Glazed Orange Pound Cake Recipe
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Category
Dessert
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Cusine
American
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How to make?
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
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Butter a 9 inch springform pan. In a large bowl, beat together butter and sugar until light and fluffy, about 4 minutes. Add vanilla extract and beat to combine. Beat in eggs, one at a time. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, ginger, baking powder, and salt. Add 1/3 of flour mixture to wet ingredients. Beat to combine. Add 1/2 of milk and beat to combine. Add remaining flour in two additions, alternating with last of milk. Beat in orange zest. Pour batter into prepared cake pan. Bake until golden and a cake tester comes out clean, about 90 minutes.
In a small bowl, whisk together orange juice and confectioners' sugar until smooth. When cake is cool, pour 1/2 of glaze over top of cake. When first layer of glaze has begun to dry, top with remaining glaze.