Vegan Orange Bread (Gluten-Free) - Rhian's Recipes (2024)

This Vegan Orange Bread is moist and fluffy, sweet and citrusy, and covered in a rich orange buttercream frosting. It comes together in one bowl and is gluten-free and refined sugar free too. Perfect for dessert or an indulgent breakfast or brunch.

How sweet is it?

This is definitely a sweet bread recipe - it's similar to an Orange Cake. To make it less sweet, you can halve the amount of maple syrup and omit the frosting.

Tips for baking with oranges

• The orange flavour in this orange bread comes from orange zest and orange juice.
• The orange zest can be replaced with orange extract.
• If using orange zest, make sure to use unwaxed oranges.
• You can either use freshly squeezed orange juice, or orange juice from a carton.
• If you prefer a stronger orange flavour in the bread, you can add some orange extract to the bread batter - instructions in recipe notes.
• If you prefer a stronger orange flavour in the frosting, you can add some orange zest or orange extract to the buttercream - instructions in recipe notes.

How to make the bread

Scroll down to the bottom of the post for the full recipe.

• Mix together all the ingredients in aglass mixing bowl.

• Transfer the batter into aone-pound loaf tin.

Tip:Make sure to line the loaf tin with greasedbaking paper- this will make removing the bread from the tin so much easier!

• Bake in the oven for45 minutes.

• Transfer to a cooling rack to cool down before applying the frosting.

How to make the frosting

• Place cashew nuts, maple syrup and orange juice in a food processor.

Tip: Make sure the cashew nuts are soaked to make them easier to blend. Soak them overnight in cold water or in boiling water for at least 15 minutes.

• Whizz until completely smooth.

Tip: You will have to mix it around a few times to make it easier to blend up.

• Use a knife (or palette knife for frosting) to spread the frosting over the top of the loaf.

How to decorate it

I used chopped pistachio nuts, but you can use anything you like - clementine segments, sprigs of rosemary or mint, orange slices or freeze-dried raspberries all work well!

Substitutions you can make

• You can use any type of oil: coconut oil, olive oil or vegetable oil.
• The orange juice can be freshly squeezed or from a carton.
• The orange zest can be replaced with orange extract.
• You can use any type of plant-based milk: almond milk, rice milk, soy milk, cashew milk, oat milk etc.
• You can use any type of liquid sweetener: maple syrup, agave syrup, brown rice syrup etc.
• You can replace the ground almonds (almond meal) with ground walnuts.
• For a nut-free version: replace the ground almonds (almond meal) with ground sunflower seeds or use 30g (¼ cup) coconut flour instead of 150g (1 ¼ cup) ground almonds.
• You can use plain flour,wholemeal (whole wheat) flouror spelt flourinstead of the gluten-free flour if you're not gluten-free.

Ingredients you can mix into the batter

• Chocolate chips.
• Dried cranberries.
• Fresh or frozen fruit like blueberries or raspberries.

How long does this Orange Bread keep for?

It definitely tastes best when fresh, but keeps covered in the fridge forup to a few days.

More vegan sweet bread recipes

• Gluten-Free Vegan Pumpkin Bread
• Gluten-Free Vegan Blueberry Banana Bread
• Gluten-Free Vegan Chocolate Pumpkin Bread
• Gluten-Free Vegan Chocolate Banana Bread
• Gluten-Free Vegan Zucchini Bread
• Gluten-Free Vegan Chocolate Zucchini Bread
• Gluten-Free Vegan Apple Bread
• Gluten-Free Vegan Carrot Bread
• Gluten-Free Vegan Lemon Bread
• Gluten-Free Vegan Chocolate Bread
• Gluten-Free Vegan Orange Poppy Seed Bread

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