Orange pound cake with glaze

1 Servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
1cupButter; Softened
2cupsSugar
4largesEggs; Separated
1teaspoonBaking Soda; Dissolve In Buttermi
cupButtermilk
4cupsFlour; Sifted
teaspoonOrange Rind; Grated
1cupChopped Pecans; Optional
1Recipe Glaze For Orange Cake
2cupsConfectioner's Sugar
2teaspoonsOrange Rind; Grated
1cupOrange Juice

Directions

*Make sure you are careful not to grate any of the white pith of the orange!

Cream butter, gradually adding sugar. Add egg yolks, one at a time, beating after each addition. Add buttermilk and soda mixture alternately with flour. Fold in orange rind and nuts.

Beat egg whites to stiff peaks and fold into batter mixture. Pour batter into greased and floured tube or Bundt pan. Bake at 325 for 1 hour and 15 minutes, or until cake pulls away from the pan. Remove from oven, punch holes in cake (a meat/cooking fork works well) and slowly pour hot glaze over cake.

Glaze:

Combine sugar, rind, and juice in a saucepan and bring to a boil.

Leave glazed cake in pan until glaze is absorbed and cake is cool. (If you prefer, you may remove cake from oven onto a cake plate to glaze.) Recipe By : E. Roberts, Gadsden. *Recipes-Please Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #300 Date: Wed, 13 Nov 1996 08:17:58 -0600 From: "Never Tell" <madsky@...>