ORANGE POUND CAKE WITH ORANGE SYRUP AND ORANGE GLAZE

This orange cake is so delicious it’s like taking a bite of sweet sunshine! It’s loaded with amazing orange flavor.  The cake has a whopping 1/3 of a cup of freshly grated orange zest.  Now that is lots of orange flavors but that’s not the only orange deliciousness in this cake.  There’s also fresh orange juice in it.  Then, just to knock this cake straight out of the ballpark, its coated while its warm with an orange syrup and then its covered in an orange glaze!

INGREDIENTS

CAKE:

• 3 Cups All-Purpose Flour
• 1/2 Teaspoon Baking Powder
• 1/2 Teaspoon Baking Soda
• 1 Teaspoon Salt
• 1/4 Cup Fresh Orange Juice
• 3/4 Cup Buttermilk at Room Temperature
• 1 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract
• 2 Sticks Unsalted Butter at Room Temperature
• 2 Cups Sugar
• 5 Large Eggs at Room Temperature
• 1/3 Cup About 6 Oranges Freshly Grated Orange Zest

ORANGE SYRUP:

• 1/2 Cup Sugar
• 1/2 Cup Fresh Orange Juice

GLAZE:

• 2 Cup Powdered Sugar Sifted
• 2-4 Tablespoons Fresh Orange Juice

INSTRUCTIONS
CAKE:

1. Line the bottom of two-8 1/2 X 4 1/2 inch loaf pans with parchment paper, then grease well. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt and set aside.
3. In a small bowl combine orange juice, the buttermilk, and the vanilla and set aside.
4. In the bowl of a stand-up mixer, cream together on medium speed the butter and sugar for 5 minutes. Keeping the mixer on the same speed, add the eggs one at a time and mix well, scraping down the bowl, after each addition. Add the orange zest.
5. Add the flour and buttermilk mixtures alternately to the batter, starting with the flour and finishing with the flour. Evenly divide batter between prepared pans and smooth out the tops. Bake cakes 45-60 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the center of the loaves comes out with a few moist crumbs.
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