Soft Orange Loaf with Bournville Drizzle How to Get That Bakery Finish
Written by jheelum basu | October 24, 2025
Are you a dessert lover with a particular liking for fresh, citrusy flavors? If yes, then this orange loaf with Bournville drizzle recipe is a must-try for you. At the end of a busy, hectic day, this soft, buttery, orange loaf seems perfect for comforting that tired soul.
Topped with a delectable Bournville drizzle, this soft orange loaf bursts with real, juicy, citrusy orange flavor as the recipe incorporates both orange zest and orange juice in it. If you wish, you can also go for a quick, fuss-free orange glaze to add to the recipe’s orange quotient.
With just a few pantry staples, you can prepare this orange loaf with Bournville drizzle at home. Every bite of the orange loaf with Bournville drizzle is packed with the goodness of the natural citrus flavor. The moist and tender texture of the soft orange loaf comes from that perfect blending of butter, oil, and eggs, while a velvety crumb covers the soft, moist loaf beautifully.
Orange Loaf with Bournville Drizzle Recipe
Ingredients
- All-purpose flour- 1.5 cups
- Unsalted Butter (softened): 1/2 cup
- White Sugar- 3/4 cup
- Brown Sugar- 1/4 cup
- Large Eggs- 2
- Orange zest- 1 teaspoon
- Orange juice- 4 tablespoons
- Baking powder- 1.5 teaspoons
- Salt- 1/4 teaspoon
- Full-fat milk- 1/2 cup
Bournville Drizzle
- Bournville Dark Chocolate- ½ cup
- Heavy Cream- ½ cup
- Unsalted Butter- ¼ cup
- Confectioners’ sugar- 1 Teaspoon
Orange Loaf with Bournville Drizzle: Step-by-step guide
Making Soft Orange Loaf
- Start with preheating the oven to 180°C. Next, prepare the loaf pan by greasing the bottom and sides of it and dusting with some flour.
- Now take a medium mixing bowl. Add the butter and sugar, and start beating the butter until softened. Both brown sugar and white sugar can be used in this recipe.
- Now add the orange zest to the butter-sugar mixture, and keep beating at low speed until they are creamed together.
- Now is the time to add two large eggs one by one and keep beating at medium speed until everything is combined, and the mixture turns pale and fluffy.
- Now take a separate mixing bowl for all the dry ingredients. Sift the all-purpose flour, baking powder, and salt in that bowl.
- Now, divide the dry mixture into two parts. Add the first half of the dry mixture to the wet mix. Also, add the milk and beat until combined. Avoid overmixing.
- Mix the remaining dry mixture with the fresh orange juice. Using a whisk, keep mixing the ingredients until all the flour is mixed.
- Now combine both the mixtures and keep beating until the batter achieves a creamy and light consistency.
- Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pans. Tap on a flat surface a couple of times, so that the air bubbles are removed.
- Put the loaf pan in the pre-heated oven and bake for 30-40 mins. You can always check the status by pausing it and inserting a toothpick at the center of the cake batter. If it comes out clean, baking is completed.
- Now allow the freshly baked orange loaf baked loaf to adjust to the room temperature. You can place it on a wire rack until warm and cover with a lightly moist tea towel to prevent the cake from losing its moisture.
- If you want, you can also pour some orange syrup on top of the cake and let it sit for a few hours before you plunge in.
Making Bournville Drizzle
- To prepare the Bournville drizzle, break the Bournville chocolate into pieces.
- Take a small saucepan and pour some heavy cream into it.
- Place the saucepan on medium heat.
- Now add the Bournville chocolate blocks, butter, and sugar to the warm heavy cream and keep stirring it constantly until the chocolate melts and the mixture becomes glossy and smooth.
- Allow it to cool for some time, and then pour the drizzle over the orange loaf using a squeeze bottle to give the homemade cake a bakery-like finish.