These are definitely cake like as advertised. I halved the recipe and used my medium cookie scoop to make the cookies. I ended up with 30 large (to me) cookies that baked perfectly in 8 minutes. I didn't use the frosting recipe exactly, as I have whipped cream cheese frosting in the can, so I added some orange juice and zest to get it to taste orangey. Worked really well. Easy to frost, good to eat. Thanks!

These are wonderful!! I followed the recipe to the letter and they were perfect. Very light and fresh. Perfect summer cookie. The icing turned out as more of a "glaze", but I didn't mind one bit. Yummy!!!

This is a perfect tea cookie, soft and cake like. Just the right amount of orange flavoring. I used butter and also made extra frosting. Using a #70 cookie scoop I got 118 tea cakes with this recipe. I will use this for my next tea party.

These are wonderful! I’ve made them twice, the first time as stated and watched as my roommates devoured them. And the second time just today but this time instead I substituted lemon juice and zest for all things orange, at the request of one of my roommates, absolutely delicious as lemon drop cookies too!

That was delicious. I followed the recipe exactly, except that I used butter in both cases instead of margarine. Perfect result. Cakey, and soft cookie. I sanwiched the icing between two cookies, and felt that something was missing, so I dipped half of the whole into melted chocolate glaze. Perfect combination of flavors! You can't go wrong with orange and chocolate! Thanks for the recipe, pretty and delish!

I love these cookies. They are amazing!!! Even good without the frosting if your in a hurry. A must make for sure.

Very easy and quite good. I was a little concerned when I was mixing the batter since the consistency was a little gooey but it was great in the end. the sour cream really makes the cookies light and fluffy. Next time I make these I will use a bigger bowl to mix in, medium was too small. the dough spattered when I mixed all the flour (one cup at a time) in. The icing was easier to work with once it cooled down and became thicker. I will add a little more orange peel zest to the icing next time, just for a stronger flavor. Otherwise, this recipe is a keeper.

These are definitely interesting - but that's a good thing! They are cake-like, as the description states, and remind me of cupcakes. They're delicious! My only qualm is my own fault: I made them a bit too thick. I liked Dree's idea and did it myself, but they're simply a little on the large side. Next time I'll just have to make them thinner!

These are too cake-like for me. They have a nice flavor but I like my cookies chewy. If I want something that has the texture of a cake I'll bake a cake. I found that the smaller you make them the better they work. Too big and they get too dark on the bottom. You don't need to use much of the orange juice to make the icing, I only needed 1 Tbsp. After grating the orange rinds, I put them in a bowl and snipped them with scissors until they were small enough.

If you enjoy soft cookies you will LOVE these.I made the folloiwng changes; butter instead of margarine and I doubled the frosting!

I was looking for a good orange cookie recipe and I found a great one! Make sure you use a zester for the orange zest. If you grate it the cookies won't be nearly as good. This recipe makes a lot, so store them in the freezer with waxed paper between layers. They freeze and thaw well. They are a little bit of work, but well worth it in my book. Yum!

These were pretty good at first. But they got kind of soggy. I also had a terrible time getting the frosting to be the right consistency. I had to add a lot more powdered sugar.

i enjoyed these. my partner wasn't a big fan and neither were a couple of her co-workers. make sure to grate the orange zest really well...my grater isn't the best so i had to use the bigger side. not the best idea since having bigger chunks of orange peel to chew through isn't really pleasant. i doubled the frosting as well as done by a previous reviewer said. good idea because the frosting highlights the cookie well.

Delish! Co-workers were ridiculously enthusiastic. Wish I'd doubled the frosting, though.

These were a hit at my party. The recipe certainly made plenty. Instead of dropping them by the spoofulls, I pipped them out into small little rosettes and used the icing to sandwich 2 of the cookies together. These freeze very well and are very tasty. Thank you for the recipe!

Excellent cookies. I actually got 7 doz. from mine.