Orange Pound Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 2 cups unsalted butter, room temperature
• 3 cups sugar
• 2 teaspoons orange extract
• 6 eggs
• 4 cups flour
• 1/2 cup orange juice
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon pure orange extract
• 2 -3 tablespoons orange juice
• 1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f; butter and flour a 10-inch bundt pan.
• 2 with an electric mixer, cream the butter and sugar.
• 3 beat in the orange extract and the eggs.
• 4 add 2 cups of the flour and beat well.
• 5 add the orange juice and beat.
• 6 in a separate bowl, or measuring cup, stir the baking powder into the remaining 2 cups flour.
• 7 add to the batter and beat well.
• 8 spoon the batter into the prepared bundt pan and bake until the cake pulls away from the sides of the pan and a knife inserted in the center comes out clean, about 60 to 75 minutes.
• 9 cool the cake in the pan on a rack for 10 minutes.
• 10 invert onto a serving plate, leaving the pan on top so the cake holds its shape.
• 11 cool for another 10-20 minutes.
• 12 meanwhile, prepare the glaze.
• 13 sstir the orange extract and the orange juice into the sugar with a fork, adding the orange juice a tablespoon at a time. use just enough to produce a thick, smooth mixture.
• 14 spread the glaze over the cake with a pastry brush while the cake is still warm or drizzle it on in a lacy pattern.