My dad is turning 60 on Friday. I asked him what flavor cake he would like and he said "orange." I was so sure that I'd seen an orange cake mix out there, that I didn't worry about it until today when checking the grocery store shelves, saw there was no orange cake mix out there (lemon, yes, strawberry, yes, pineapple, yes, but NO ORANGE)

Anyway, does anyone have a good orange cake recipe that can with stand being baked in the sports ball pan? Or, do you know if I can add orange extract to vanilla cake mix or something like that? Any help would be appreciated!!!

yes, you can add orange extract & OJ to the mix. I found a receip in good housekeeping back in October but don't have it with me. It was an orange chiffon cake.

OJ and orange extract are good, but for a really good flavor, use orange zest, too.

Thanks. Should I substitute the OJ for some of the water in the recipe or just add it? Will the mix be too "liquid-y" if I just add it? Sorry for the somewhat "stupid" questions, but I've not messed w/ cake mix too much.

I made one for my Mom and everyone loved it. It reminded us of an orange dreamsicle. It was white cake with an orange simple syrup and a whipping cream/ orange marmalde filling and orange meringue buttercream.

I make orange cake all the time. I start with a basic yellow cake mix. I use fresh-squeezed orange juice instead of the water. Then, I grate the rind from the oranges that I squeezed the juice from and put that in the batter. I add a llittle orange extract. The SECRET ingredient is orange Koolaid powder. About a teaspoon. Gives it just a little bit more of a kick. Makes a nice orange cake. I frost it with buttercream flavored with a big glug of Lorann Champagne flavor oil.

FYI...There is an Orange Dreamsicle cake mix by Duncan Hines (I believe). This week I made cupcakes for some children and they were a big hit!!

But adding OJ is probably MUCH better!!

I use the Bakehouse Orange Butter Cake recipe and I get tons of request for it. It would be great in the sports ball cake pan.

Go to allrecipes.com and type in orange cake. You will get about 99 variations!!! Good luck with your cake and I hope your dad enjoys his birthday!!

You can also put in a box of Orange Jell-o. One small box for every box of cake mix. I've done this with orange, lemon and strawberry.

All these ideas!!!!!! This forum is AWESOME!!!!!!

I use my standard vanilla chiffon or pound cake recipe then just add orange zest & OJ.... I do the same with lemon...

Have you tried the Mandarin orange cake recipe. And DH makes a orange cake mix.