🍰🇮🇹 Best Italian Cake Recipe (Soft & Fluffy Orange Cake in 5 Minutes!)

Easy homemade Italian cake that is soft, moist, fluffy, and melts in your mouth. This quick orange cake recipe is perfect for breakfast, tea time, or dessert!

✨ Why You’ll Love This Cake
• Quick and easy 5-minute cake recipe
• Super soft, fluffy, and moist texture
• Made with simple pantry ingredients
• Delicious orange flavor with a light, airy crumb
• Perfect Italian dessert for any occasion

🧾 Ingredients (1 cup = 240 ml)

• 4 eggs
• A pinch of salt
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 cup sugar (200 g)
• 2/3 cup oil (160 ml)
• Zest of 1 orange
• 60 ml fresh orange juice
• 3/4 cup milk (180 ml)
• 1/2 cup desiccated coconut (40 g)
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour (300 g)
• 1 tbsp baking powder (15 g)

👩‍🍳 How to Make Italian Orange Cake

1️⃣ Preheat oven to 175°C (347°F)
2️⃣ Line a 28 × 19 cm baking pan with parchment paper

3️⃣ Beat eggs, sugar, salt, and vanilla until light and fluffy
4️⃣ Add oil, orange zest, orange juice, and milk — mix well
5️⃣ Stir in desiccated coconut

6️⃣ Add flour and baking powder
Mix gently until smooth (do not overmix)

7️⃣ Pour batter into prepared pan

8️⃣ Bake for 35–40 minutes
✔️ Toothpick should come out clean

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