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    Home » Recipes » Cakes and Muffins » Low Fat Orange Yogurt Cake

    Low Fat Orange Yogurt Cake

    Published : Mar 3,2016 | Last Updated On : Dec 23, 2021 by Muktha Gopinath

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    Low fat orange yogurt cake is a mildly sweet moist cake with bursting flavors of orange and warm spices. Make this cake effortless with any hand blender or your juicer mixer grinder , the end results are always same.

    This eggless orange cake is a perfect tea time cake and is good on your waistline too.

    I'm not a cake lover but saying so there are some exceptions for my all time favorite plum cake , banana muffins and also lamingtons.

    This recipe post is updated from achieves , was first published in March 2016

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    About this recipe

    This low fat spiced orange cake is a perfect tea time cake , lightly spiced, moist and too good to resist. With Christmas around the corner made this citrus cake , it's so good in taste and has 162 k calories per big slice

    Low fat orange cake is really easy to make with few handful ingredients and you can make effortlessly in a mixer grinder. Or just blend everything with a hand blender and it's good to go. No need of any stand mixer to achieve a moist , utterly delicious orange cake.

    Low fat spiced orange cake is

    • Easy to make
    • Simple
    • Effortless
    • Tasty
    • Low Calories

    Ingredients

    To make this delicious tea cake , all you need is traditional cake ingredients flour, baking powder , cooking soda and salt . Along with it to make a low fat cake with tasty citrus note , following are the ingredients that get in while making this cake, moist and flavorful.

    Brown Sugar - I'm hooked to this ingredient for baking as it is less sweet and gives a real good color to the baked goods. But you can use unrefined sugar too in this recipe

    Flax eggs - Actually recipe called for eggs but I use Flax eggs as I wanted to make it eggless. You can substitute eggs for flax eggs or chia eggs

    Orange - Orange juice and orange zest , hero ingredient as it adds depth of flavors . Be sure to use fresh fruit orange juice as it adds flavors and naturally acidic , which helps to achieve great texture in cake inspite of using less fat.

    Oil - use olive oil or any vegetable oil to make this cake. Just ¼ cup is sufficient to make this low fat orange cake.

    Yogurt - Yeah , this is a yogurt cake. Don't skip on this !

    Vanilla - Oh yes, it's needed though we are making a orange cake because it hepls the flavors to pop.

    Warm spices - nothing is as better as spiced cakes in winter , isn't it ! I have used cinnamon powder , clove powder , ginger powder and pinches of nutmeg.

    Do refer recipe card for actual measurements.

    FAQ's

    Can I make this with eggs?

    Yes of course , you can use either eggs or flax eggs alternatively in this recipe

    Can I make this with whole wheat flour ?

    Yes you can bake this with whole wheat flour. I have made this several times , tastes great !

    Can I refrigerate leftover flax egg?

    Awww, It stays good in sealed container for 1-2 days in fridge . But I recommend to make it fresh as it is super easy and a quick recipe.

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    How to make low fat spiced orange cake

    Flax Egg:

    In a JMG , blend 1 tablespoon of flaxseed into fine powder.

    Transfer into a bowl and add 3 tablespoon of water.

    Whisk well together and set aside for 15 minutes.

    how to make flax egg

    After 15 minutes , it turns gelatinous and thick ; Flax egg is ready to use

    To make Cake :

    Sift all purpose flour , baking powder , cooking soda, salt , warm spices together into a mixing bowl and set aside.

    Into a JMG jar , add oil , sugar , curds, orange juice, vanilla , orange zest and flax egg .

    Blend everything together for 1 minute on a low speed.

    Pour wet ingredients into sift dry ingredients ;

    spiced orange cake batter

    with cut and fold technique mix everything.

    Now ,pour cake batter into a lined 8 “ inch cake tin.

    Bake

    Preheat oven to 180 deg Celsius ( 356 deg Fahrenheit  ) and bake for 22 -25 minutes .

    Skewer inserted at center should come out  clean , remove cake tin from oven , cool on wire rack

    Serving

    Dust some powdered sugar, decorate with few slices of orange and serve

    Recipe Card

    spiced orange cake

    Low fat Spiced Orange Cake Recipe

    Low fat orange yogurt cake is a mildly sweet moist cake with bursting flavors of orange and warm spices.
    5 from 1 vote
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    Course: Dessert
    Cuisine: American, World
    Prep Time: 5 minutes
    Cook Time: 25 minutes
    Total Time: 30 minutes
    Servings : 10
    Calories / Serving : 162
    Author: Muktha H S

    Ingredients 

    For Flax Egg

    • 1 tablespoon Flax seed
    • 3 tablespoon Water

    To Make Cake

      Wet Ingredients

      • ¼ cup Oil
      • ⅓ cup Brown Sugar
      • ½ cup Yogurt
      • 2 tablespoon Orange Juice
      • ½ teaspoon Vanilla
      • 1 teaspoon Orange Zest

      Dry Ingredients

      • 1 Cup All purpose flour
      • ½ teaspoon baking powder
      • ¼ teaspoon cooking soda
      • 1 pinch salt
      • ½ teaspoon cinnamon powder
      • ¼ teaspoon clove powder
      • ¼ teaspoon ginger powder
      • 1 pinch nutmeg powder

      Instructions

      Flax Egg

      • In a JMG , blend 1 tablespoon of flaxseed into fine powder.
      • Transfer into a bowl and add 3 tablespoon of water.
      • Whisk well together and set aside for 15 minutes.
      • After 15 minutes , it turns gelatinous and thick ; Flax egg is ready to use

      To make Cake :

      • Sift all purpose flour , baking powder , cooking soda, salt , warm spices together into a mixing bowl and set aside.
      • Into a JMG jar , add oil , sugar , curds, orange juice, vanilla , orange zest and flax egg . Blend everything together for 1 minute on a low speed.
      • Pour wet ingredients into sift dry ingredients ; with cut and fold technique mix everything.
      • Pour cake batter into a lined 8 “ inch cake tin.

      Bake

      • Preheat oven to 180 deg Celsius ( 356 deg Fahrenheit ) and bake for 20 -22 minutes .
      • Skewer inserted at centre should come out clean , remove cake tin from oven , cool on wire rack
      • While serving , Dust some powdered sugar, decorate with few slices of orange and serve

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      1. Healthy Grocery

        April 01, 2016 at 12:11 am

        Can see my blog for nutritional facts of low fat food at grocery stores.

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