Orange Spice Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

Orange Spice Cake is filled with warming fall spices and flecks of orange zest, all topped with a thick layer of orange cream cheese frosting!

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword cream cheese frosting, dairy-free, orange, spice cake, vegan

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 27

Cooling Time 3

Total Time 3 42

Servings slices

Calories 337kcal

Author Leanne

Preheat oven to 325F and grease a 9-inch round pan.
In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, spices, baking soda and salt.
Make a well in the middle of the dry ingredients and add the milk, orange juice, oil, zest and vanilla. Stir until just combined. Don’t over mix.
Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake for 25-27 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the centre comes out clean.
Let cool for 10 minutes in the pan before turning out onto a wire rack to cool completely.
To make the frosting, add the cream cheese and butter to a mixing bowl, and use an electric mixer to cream together until smooth.
Mix in the orange juice and zest, then gradually add the powdered sugar until the frosting reaches your desired thickness and sweetness.
Spread the frosting on the cooled cake and store in the fridge until ready to slice and serve.

I used Earth's Own vegan cream cheese style spread and Earth Balance vegan buttery sticks. (Not sponsored, just prefer the texture of both of these products for vegan frostings).
For the best frosting consistency, bring the vegan butter to room temperature but keep the vegan cream cheese cold.
If you don't need this cake to be vegan, you can use regular cream cheese and butter (both brought to room temperature).
To get enough freshly squeezed orange juice and zest for the cake and frosting, you'll need 2-3 large oranges.
If you like your cream cheese frosting sweeter and thicker, feel free to add more powdered sugar.