This Paleo Orange Cake recipe, made with 6 healthy ingredients is one of our favorite desserts. It consists of whole oranges, almond flour, eggs, honey, salt, and baking soda. Yup, that’s all you need to make this easy paleo cake recipe. It is the perfect festive holiday dessert for Christmas, Hanukkah, Easter, and Passover.
I know it seems weird to make a cake with whole oranges. However, using the orange as well as its peel adds a rich dimension of flavor to this cake. Yes, that’s right, you use the entire orange including the peel in this recipe!
The idea for this easy paleo cake recipe came from one of my favorite cookbook authors, Claudia Roden. Her recipe is called 
I think this paleo cake recipe would be incredible with lemons, though I imagine some adjustments would need to be made if experimenting with this sour citrus fruit. I haven’t tried that, if you do please leave a comment and let us know if it works.
Here are some of my other easy paleo cake recipes:
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214 responses to “Paleo Orange Cake”
can i possibly make this into cupcakes? thanks :)
Ellina, I haven’t tried that so not sure, if you do experiment I hope you’ll let us know what works :-)
How much water did you use to boil the oranges?
Elizabeth, no need to measure that, just make sure they’re completely covered the entire time you boil them. Happy cooking :-)
Perfect cake. I’ve added dried cranberries and it was really delicious!!! Thank you for this amazing recipe :)
Sirleny, thanks for letting me know this is the perfect cake!
This cake came out really well. It made my daughter’s day who is on a gluten free, casein free and refined sugar free diet.
Debdatta, thanks for letting me know this cake made your daughter’s day! We love it too :-)
would it be a good idea if I want to do some cashew orange frosting (soak cashews in hot water for 2-3hours; blend it until smooth along with orange zest or some orange juice, coconut oil, mapel syrup, coconut milk, vanilla extract; refrigerate and spread on the cake) for this cake. Thank you!
Ana, I haven’t tried that so not sure how it would pair with the cake. We love serving it with this dairy-free topping:
https://elanaspantry.com/coconut-whipped-cream/
Enjoy!
Elana
Can u substitute either monk fruit with erythritol or swerve instead of honey/maple syrup?
Nina, I haven’t tried that so not sure :-)
Pressure Cooker: for the oranges. Used 1 inch of water with a rack, at pressure for 15 min & then natural cool down . Worked great.
Baking: 375 F on convection. I opened it at 30 min to put on foil & it was done! Clean toothpick.
Result: cake was super moist and stayed together perfectly when cut into pieces. Top was golden, anymore time & it would’ve gotten too dark. Everyone at the Passover Seder last night loved it!
Thank you! This is my first time posting, but I have been using your recipes for many, many years. As a naturopathic physician I am constantly recommending your site. I have your cookbooks, but it is this website that I use the most – whipping out scones or chocolate chip cookies, or a black & white cake on a moments notice. Last night we made Charoset & Matzah & the orange cakes all from here!
It is an amazing service you provide – creating and testing and posting all of these for us to use. And having a place that people can comment on the changes that they tried – it is a living organism.
Thank you for all of your hard work & dedication. I really appreciate it and so do the many others who’ve eaten these foods that I’ve made.
Louise, you’re comment made my day! Thanks so much for letting me know that everyone at your Seder loved this cake and that you’re finding my website and books incredibly helpful :-)
Hello, would this cake be good served whit whipped cream? I feel like the citrus whit the dairy won’t match.
Thanks so much!
Natalia, thanks for your comment! Serving whipped cream and citrus together is a fantastic combination that reminds me of a creamsicle :-)
Hi Elana, Thanks for this! Can I make the day before and refrigerate?
Cathy, I haven’t tried that so not sure. I would bake it the day before and let it stay on the counter overnight :-)
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