Festive Pound Cake with Fruit Compote

Name: Festive Pound Cake with Fruit Compote
Prep time: 3 h 35 min
Cook time: 3 h 35 min
Total time: 3 h 35 min
Yield: 16
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 177 milliliters cut-up dried apricots; 1 teaspoons baking powder; 1 Tbsp brandy; 355 milliliters butter or margarine, softened; 99 grams package sweetened dried cherries (2/3 cup); 6 eggs; 710 milliliters all-purpose flour; 16 servings Ice cream, if desired; 118 milliliters milk; 237 milliliters medium orange, peeled, chopped (about; 177 milliliters orange juice; 2 Tbsps grated orange peel; 1 teaspoons salt; 118 milliliters sugar; 591 milliliters sugar; 1 teaspoon vanilla

You can never have too many dessert recipes, so give Festive Pound Cake with Fruit Compote If you have orange, sugar, orange peel, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 3 hours and 35 minutes.

Instructions

Heat oven to 350F. Generously grease 10-inch angel food (tube cake) pan with shortening; lightly flour. In large bowl, beat 2 1/2 cups sugar and the butter until light and fluffy.

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Shortening

Butter

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

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Bowl

Oven

Frying Pan

Add vanilla; mix well. Beat in 1 egg at a time until well blended.

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Vanilla

Egg

In small bowl, mix flour, baking powder and salt.

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Baking Powder

All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Bowl

Add flour mixture alternately with orange peel and milk, beating well after each addition.

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Orange Zest

All Purpose Flour

Milk

Pour batter into pan.

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Frying Pan

Bake 55 to 65 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 15 minutes. Invert cake onto serving plate. Cool completely, about 1 1/2 hours.

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Toothpicks

Oven

In medium saucepan, mix apricots, cherries, 1/2 cup sugar and the orange juice.

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Orange Juice

Apricot

Cherries

Sugar

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Sauce Pan

Heat to boiling; simmer 10 to 15 minutes or until most of liquid is absorbed. Stir in brandy and chopped orange.

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Brandy

Orange

Serve warm compote with cake and ice cream.

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Ice Cream

Compote

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Servings:

177milliliters

cut-up dried apricots 1teaspoons

baking powder 1Tbsp

brandy 355milliliters

butter or margarine, softened 99grams

package sweetened dried cherries (2/3 cup)6

eggs 710milliliters

all-purpose flour 16servings

Ice cream, if desired 118milliliters

milk 237milliliters

medium orange, peeled, chopped (about 177milliliters

orange juice 2Tbsps

grated orange peel 1teaspoons

Recommended wine: Cream Sherry, Moscato Dasti, Port

Dessert can be paired with Cream Sherry, Moscato d'Asti, and Port. A common wine pairing rule is to make sure your wine is sweeter than your food. Delicate desserts go well with Moscato d'Asti, nutty desserts with cream sherry, and caramel or chocolate desserts pair well with port. You could try NV Solera Cream Sherry. Reviewers quite like it with a 4.5 out of 5 star rating and a price of about 17 dollars per bottle.