Orange-Roll Coffee Cake

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    12

    • Difficulty

      Easy

    • Ready in

      2 hr 30

Appears in
My Southern Kitchen: From Suppers to Celebrations, Recipes for Every Occasion

By Ivy Odom

Published 2025

  • About

I’d never eaten, let alone heard of, an orange roll until I moved to Birmingham. Here, the sweet rolls are as commonplace as coffee cakes are where I’m from in Georgia. They are sweet enough to be served as a dessert, but not so sweet that they can’t pass as breakfast. My orange-roll coffee cake combines the two like a hug from my past and a celebration of my present. I love how certain foods ground us and make us feel right at home, no matter where we are. Whether you make this for breakfa