Orange Cake with Brown Sugar and Oats

This is an easy orange cake baked in a loaf pan with brown sugar, oats, chia seeds, and flax seeds. It uses both orange juice and orange zest for extra flavor.

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 50 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins
• Calories: 380 Calories

Ingredients

• 3 eggs
• 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
• ¼ cup rolled oats
• 1 ¼ cups light brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons milk, or as needed
• 1 tablespoon flaxseed meal (Optional)
• 1 tablespoon ground chia seeds (Optional)
• 2 oranges, juiced and zested
• 5 ounces unsalted butter, melted

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a loaf pan and line with parchment paper.

Step 2

Combine flour, sugar, oats, ground chia seeds, and flaxseed meal in a large bowl; mix well.

Step 3

Whisk eggs lightly in a separate bowl. Mix in orange juice and orange zest. Beat in butter and milk. Add egg mixture gradually to the flour mixture and whisk until well incorporated. Pour batter in the prepared loaf pan.

Step 4

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 40 to 50 minutes. Cool on a wire rack for 5 minutes. Run a table knife around the edges to loosen. Invert carefully onto a serving plate or cooling rack. Let cool completely.