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

Orange Glazed Pound Cake

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.
Course Cakes/Dessert, Dessert
Cuisine North American
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Servings 20 servings
Calories 333 kcal
Author Barry C. Parsons

Ingredients

  • 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

  1. Cream together the butter and sugar.
  2. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition until light and fluffy.
  3. Beat in the vanilla and orange extract as well as the finely chopped orange zest.
  4. Sift together the all-purpose flour, cake flour and baking powder.
  5. Fold dry ingredients into the creamed mixture alternately with the warm milk, beginning and ending with the dry ingredients.
  6. 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.
  7. Let rest for 10 minutes before cooling completely on a wire rack. Cover with orange glaze.

To prepare the Orange Glaze

  1. Blend together all the ingredients until smooth.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.