[Recipe] Orange Pound Cake with Citrus Glaze

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Pound Cake with Citrus Glaze

A pound cake traditionally calls for a pound of each butter, sugar, eggs, and flour but Ive played with the formula a little to make a rich buttery pound cake that is not as heavy and dense as some pound cakes can be.

Ingredients:

Pound Cake

3/4 cup unsalted butter, room temperature (175 ml)
3/4 cup super fine sugar (175 ml)
3 large eggs, room temperature
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, sifted (375 ml)
3/4 tsp baking powder (3 ml)
1/4 tsp salt (1 ml)
1/3 cup homogenized milk, at room temperature (75 ml)
1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract (7 ml)
Zest of half an orange, finely grated

Citrus Glaze

2 tbsp fresh orange juice (30 ml)
Zest of orange, finely grated
3/4 cup icing sugar, sifted (175 ml)

Directions:

Pound Cake

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Grease and lightly flour an 8 x 4-inch loaf pan.

Sift flour, baking powder and salt into a bowl. Stir and set aside.

Mix eggs, milk, vanilla and orange zest together in another bowl. Set aside.

With a stand mixer fitted with paddle attachment or alternatively with an electric hand mixer, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.

To the butter mixture, add half the wet mixture and then half of the dry mixture, beating well after each addition. Scrape down the sides of the bowl. Beat in the remaining wet mixture followed by the remaining dry mixture beating until incorporated.

Spoon the cake batter into pan. Bake until toothpick comes out clean when inserted, about 50 to 60 minutes. The pound cake should be golden in colour and the top will be slightly cracked.

Cool in the pan for 10 minutes. Turn out cake from pan and transfer to a wire rack and cool completely. Brush with citrus glaze. Slice and serve with crfraiche, whipped cream, or ice cream if desired.

Citrus Glaze

Whisk orange juice, orange zest and icing sugar together in a bowl until fully incorporated. Brush over cooled cake.