Orange Poundcake

A community recipe by wood nymph

Not tested or verified by Nigella.com

Introduction

Ingredients

Serves: 6

½ pound butter
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
6 oranges (zest of - 1/3 cup)
3 cups flour
½ teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
¼ cup orange juice
¾ cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon vanilla

Method

Orange Poundcake is a community recipe submitted by wood nymph and has not been tested by Nigella.com so we are not able to answer questions regarding this recipe.

Cream butter and sugar, add in eggs one a time and then add the orange zest.

Mix the dry ingredients and wet ingredients respectively; add the dry and wet ingredients alternately to the butter/sugar mixture beginning and ending with the dry ingredients.

Pour into two floured and buttered loaf pans, lined with buttered/floured parchment paper, and bake 50-60 minutes at moderate (350ÂºF) oven.

Cool 10 minutes in pan and then remove cakes to a wire rack.

Pour orange syrup over cakes and cool completely.

Orange syrup:

Cook 1/2 cup sugar and 1/2 cup orange juice over low heat until sugar dissolves. Cool.