Name: Orange Glazed Pound Cake
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 20
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 cups powdered sugar, (icing sugar); zest of one orange, , finely grated and chopped; juice of one small orange, , don’t add it all at once, just a little at a time until the proper consistency is achieved.; 1 ½ cups butter; 2 cups sugar; 3 eggs; 2 tsp vanilla extract; 2 tsp orange extract, (you can substitute lemon extract); zest of 2 large or 3 small oranges, , finely grated and chopped; 1½ cups all purpose flour; 1½ cups cake flour; 4 tsp baking powder; 1 cup warm milk

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Glazed Orange Pound Cake. Nothing says simple home baked goodness like a really well made pound cake and this orange glazed pound cake is a terrific example.

Glazed Orange Pound Cake on a wooden cutting board with one slice cut off

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For me, a good pound cake should be moist but densely textured. While many people love a good lemon pound cake, switching up the citrus flavour to orange is also incredibly delicious.

As with my lemon pound cake I love to finish this cake with a sweet glaze. That glaze is infused this time, with finely minced orange zest.

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Use seasonal citrus like tangerines or clementines for a change when available.

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20 servings

Orange Glazed Pound Cake

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 45 minutes

Total Time: 1 hour

Orange Glazed Pound Cake. Nothing says simple home baked goodness like a really well made pound cake and this orange glazed pound cake is a terrific example.

Ingredients

For the cake

1 ½ cups butter
2 cups sugar
3 eggs
2 tsp vanilla extract
2 tsp orange extract, (you can substitute lemon extract)
zest of 2 large or 3 small oranges, , finely grated and chopped
1½ cups all purpose flour
1½ cups cake flour
4 tsp baking powder
1 cup warm milk

For the Orange Glaze

2 cups powdered sugar, (icing sugar)
zest of one orange, , finely grated and chopped
juice of one small orange, , don’t add it all at once, just a little at a time until the proper consistency is achieved.

Instructions

Cream together the butter and sugar.
Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition until light and fluffy.
Beat in the vanilla and orange extract as well as the finely chopped orange zest.
Sift together the all-purpose flour, cake flour and baking powder.
Fold dry ingredients into the creamed mixture alternately with the warm milk, beginning and ending with the dry ingredients.
Bake in 2 greased and floured loaf pans lined with parchment paper. Bake at 325 degrees F for about 45 minutes or until a wooden toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Let rest for 10 minutes before cooling completely on a wire rack. Cover with orange glaze.

To prepare the Orange Glaze

Blend together all the ingredients until smooth.
If the glaze seems too thick or thin, just add a little more juice or powdered sugar to get it to a thick but pourable consistency.
Drizzle very slowly over the cooled cakes. I like to do it in two stages, letting the first coating dry for 15 to 20 minutes between glazings.

Nutrition Information

Yield

Serving Size

20 servings
Amount Per Serving Calories 333Total Fat 15gSaturated Fat 9gTrans Fat 1gUnsaturated Fat 5gCholesterol 65mgSodium 232mgCarbohydrates 52gFiber 1gSugar 35gProtein 4g

The nutritional information provided is automatically calculated by third party software and is meant as a guideline only. Exact accuracy is not guaranteed. For recipes where all ingredients may not be used entirely, such as those with coatings on meats, or with sauces or dressings for example, calorie & nutritional values per serving will likely be somewhat lower than indicated.