Real orange loaf cake with fresh orange juice

My Very First Orange Cake

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    8-10

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
The Red Sea Cookbook: Over 100 family recipes and stories from Saudi Arabia

By Madeeha Qureshi

Published 2026

  • About

This is the simplest and most delicious melt-in-your-mouth orange cake, which cuts like butter and packs a zesty punch with fragrant orange flavours and citrusy goodness. It is so simple and irresistible that I bake it every weekend with my children.

In fact, this is the first cake I ever made. Taught to me by my very lovely Umi Qamar at the humble age of 11, I may have forgotten a few details in life but this I remember by heart – I can make it blindfolded and with