just fine, but it had a bitter aftertaste. I found I could counteract the bitterness with some Hershey’s chocolate syrup on top.
Lilly, the bitterness may have come from using a larger amount of oranges than called for in the recipe. Glad you still found this tasty and enjoyed it :-)
Elana, this looks so good. We have almond allergies at our house. Do you know what adjustments would need to be made to substitute coconut flour for the almond?
Jan, I haven’t tried that so not sure. For more on that go here:
https://elanaspantry.com/paleo-baking/
Enjoy!
Elana
Hi Elana,
I used coconut flour yesterday for this recipe and it worked well, I would recommend.
Chrissy
Chrissy, thanks! Just a note to other readers, coconut flour and almond flour cannot be used cup for cup in recipes.
I have both a funeral and a delayed graduation party to attend tomorrow. 2 questions, please.
1. To save time, as I am making 70 chicken salad sandwiches from scratch also, can I double the recipe, simmer 4 oranges and pulse in the eggs amndnd honey and refridgerated over night? Add almond flour, baking soda and salt in the morning?
2. Can I put a double batter in a 9×13 pan? Same cook time?
Heeeelp and Thank you!!!
Kim, thanks for your comment and wow, what a day you will be having. I haven’t tried making this in 2 steps so not sure about that. I think it’s a worthy experiment! I also haven’t tried doubling this recipe and would need to test it to see if that would work, I’m guessing it may not without substantial adjustments. I hope your day is as smooth as possible and sending my condolences and best wishes to you.
Love your recipes but you use too much almond flour which amounts to a great amount of almonds which I don’t believe is healthy for the gut!
Janys, thanks for your comment! Here’s a link to my recipes that don’t use almond flour for you:
https://elanaspantry.com/nut-free-diet/
Have a fantastic day!
Elana
I’m in the UK and would love to bake this cake but we don’t use measuring cups here. Would you be able to tell me what the weight conversions are in either grams or ounces please
Jules, I haven’t tried that so not sure :-)
Hi Jules, I just use a coffee mug as my cup measure. As long as you use the same cup/mug for the recipe it will work :) and Thank You Elana for the most amazing recipes and sharing them :)
Rebecca, you’re welcome!
The Orange cake is so delicious I have made it for every event, party or dinner I have attended since I made it the first time and the rave reviews continue!
Thanks as always for your delicious, thoughtful and simple recipes! They have changed my life in the kitchen.
Rachel, thanks for letting me know this cake gets rave reviews every time you make it :-)
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