This Orange Dreamsicle cake is what dreams are made of. Simple white cake recipe infused with orange flavor and a fluffy orange cream filling to die for! This is the perfect recipe for a summer get-together or just a yummy family dessert!
I have had this on my list to create for long time and I am so happy how it turned out! The secret to this cake is the filling! I could eat the filling with a spoon, it tastes just like a Creamsicle!
The Process
- This recipe starts with a white cake base, start by adding all the dry ingredients into a large bowl and give a quick whisk.
- Then add the butter into the dry ingredients and mix well until you get a crumby texture.
- Next add all the wet ingredients into a second bowl and mix well.
- Slowly add the wet ingredients to the flour-butter mixture and mix until combined. Be careful not to over-mix!
- This cake bakes up so nicely and should be flat on top, no need for a cake level!! yay!
- After a toothpick comes out of each cake clean, remove from the oven a let the cakes chill in the pan for about 10 minutes then remove and allow to cool completely on a wire rack.
- While the cakes are cooling make the filling and frosting. Be careful, it is hard not to eat it all!
- Assemble the cake by placing one layer of cake on a cake stand and topping with the orange cream filling. Continue with each later. Cover the entire cake in the orange frosting and top with orange slices!
Recipe
Orange Dreamsicle Cake
- Total Time: 54 minutes
Ingredients
Scale
Cake
- 3 ¾ cups cake flour
- 2 ¼ cups granulated sugar
- ½ teaspoons salt
- 1 ½ tablespoons baking powder
- 2 sticks (1 cuplus 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 6 large eggs
- 1 cup plus 4 tablespoons thawed frozen orange juice concentrate
- ¾ cups milk
- 4 teaspoons plus ¼ teaspoon orange etract
- zest of 2 medium oranges ((about 4 tablespoons))
- Orange coloring gel
Orange Cream Filling:
- 1 large box instant Vanilla pudding (5.9 oz.)
- 3 cups heavy cream
- 1 ½ teaspoons Orange Extract
- Orange gel type food coloring
Orange Cream Cheese Frosting
- 2 sticks unsalted butter (1 cuproom temperature)
- 2 (8 ounceblocks cream cheese
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon orange extract
- 6 cups powdered sugar
- 1 ½ cups cool whip
Instructions
- Cake
- 1.) Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- 2.) Grease and flour three 8 x 2 inch round pans.
- 3.) In a large mixing bowl add first 4 ingredients, set aside
- 4.) In a separate bowl, add the eggs, orange juice concentrate, milk, orange extract and zest. Mix on low speed until yolks are broken and blended. Set aside.
- 5.) Add half the butter to the dry ingredients and mix on low speed for a minute. Add the rest of butter and mix on medium speed until the ingredients look crumbly and slightly moistened. With a spatula scrape the sides and bottom of bowl.
- 6.) Add half the egg mixture and blend on low speed.
- 7.) Increase speed to medium and add the remaining egg mixture and blend until creamy and smooth.
- 7.) Divide batter into three 8" prepared cake pans and bake at 350 degrees for 30 to 35 minutes.
- 9.) Let the cakes cool in pan 10 minutes the then turn out onto a cooling rack.
- 1.) Combine the pudding mix , heavy cream and orange extract in a medium mixing bowl.
- 2.) On low speed mix until well combined. Beat pudding mixture for two minutes.
- 3.) Add one drop of orange colored, soft gel food coloring and blend.
- 3.) Refrigerate until ready to use.
Orange Cream Cheese Frosting:
- 1.) In mixing bowl, beat butter until soft and smooth.
- 2.) Cut cream cheese into pieces and add to butter. Beat on medium until well blended.
- 3.) Add the vanilla and orange extract and blend.
- 4.) Add powdered sugar one cup at a time until well blended. Increase speed and beat until fluffy.
- 5.) Add cool whip to bowl and mix until blended.
- 6.) Frost sides of cake in swirls, starting at bottom of cake and working up, making a rim about ¼ inch high above top of cake. Swirl the remaining icing on top of cake.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 34 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Cuisine: American
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Dawn
Hi I’m based in England, UK.
could someone tell me what’s instant vanilla pudding mix
Ellen Sloan
This is one of the best cakes I've had in a long time. Flavorful, colorful and beautiful.
Suzanne
I made this cake and it was gorgeous and a huge hit!! Easy and oh my the icing is divine.
Pam
Can this be frozen for a couple of days once it’s completely made/filled and frosted? Thank you.
Susan
You can! Rose has instructions on how she freezes a buttercream frosted cake here: https://rosebakes.com/tutti-frutti-cake/
Melinda
I had problems with the butter the cake mix it actually gathered in the middle and made a mess did I not mix it long enough
Anita
Very flavorful cake! But the cake ingredients called for orange coloring gel. I did not see it in the instructions for the cake. At what point was that supposed to be added?