Go Back

Orange Crunch Cake

This delicious cake recipe is so unique because of its orange flavor and crunchy layers. People will be asking you to make it over and over again! Original recipe is from the Bubble Room on Captiva Island, Florida.
Print Recipe Pin Recipe
Course Dessert

Equipment

  • 3 9" round cake pans
  • 1 stand or hand mixer

Ingredients
  

For Cake

  • 2 Boxes Yellow Cake Mix
  • 2 Tbsp Orange Extract
  • 2 Cups Orange Juice
  • 6 Eggs
  • 2/3 Cup Vegetable Oil

For Crunch Filling

  • 1 1/2 Cups Brown Sugar
  • 1 1/2 Cups Graham Cracker Crumbs 1 sleeve crushed
  • 1/2 Cup Sliced Almonds

For Frosting

  • 24 oz Powdered Sugar
  • 16 oz Cream Cheese softened
  • 1 lb Butter softened
  • 1/2 Tbsp Yellow Food Coloring
  • 1 Tbsp Orange Extract
  • 3 Drops Red Food Coloring
  • 2 Seedless Oranges Sliced thin and halved
  • 1 Cup Orange Marmalade

Instructions
 

For Cake

  • Preheat oven to 350℉. Prepare your cake pans. Spray each pan with cooking spray and line the bottom of each round pan with parchment paper. Spray the parchment paper with cooking spray.
  • Make the crunch layer. Mix brown sugar, sliced almonds, and graham cracker crumbs in a bowl. Divide the crunch mixer equally in the three cake pans. Use a glass or the bottom of the measuring cup and press the crunch mix into the bottom of each cake pan.
  • Make the cake mix. Follow the instruction on the box of cake. Mix cake mix, eggs, oil, orange extract and instead of water use orange juice. Mix until well incorporated. Pour cake batter equally into all three cake pans on top of crunch layer. Bake according to package or until fully cooked.
  • Allow cake to fully cool before frosting.

For Frosting

  • In the bowl of a stand mixer, mix cream cheese and butter until smooth.
  • Add in powdered sugar one cup at a time until fully incorporated.
  • Add orange extract. And color with food color until you achieve the desired orange. (If you would like to skip the added food dye, leave coloring out)
  • Place the first layer of the cake crunch side up on a serving plate. Top with a layer of frosting. Add an additional layer of cake crunch side down. Top with frosting and add the last layer of cake crunch side down onto the frosting layer. Frost the outside of the cake.
  • Once the cake is fully frosted add sliced, halved oranges in a circle around the top of the cake. In the center of the cake scoop a cup of orange marmalade (optional).
  • Enjoy!

Notes

This cake is huge! So if you are making it for a small crowd I would recommend halving the recipe and only making it a two layer cake instead of three. 
Keyword Almond Crunch, Cake, Dessert, Orange