Renée's Orange Buttermilk Sheet Cake

Name: Renée's Orange Buttermilk Sheet Cake
Ingredients: 1 small orange, seeded if necessary, cut into quarters, rind and all; 1/2 lemon, seeded, cut in half, rind and all; Buttermilk - Approximately 3/4 cup; 2 sticks /226g salted butter; 2 large eggs, room temperature; 1 3/4 cups granulated sugar/350g; 2 cups all purpose flour/278g; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 1/8 teaspoon table salt; 1/2 teaspoon orange oil*, optional; Thinly slivered candied orange peel, optional for garnish; 1 stick /113g salted butter; 2 tablespoons fresh orange juice, at room temperature; 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice, at room temperature; 3 tablespoons buttermilk, at room temperature; 1 pound /454g powdered sugar, sifted; 1 1/2 tablespoons freshly grated orange zest; 1/2 teaspoon orange oil, optional

Instructions

The best and easiest orange cake you'll ever taste. There is a whole orange, peel and all, in it, along with half a lemon. Buttermilk is in both the cake and the melt-in-your-mouth icing. And it's made in a sheet pan which will serve a crowd.

Updated at: Fri, 28 Mar 2025 09:26:05 GMT