Orange Glaze Recipe | Julie Blanner (2024)

This orange glaze recipe is so easy and straightforward to make, with just four simple ingredients. It’s perfect for topping breakfast rolls, cookies, and it’s the ultimate orange cake drizzle.

Learn how to make an orange icing that’s amazingly tangy and sweet.

You know breakfast rollsare just calling to be covered in icing. And, well… so are cookies, cakes, scones, muffins and more.

With that in mind, I made a sweet and refreshing orange glaze to drizzle, (okay, pour) over my Orange Rolls or Orange Pound Cake and I shamelessly couldn’t stop licking the beater.

I love all things lemon and orange! Be sure to check out this gorgeous Mandarin Orange Cake, Sweet Orange Bread, Cranberry Orange Bread, and more!

This recipe is a blend of my standard vanilla glaze and sweet orange glaze for a not-too-sweet, perfectly drizzly topping! If you’re a fan of fabulous glazes, icings and frostings, don’t skip my complete guide to 25+ Homemade Frosting Recipes.

Why You’ll Love this Recipe

• Just three ingredients (optional fourth)
• Perfectly citrus-flavored
• Drizzles beautifully
• Easy to customize

Ingredients and Substitutions

You just need three ingredients to make this delicious glaze.

• Orange Juice –Freshly squeezed or store-bought. Fresh squeezed is more concentrated without added sugar.
• Butter– Salted or unsalted, it’s your choice, but I always love a little salt to balance out the sweet.
• Powdered Sugar –Also known as confectioners’ sugar. This ingredientis a must for this recipe, as it is very light and combines well with the other ingredients. If you don’t have any powdered sugar, read how to make powdered sugar.

How to Make Orange Glaze

It’s so easy to make this recipe.

1. Combine ingredients together.
2. Pour over your rolls or cake.

Tips

• Warm the glaze for the perfect pour / drizzle.
• Want a drizzle rather than a drench? Use a condiment bottle!
• For a thinner glaze, add more orange juice.
• For thicker orange glaze, add more powdered sugar.
• Ideally you want whatever you are glazing to cool slightly so the glaze doesn’t melt off.
• It can take up to two hours to fully dry, and set completely

Scaling up, down or substituting? You’ll love this printableMeasurement Conversion Chart!

Dietary Considerations

• Gluten Free
• Nut Free
• Vegetarian

How to Store

• Room Temperature – up to three days on baked goods.
• Refrigerator – This glaze can be refrigerated covered for up to one week when stored in an airtight container.
• Freezer – If you’d like, you can freeze this glaze in an airtight container for up to three months. However, it’s so easy to whip it up fresh that you’ll find yourself doing that!