Monday 17 November 2014

Orange Dreamsicle Bread.

Delicious orange flavour paired with a cream cheese filling and creamy frosting. Thank you Chef in Training


1⅓ cups vegetable oil
3 eggs
1¼ cups milk
2¼ cups sugar
¼ cup orange juice
3 teaspoons orange extract
3 cups flour
1½ teaspoons salt
1½ teaspoons baking powder
Orange Food Colouring (optional)

Cream Cheese Filling
8 oz. cream cheese, softened
⅓ cup sugar
2 eggs
1 Tablespoon flour

Cream Frosting
¼ cup butter, softened
2 cups powdered sugar
1 teaspoon Orange extract
½ cup heavy whipping cream

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  • Grease and flour 3 (8x4 inch) loaf pans.
  • In a large mixing bowl, beat oil, eggs, milk, sugar, orange juice and orange extract until smooth.
  • Add in flour, salt and baking powder and mix until well incorporated.
  • Stir in orange food colouring a drop at a time until desired orange colour is reached. 
  • You can omit the food colouring if you want to, it just makes the bread appear orange like traditional orange dreamsicles.
  • In a medium bowl, beat cream cheese, sugar, eggs and flour.
  • Fill loaf pans each with ⅙ of the batter.
  • Spoon ⅓ of the cream cheese filling onto the top of each loaf pan. 
  • Swirl in cream cheese filling by cutting it in with a knife.
  • Pour ⅓ of the remaining batter onto the tops of each loaf pan.
  • Bake at 350 degrees F for 50 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
  • When completely cool, make frosting
  • Cream butter in a medium bowl. 
  • Add in powdered sugar, orange extract and heavy whipping cream. 
  • Beat until smooth.
  • Frost the tops of each cooled loaf.

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