Orange Yogurt Mini-Bundt Cakes

I LOVE these super delicious and moist Orange Yogurt Mini Bundt Cakes! The burst of orange flavor is refreshing and the Greek yogurt makes the cake extra moist.

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I know…not just one bundt. But multiple mini bundts! I sometimes can't help myself! The glaze is torture to look at again. I'll keep this brief so I can go and bake some more!

Orange Yogurt Mini Bundt Cakes

Originally published March 14, 2012, updated on January 12, 2020.

Hi, everyone! I'm updating this oldie but goodie from back in 2012 (I've been on the internet that long?!?)! It's the same photos and great recipe, just updated a little for the way my blog looks now and a printable recipe!

As we commenced our second year of our vintage recipe swap, our groups' fabulous leader, Christianna from Burwell General Store, decided that due to our groups' growth, it was a good time to divide us into two groups that post on different days of the month. The first group will still be the first Sunday of the month, and the second group will be two weeks later on a Wednesday.

The recipe redo is a sometimes a challenge for me. I look at some of the recipes and wonder in which direction I should go. Occasionally that direction is not clear to me until the day before I have to post. Talk about procrastinating! What's been interesting is watching the group not taking the recipe literally and really enjoying the freedom to interpret the recipe to our own individual taste.

At this moment in my life, I'm not too crazy about Jell-O.  When I had my surgery last April, I had to eat what seems like pounds of it.  I may be traumatized by last year and my Jell-O diet just a bit.  Will I never eat it again? Who knows? Never say never. For now…it was too soon to explore a recipe made with it. So for this month's Vintage Recipe Swap…I completely avoided it and just stuck with the theme of orange. I swapped out the cottage cheese with Greek style yogurt and thought about cake! I always seem to find a way to think about a cake.;)

orange yogurt mini bundt cakes

I love when my mom goes thrifting. She usually finds a little something for all of us and it's usually brand new! Sometimes she really scores and finds baking things for us. That just puts me in the best mood.

Who doesn't like someone showing up with cute mini Bundt pans? I LOVE Bundt cakes but have been too cheap to invest in the pans. I figured there's nothing wrong with a full Bundt cake. Until mom brought me by the pans she got for steal: two pans for less than $3. Well, $2.19 to be exact! Thrifting takes determination and a good eye.;)

As soon as I said I was baking mini-bundts the requests started pouring in! Of course the kids wanted something with chocolate or chocolate chips. I settled on what I was craving and it had to be citrus based.

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Vintage Savoring Recipes-These lovely Mini Orange Yogurt Bundt Cakes are from the SI archives, first published in 2012 and all part of a series called Vintage Savoring Recipes. I will be showing some TLC to some amazing recipes you may have missed on the blog.  Most of these recipes will have fresh photos and fresher notes.

 

I LOVE these delicious and moist mini bundts! The orange flavor is refreshing and the Greek yogurt makes the cake extra moist.

You can make these as 12 mini-bundts, if you don't happen to have the mini-bundt pans, make one regular size bundt. If you're a cupcake fan, this recipe will make you 24 fabulous cupcakes!

Orange Yogurt Mini-Bundt Cakes
slightly adapted from Jane's Sweets and Baking Journal

2 and ⅔ cups All-Purpose flour (I used unbleached)
½ tsp. baking soda
¼ tsp. salt
1 cup unsalted butter (2 sticks), softened
1 and ¾ cups granulated sugar
2 Tbsp. grated orange zest
4 eggs, large
1 cup and 1 Tbsp. plain Greek style yogurt
3 Tbsp. milk
3 Tbsp. freshly squeezed orange juice
1 Tbsp. limoncello (if you do not have any on hand, add freshly squeezed orange juice or lemon juice)

icing:

¼ cup orange juice
2 cups powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Liberally coat with baking spray, or grease and flour 12 mini-bundts (or one 9" bundt pan or pans for 24 cupcakes).

In a medium bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda, and salt. Set aside. In another small bowl, stir together the yogurt and the milk just until smooth.
Beat together the butter, sugar, and lemon zest for about 5 minutes, until smooth and light. Be sure to scrape the sides of the bowl periodically.
 
Add in the eggs one a time, still at medium speed, scraping down the bowl between each addition. Mix well after each egg.

With your mixer on low speed, add in the flour mixture alternately with the yogurt in three additions. Start and end with the flour mixture. Mix just until the batter is incorporated and then increase the speed to medium and mix until the entire mixture is smooth and light (about 2 minutes).

Mix in the orange juice and the limoncello on low speed for about a minute until blended.
Spoon the batter carefully into a pastry bag and pipe evenly into your pan(s); smooth the top of the batter.mixed, no more than 30 seconds

Bake about 15 minutes or until the center of a toothpick inserted in the center emerges clean.Do not wait for the exposed part of the mini-bundts to look golden brown).  If you make cupcakes, the baking time should be about the same and at least an hour for one large bundt cake. Check the time on a large bundt at about 40
minutes. Every oven is different.

Allow the  mini-bundt pans to cool about 10 minutes before inverting the pans onto a cooling racks to remove the cakes. For a  large bundt cake, let it cool completely before inverting onto your serving plate.
In a small bowl, whisk together the orange juice and powdered sugar to make the icing. When the cakes have cooled, drizzle on the icing. ENJOY!

