A great big orange cake (Un grand gâteau à l’orange) from Gâteau: The Surprising Simplicity of French Cakes (page 62) by Aleksandra Crapanzano

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  • Running_with_Wools on May 05, 2026

    My mother made this cake for my twins’ 14th birthday. A delicious, moist and very orange-scented cake. Eating it with a scoop of vanilla iced cream gives orange sickle vibes. We used homemade crème fraiche that came together beautifully.

  • kkmatti on November 11, 2024

    This was a lovely simple cake. I had a little trouble getting the cake to release from the pan, but a few light taps to the bottom of the bundt pan with a hammer solved the problem. Next time I would poke twice as many holes in the cake for the syrup to distribute the syrup better.

  • Kinhawaii on May 24, 2023

    Nice tender orange cake but my cake didn’t come out of the bundt pan in one piece. This has only happened to me once or twice before so I don’t think it was my greasing but something I did with the syrup. I did make half a recipe in a 6 cup bundt & after baking it filled the pan. All of the cakes I’ve made so far from this book have been nice & moist, so if I ever make this again, I would probably skip a syrup & just use a glaze afterwards.

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