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Orange Pound Cake

Orange Pound Cake

This Orange Pound Cake is rich, moist, and bursting with orange flavor. Perfect with a scoop of vanilla ice cream drizzled with syrup.
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Cooling Time 10 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 45 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 12 slices
Calories 628 kcal

Equipment

  • Fluted tube pan
  • electric mixer
  • small saucepan

Ingredients
  

Cake

  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 0.5 teaspoon baking powder
  • 0.5 teaspoon salt
  • 0.25 teaspoon baking soda
  • 3 cups white sugar
  • 1 cup unsalted butter at room temperature
  • 6 large eggs at room temperature
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 medium oranges zested
  • 1 cup sour cream at room temperature

Syrup

  • 1.5 cups fresh orange juice
  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 1 medium orange zested
  • 3 tablespoons unsalted butter

Instructions
 

Preparation

  • Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10-inch fluted tube pan (such as Bundt).
  • Sift flour, baking powder, salt, and baking soda together in a bowl; set aside.
  • Beat white sugar and butter together in a large bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Beat in eggs one at a time, then beat in vanilla extract and orange zest. Add flour alternately with sour cream in 3 additions, beginning and ending with flour. Beat until smooth. Scrape the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula. Spread evenly in the prepared pan.
  • Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 1 hour and 15 minutes. Cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes, then unmold the cake onto the wire rack to cool completely.
  • While the cake is cooling, bring orange juice, sugar, and orange zest to a boil in a small saucepan over medium-high heat. Reduce heat and cook until syrupy, about 15 minutes. Remove from heat and whisk in butter, 1 tablespoon at a time. Drizzle warm syrup over cake slices.

Notes

Serve with a scoop of vanilla ice cream for added delight.

Nutrition

Serving: 1sliceCalories: 628kcalCarbohydrates: 96gProtein: 8gFat: 25gSaturated Fat: 15gCholesterol: 150mgSodium: 192mgPotassium: 177mgFiber: 1gSugar: 70gVitamin C: 19mgCalcium: 64mgIron: 2mg
Keyword baking, cake, dessert, Orange Pound Cake, Pound Cake
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