Reviewed: May 18, 2012

After reading the comments, I doubled the recipe, added orange juice instead of lemon as well as some orange zest and a dash of orange extract, made two square cakes stacked one on top of the other with a thin layer of orange marmalade in between and topped with the simple orange glaze recipe from this website. As most poster have mentioned, it does need a bit of tweaking, but a good basic recipe that can be modified in many ways.

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wikkedwerkz

Reviewed: May 31, 2011

Excellent Recipe. I used mandarine marmelade and it was so good¡¡¡

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Chivi

Reviewed: Mar. 15, 2011

I read the reviews about there not being enough batter, so I cooked these in three 4" springform pans (worked out perfectly) that I recently bought instead of a bundt pan. The texture on this cake is very much like a traditional banana bread, and it is very moist (I made sure not to overcook it). There is next to no orange flavor (and I even added the zest from one orange) except when you bite into a piece of the orange rind from the marmalade. That being said, I would add orange juice rather than lemon juice and maybe even a bit of orange extract. Drizzled an orange-flavored icing over the top and sprinkled with orange zest. Just needs some tweaking, this is a quite good cake.

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lutzflcat

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Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Living In: Lutz, Florida, USA

Reviewed: Jan. 19, 2011

I doubled the batter as suggested by others, and this does nicely. If you do this, then I would reduce the oven temp to 325 and bake longer. I started the cake out at 350 and within a half an hour noticed that the edges were browning too much. So I reduced the temp. I would like to add that I made this batter per the recipe, and this cake can be quite dry! I had leftover Orange Marmalade from my Christmas gift giving and thought this would be a great recipe to try. Not as sweet as I thought it would be, but if you do attempt this one, a simple syrup poured over the cake could make it a bit less dry. Won't make again.

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GlynisTM

Cooking Level: Professional

Living In: Nashville, Tennessee, USA

Reviewed: Oct. 19, 2010

tastes more like a spice cake than an orange cake, but tasty none the less. I served with an orange icing.

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mrs. kosmos

Reviewed: Sep. 8, 2007

LOVED IT! I made this cake in a 8x8 pan so I could bake it in my toaster oven instead.(trying to save energy) And I substituted the white sugar with splenda granulated sugar and it tastes great. Not a lot of orange flavor but that was ok for me. And the smell was incredible. Mmmmm...

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Ive

Reviewed: Nov. 26, 2005

This is a great recipe for special occasions. I, personally, left out the chopped walnuts because my kids can be picky eaters when it comes to nuts. And I made an orange syprup(1 cup orange juice with 1/4 cup sugar), poked holes in cake and poured over top. Then I iced with a cream cheese icing.

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Jenn B.

Reviewed: Jan. 23, 2003

Delicous cake, but it stuck to my non-stick Nordic Ware bundt pan even after greasing and flouring. Will make it in a removable rim tube pan next time. The recipe should be increased by 50% to make a decent sized cake. I used a confectioners sugar/lemon juice/orange peel glaze, which complemented it nicely.

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JOHNTHEBEAR

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Poughkeepsie, New York, USA

Living In: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Reviewed: Jun. 15, 2001

Excellent recipe! I have made this cake many times an enjoy it very much. Most of the time I leave out the walnuts. Sometimes I add a little candied orange or lemon peel and a few golden raisins soaked overnight in a little brandy: this is a great variation. Spices may be varied to suit individual tastes. This one is sure to please anyone who loves marmalade. Delicious with teas such as Constant Comment or Russian Caravan.

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ADELIESE

Reviewed: Apr. 16, 2001

This cake is VERY small. It only fills a bundt pan half full. I cooked it 45 minutes and it was dry. It did not have any discernible orange flavor. It tasted just like a spice cake.

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