Thanks for stopping by to say HELLO:)Happy Weekend to you all:)

Orange Yogurt Mini-Bundt Cakes

You'll love these super delicious and moist Orange Yogurt Mini Bundt Cakes! The burst of orange flavor is refreshing and the Greek yogurt makes the cake extra moist.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time15 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Bundt Cake, Greek yogurt, oranges
Servings: 12 mini bundt cakes
Author: Lora

Ingredients

  • CAKE
  • 2 and ⅔ cups All-Purpose flour I used unbleached
  • ½ tsp. baking soda
  • ¼ tsp. salt
  • 1 cup unsalted butter 2 sticks, softened
  • 1 and ¾ cups granulated sugar
  • 2 Tbsp. grated orange zest
  • 4 eggs large
  • 1 cup and 1 Tbsp. plain Greek style yogurt
  • 3 Tbsp. milk
  • 3 Tbsp. freshly squeezed orange juice
  • 1 Tbsp. limoncello (if you do not have any on hand, add freshly squeezed orange juice or lemon juice)
  • ICING
  • ¼ cup orange juice
  • 2 cups powdered sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Liberally coat with baking spray, or grease and flour 12 mini-bundts (or one 9″ bundt pan or pans for 24 cupcakes).
  • In a medium bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda, and salt. Set aside. In another small bowl, stir together the yogurt and the milk just until smooth.
  • Beat together the butter, sugar, and lemon zest for about 5 minutes, until smooth and light. Be sure to scrape the sides of the bowl periodically.
  • Add in the eggs one a time, still at medium speed, scraping down the bowl between each addition. Mix well after each egg.
  • With your mixer on low speed, add in the flour mixture alternately with the yogurt in three additions. Start and end with the flour mixture. Mix just until the batter is incorporated and then increase the speed to medium and mix until the entire mixture is smooth and light (about 2 minutes).
  • Mix in the orange juice and the limoncello on low speed for about a minute until blended.
  • Spoon the batter carefully into a pastry bag and pipe evenly into your pan(s); smooth the top of the batter.mixed, no more than 30 seconds
  • Bake about 15 minutes or until the center of a toothpick inserted in the center emerges clean.Do not wait for the exposed part of the mini-bundts to look golden brown). If you make cupcakes, the baking time should be about the same and at least an hour for one large bundt cake. Check the time on a large bundt at about 40
  • minutes. Every oven is different.
  • Allow the mini-bundt pans to cool about 10 minutes before inverting the pans onto a cooling racks to remove the cakes. For a large bundt cake, let it cool completely before inverting onto your serving plate.
  • In a small bowl, whisk together the orange juice and powdered sugar to make the icing. When the cakes have cooled, drizzle on the icing.

Nutrition Disclaimer

Please keep in mind that the nutritional information presented below is an approximation and may vary depending on the exact ingredients used.

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59 Comments

    1. Thank you:)Limoncello is an Italian lemon liqueur. You could probably find it at a local liqueur store or sub it out with some lemon juice:)

  1. Love that you swapped the original recie out for these cute little bundts! They look wonderful and what a great way to make use of the *steal* your Mom found at the thrift store.

  2. Oh, these mini citrusy bundt cakes are the cutes, and I can see how moist they are! I love what you come up with for the vintage recipe swaps - and that you left out the jello this time 🙂

  3. Lora! These are lovely. There is something about mini-cakes that makes them extra special (Probably because you can eat a whole one without sharing)

  4. I've wanting to get mini bundt pans for a long time now because everything's so much better personal-sized! These look delicious, I love the citrus flavors, I need to start using more orange in my baking 🙂 And I definitely need to start shopping at thrift stores more often!

  5. Miss you on Sundays Swappie! These are darling! I too love a good find like this and your Mom has the knack! I'm sure you were thrilled as were your dining benefactors. What a sweet counter to Jello! I too have a hospital experience with grape juice that has left it sadly in my youth forever I think. Beautiful dish my friend.

  6. Wow, I now need to keep an eye out for mini bundt pans, I too have not yet invested in them; unfortunately, I don't think I'm as thrifty as your mom. Lovely photos and story. I understand the difficulty in eating something that one ate to much of previously. I picked pears one summer and it took me at least three years to eat pears again.

  7. Oh, your mom is such a gem!!! She finds the best stuff thrifting 🙂 These mini Bundts look fabulous...especially with that dripping glaze. My gang would love these beauties!

  8. These look so elegant! I love the way you drizzled the frosting over the top-- spectacular. And what a great idea to use Greek yogurt-- I bet these are super moist. Great interpretation of the original recipe!

  9. oh... that looks beautiful, I love anything that make from lemon/orange zest and the juice, its refreshing!

    cheers

  10. What a hit these would be in my household!!! We love just about anything orange, and cake version is always a plus. I'm with you on the jello though! Not a big fan. Beautiful little cakes!

  11. When in doubt, eat cake. Mind if I steal that? I love these little bundts, they look just perfect.

  12. And in the end you did it again...they look simple and delicious. I'll trade you a slice of cake for one, OK?

  13. I've been excited to see what you came up with. These look great! I see we both ended up ommiting the jell-o, hmmm, that's sort of funny.

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