Glazed Orange Pound Cake

Ingredients

• For cake:
• 3 sticks unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 3 cups sugar
• 2 1/4 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 8 eggs
• 1 cup whole milk
• 3 3/4 cups cake flour
• 1 tablespoon ground ginger
• 4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon finely grated orange zest
• For glaze:
• 1/4 cup freshly squeezed orange juice
• 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar

Directions

1. Heat the oven to 325 degrees F. Butter a 9 inch springform pan. In a large bowl, cream the butter with the sugar until the mixture looks pale and airy, about 4 minutes. Mix in the vanilla extract.
2. Add the eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.
3. In a medium bowl, whisk the flour, ginger, baking powder, and salt until evenly combined.
4. Mix 1/3 of the flour mixture into the butter mixture. Beat in 1/2 of the milk. Add the rest of the flour mixture in 2 additions, alternating with the last of the milk. Beat in the orange zest.
5. Scrape the batter into the prepared pan. Bake until the cake is golden and a tester inserted into the center comes out clean, about 90 minutes.
6. As the cake cools, prepare the glaze. In a small bowl, whisk the orange juice with the confectioners' sugar until smooth.
7. Once the cake is cool, spoon 1/2 of the glaze over the top. After the 1st coating has started to set, add the remaining glaze.