These Mini Orange Bundt Cakes are so cute and lovely! Full of orange flavor and glazed with chocolate, these make an amazing festive dessert!
Mini Orange Bundt Cakes
I’ve been more than obsessed with citrus lately and these Mini Orange Bundt Cakes are just a tiny, adorable example. I made a few desserts this season using citrus and there’s an amazing Orange Pound Cake Recipe on my blog too, in case you love orange desserts as much as I do.
For some reason I associate citrus, orange in particular with holiday season. To me a holiday dessert is not complete without a splash of orange juice or some orange zest sprinkled over any type of cake, really. I’m also a big fun of mini desserts, they’re all soo cute, can’t resist making some every once in a while, although they require a bit more work and patience to look perfect! But it’s totally worth it, you won’t regret any minute spent on making and decorating these cuties!
These Mini Orange Bundt Cakes turned out absolutely delicious and they would make a great addition to any festive event you might be hosting. But they work just as great as a simple dessert on lazy weekends. They are simple and easy to make too, if you have mini bundt cake molds. I baked mine in silicone molds and I didn’t need any baking paper to line the molds. I’m no expert but I think the silicone molds also help the cakes bake a bit faster.
Mini Orange Bundt Cakes Recipe
Mini Orange Bundt Cakes
Ingredients
- 4 Eggs room temperature
- 7 oz unsalted butter. room temperature
- 5 oz sugar
- 7 oz self rising flour
- zest from 2 large oranges you may need some of the juice too
- 1 cup milk
- Chocolate flakes or chips as preferred
- 1/3 oz baking powder
- pinch of salt
- 1 oz vanilla sugar
- Icing sugar to decorate
For the Chocolate glaze:
- 1 1/2 cups icing sugar
- 4 tablespoons cocoa powder
- 2 tablespoons milk or water
- 1 tablespoon Nutella
Instructions
- Cream butter and sugar using an electric mixer (about 5 minutes).
- Beat in vanilla sugar, eggs (one at a time), salt and orange zest; mix well.
- Add milk and mix well.
- Add flour and mix until fully incorporated, no clumps left. You should get a batter that is not too thick or watery. If you think it’s too thick add some orange juice until you’re happy with the texture.
- Add chocolate flakes/chips and gently stir with the tail of a tablespoon.
- Preheat the oven at 350 F
- Pour the mixture in the bundt cake molds. Place the molds in a large baking sheet.
- Transfer to the oven and bake on medium heat in the middle of your oven for about 30 min or until the cakes are golden (test with a toothpick to see if they’re done. If no batter sticks to the toothpick, then the cakes are done. Don’t open the oven on the first 10 minutes.
- Immediately transfer the cakes to a working surface, bottoms up. Leave to cool and meanwhile make the glaze.
For the Chocolate glaze:
- Whisk sugar with cocoa and water or milk until no clumps are left. Add Nutella and mix well. If you find the glaze too thick add a bit more water or milk.
- Pour over the cooled bundt cakes and drizzle some icing sugar and/or sprinkles if you want your cakes more festive.
Directions:
- Cream butter and sugar using an electric mixer (about 5 minutes).
- Beat in vanilla sugar, eggs (one at a time), salt and orange zest; mix well.
- Add milk and mix well.
- Add flour and mix until fully incorporated, no clumps left. You should get a batter that is not too thick or watery. If you think it’s too thick add some orange juice until you’re happy with the texture.
- Add chocolate flakes/chips and gently stir with the tail of a tablespoon.
- Preheat the oven at 350 F
- Pour the mixture in the bundt cake molds. Place the molds in a large baking sheet.
- Transfer to the oven and bake on medium heat in the middle of your oven for about 30 min or until the cakes are golden (test with a toothpick to see if they’re done. If no batter sticks to the toothpick, then the cakes are done. Don’t open the oven on the first 10 minutes.
- Immediately transfer the cakes to a working surface, bottoms up. Leave to cool and meanwhile make the glaze.
- Whisk sugar with cocoa and water or milk until no clumps are left. Add Nutella and mix well. If you find the glaze too thick add a bit more water or milk.
- Pour over the cooled bundt cakes and drizzle some icing sugar and/or sprinkles if you want your cakes more festive.
If you enjoyed this recipe, you might wanna like these too: Lemon Sour Cream Pound Cake and Cocoa Raspberry Pound Cake
Comments & Reviews
Karly says
These little cakes are adorable! Thanks for linking up with What’s Cookin’ Wednesday!
Linda Pittman says
These little cakes look and sound delicious. Do you have any thoughts on how to transport 80-100 of these iced cakes to a wedding reception. They are for my niece who is getting married in May
Dana DeVolk says
So sorry but I have never had to do any kind of transporting like that! Good luck!