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 
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
333 responses to “Paleo Orange Cake”
Right now I cannot have almond flour or honey. Would this recipe work with coconut flour & stevia? Any suggestions on amounts to use?
Jackie, I haven’t tried that so not sure. I test each recipe around 20x to get it right and am not at all good at guessing what works. Here’s some info for you if you decide to experiment:
https://elanaspantry.com/paleo-baking/
Enjoy!
Elana
Elana, would there be any reason I should not attempt the boiling of the oranges in the Instant Pot. I think if I did that I could “kill 2 birds with 1 stone” so to speak. I could do the orange part faster and I could help neutralize the aroma in my Instant Pot. Please let me know your thoughts. If we think it will be ok, I’ll let you know what happens and how long I put it in the pot for.
Lorraine, that’s an interesting idea and I think it’s worth a try. I hope you stop back by and share your results if you do this experiment!!!
First time baking ever and this was so easy to do and everyone liked it. Thank you
Etin, thanks for letting me know this recipe is easy and that everyone liked it :-)
Hi Elana,
Thanks so much for this Paleo Orange cake! It was delicious. I’ve already made it twice . I would like to know if you can freeze this cake?
Magherita, I haven’t tried that so not sure :-)
Hi Elana, I’ve just made this cake and is delightful, I love it! I want to know if I can freeze it and for how long. Thanks for the recipe.
Martha, I haven’t tried that so not sure. So happy to hear you love this cake :-)
Elana – this is so delicious! I brought it to a potluck the other day and people want the recipe! I always make sure to give you credit since you created it! I’m going to try it with lemons some day and I’ll let you know how it turns out. Thanks for your wonderful work with almond flour! Pat
Patricia, thanks so much for letting me know that you and yours are enjoying this recipe!
Elana,
Do you pulse ingredients (eggs, honey, flour,etc) one ingredient at a time or add all st once and then pulse?
Margie, after the oranges, it’s all at once :-)
OMG!! I baked this cake over the weekend and I love it!! super moist, sweet, light, citrusy… Absolutely delicious… THANK YOU Elana!
one more thing, because I had two big oranges and weighted more that it was indicated in the recipe, I replaced one orange for a mandarin (it was smaller) the mix of both flavors (very close but not the same) result in a super good cake… Instantly became a staple in this house!
Dolores, thanks for another sweet comment and for letting me know this cake is a staple in your house!
Dolores, thanks for letting me know this cake is OMG delicious!
Hi Elana~
I just made this delightful cake. It really turned out beautifully. I do have a question, though. While you provided a weight for the oranges, I am wondering if you have an ideal measurement in cups for the quantity of blended orange ‘smoothie’ that is created before adding the other ingredients. If so, thanks for sharing! ~beth
Elizabeth, thanks for your comment and for letting me know this cake is delightful! I haven’t measured that as weight is far more accurate so no need :-)
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