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Orange Cardamom Loaf Cakes with Orange-Honey Glaze

November 23, 2016

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Sticky, sweet, and warm with cardamom spice, these fresh orange loaf cakes are drenched in orange-honey glaze! These Orange Cardamom Loaf Cakes with Orange-Honey Glaze are completely addictive.

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These are far better than any Starbucks bread or loaf cake that you can find in a coffee shop or bakery. Far better – there is no comparison.

Remember how awesome the Starbuck’s lemon pound cake was? Then they started using a different bakery, and now it’s not as good? It’s much more dry and cakey. I like it dense, moist, and sticky, like it used to be. That was not good change.

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Either way, doesn’t matter. This is far better than either version, old Starbuck’s loaf cake recipe, or new one.

I love orange with cardamom, and cardamom might be my favorite spice of all time. It’s warm and spicy and sweet, all at the same time. And orange with honey is tremendous. The three together are a splendid trifecta.

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This loaf cake is moist to the point of sticky, and it has golden, crispy edges. They kind of crumble and shatter when you cut the cake, and that’s what I love because you know they are sugary and crusty.

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The glaze. It is insane how good it is. It’s so orangey and flavorful, and the honey gives it extra sweetness and more of that ‘sticky’ quality. Plus, orange and honey, I mean, c’mon. Those flavors are meant to be combined.

I want to bottle up that glaze separately so I always have it around.

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Okay, that plate with 3 slices stacked high…  I demolished it in embarrassing fashion about .02 seconds after I finished taking the pictures. And it took me .02 seconds to eat it. Three slices of loaf cake gone from the world in .04 seconds.

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We ate a loaf, and I threw one in the freezer. And when I wanted more, I wanted it so desperately that I ate it FROZEN. How sad is that?

But that tells you how AWESOME this recipe is.

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Orange Cardamom Loaf Cakes with Orange-Honey Glaze

Sticky, sweet, and warm, spicy fresh orange loaf cakes, drenched in orange-honey glaze!
Course Cake
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Servings 12 servings
Author Sarah @ The Gold Lining Girl

Ingredients

For Orange Cardamom Loaf Cakes:

  • 3 c. all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp. salt
  • 1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
  • 1-1/4 tsp. cardamom
  • 2 1/2 c. sugar
  • 1 1/2 c. whole milk
  • 1 c. vegetable oil
  • 3 large eggs
  • zest of 1 large orange about 2 tbsp.
  • 2 tsp. orange extract
  • 2 tsp. vanilla

For Orange-Honey Glaze:

  • zest of 1 large orange about 2 tbsp.
  • juice of 1/2 orange about 1/4 cup
  • 3 tbsp. honey
  • 3 c. powdered sugar

Instructions

For Orange Cardamom Loaf Cakes:

  1. In a medium bowl, combine flour, salt, baking powder, and cardamom.
  2. In a large bowl, whisk together sugar, milk, oil, eggs, orange zest, orange extract, and vanilla.
  3. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients, stirring until just combined.
  4. Divide batter evenly between two well-greased or parchment paper-lined 8x4-inch loaf pans. (The loaves are sticky, so I prefer parchment paper, so they lift right out after cooling.)
  5. Bake at 350 degrees for 50-60 minutes, or until edges are golden brown, and a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
  6. Cool in pans for 15 minutes before removing to wire racks to cool completely.
  7. Meanwhile, prepare glaze.

For Orange-Honey Glaze:

  1. Whisk together glaze ingredients, adding a little water if needed to achieve desired consistency.
  2. Spread cakes with orange-honey glaze. Cut and serve.

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  1. Blair @ The Seasoned Mom says

    November 23, 2016 at 7:20 am

    Wow! That does look WAY better than Starbucks’s lemon cake! And that glaze? To die for! I would have demolished those three slices instantly too! 🙂

    Have a great Thanksgiving, Sarah!

    Reply
    • Sarah says

      November 23, 2016 at 5:27 pm

      Thank you, Blair – you too!! I hope you and your family have a wonderful holiday! 🙂

      Reply
  2. Ashley - The Recipe Rebel says

    November 23, 2016 at 10:46 am

    I love loaf cakes because you can call it bread and not feel so guilty about it! Lol. Citrus in the winter is just so good — bright and sunshiney!

    Reply
    • Sarah says

      November 23, 2016 at 5:28 pm

      YES!! That’s what I was going for!! Citrus in the winter as something fresh and bright! Then I felt like these were more spring/summer, but the cardamom keeps them more wintery too, right?? Thank you, lady! I would say Happy Thanksgiving, but you had yours a few weeks ago, right? Haha! Have a great day!

      Reply

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