Simple Orange Glaze

Name: Simple Orange Glaze
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: cup
Ingredients: 1 cup confectioners' sugar; ¼ teaspoon grated orange zest; 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed orange juice, or as needed

Rating: 4.62 stars

63 Ratings
52 Reviews
22 Photos

This glaze is fresh and delicious. It uses real orange juice, not the stuff out of the container. It adds a real nice kick to angel food cake or any kind of loaf cake.

By cukatie2983

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Recipe Summary

prep:

5 mins

total:

5 mins

Servings:

Yield:

cup

Nutrition Info

Ingredients

Original recipe yields 8 servings

The ingredient list now reflects the servings specified

1 cup confectioners' sugar
¼ teaspoon grated orange zest
1 tablespoon freshly squeezed orange juice, or as needed

Directions

Step 1

Whisk sugar with orange zest and orange juice in a small bowl until smooth.

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Nutrition Facts

Per Serving:

62 calories; carbohydrates 15.8g. Full Nutrition

Reviews (52)

Most helpful positive review

Pamela van Bloois

04/30/2011

Very simple and fresh tasting. I did add about a tablespoon of melted butter only because powdered sugar can have a chalky-like under tone with too few ingredients. This was perfect as a glaze over a deep chocolate cake. Read More

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Most helpful critical review

Munderwho

11/24/2013

The recipe is on to something but it needs work: The addition of butter is critical since without it the glaze lacks body. Plus as stated above much more juice is needed to achieve a glaze consistency. Read More

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63 Ratings

5 star values: 44
4 star values: 16
3 star values: 2
2 star values: 0
1 star values: 1

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Pamela van Bloois

04/30/2011

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Frenchie

12/24/2009

Great easy recipe to have on hand. I like a strong orange kick so I added 1/2 teaspoon of finely grated rind. Ended up having to add 2 tablespoons of orange juice. Goes well on cranberry orange nut bread. Read More

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A.S.G.

04/29/2009

The name of this recipe says it all--it's a simple, fresh orange glaze. I made this to go on Big Soft Ginger Cookies (also on this site), and the combination was wonderful. I had to use a bit more orange juice to get the right consistency for drizzling on cookies, but the results were perfect. This is a nice glaze to have on hand for a variety of uses. Read More

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Daniela

04/29/2012

Very good!!!! I used 3 tablespoons fresh "red" orange juice..used it to glaze a carrot cake I prefer this to cream cheese frosting!!! Read More

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Katie K

06/05/2009

This is really good for a simple orange glaze - and it's all fresh and super easy to make! I ended up needing considerably more orange juice also a little less than the juice from half of the orange I was using to get the drizzly consistency I was looking for. But this was awesome! Read More

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Steph

12/01/2010

You're going to need more orange juice! I did 1 cup confectioner's about 1/2 teaspoon zest and 3 tablespoons juice. Read More

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Chris Peasley

09/05/2011

this glaze was used in a cake from this site called too much chocolate cake...(LOL No such thing as too much chocolate).Any way the combination of chocolate and orange flavors goes wayyyyyy back and this was a perfect topping. many have asked for this recipie and I always steer them here. Will make this again...and again...and again! Read More

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abapplez

04/27/2012

I have used this sooo many times.... and it is perfect. Adjust the sugar or juice to make it as thin or thick as needed. This time I replaced the orange zest and juice with lemon. I have also done lime. Love it! Thanks for sharing! Read More

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Mochi Puffs

12/21/2009

This glaze was wonderful. I used it for the Cranberry Nut Bread I on this site great combination. I liked the glaze very much and would use it again for other things like cookies or breakfast rolls. Thanks so much! Read More

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Munderwho