Delicious Orange Pound Cake
Makes:
14 servings
Total Time:
1 hr 50 min
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Category:
Desserts
Sub Category: Cakes
what you need
- 1-3/4 cups (3-1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
- 2-3/4 cups granulated sugar
- 8 eggs
- 1 tsp. orange extract
- 2 tsp. grated orange rind
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 Tbsp. baking powder
- 1 tsp. salt
- 3/4 cup fresh orange juice (from 3 oranges)
- DRIZZLE:
- 3/4 cup confectioners' sugar
- 1 Tbsp. orange juice plus 1 teaspoon water
make it
Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter and flour 10-inch tube pan. Tap out excess flour. Beat butter in bowl until creamy. Gradually beat in sugar until fluffy, scraping down bowl. Add eggs, one at a time. Beat in extract and rind. Combine flour, baking powder and salt in small bowl. Gradually beat into butter mixture on medium speed, alternating with orange juice. Beat 2 minutes, scraping down bowl occasionally, until thick and creamy. Pour into prepared pan.
Bake at 350°F for 35 minutes. Lower heat to 300°F. Bake 45 to 50 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. Cool in pan on wire rack 15 minutes, turn cake out on rack, cool completely.
DRIZZLE: In a bowl, whisk confectioners' sugar and thinned juice until smooth. Drizzle over cooled cake. Let dry before slicing and serving.
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