Glazed Orange Pound Cake
You can never have too many dessert recipes, so give Glazed Orange Pound Cake a try. One serving contains 619 calories, 9g of protein, and 27g of fat. This recipe covers 9% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 12. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 2 hours. Head to the store and pick up baking powder, orange zest, eggs, and a few other things to make it today.
Instructions
Preheat oven to 325°F. Butter a 9 inch springform pan.
In a large bowl, beat together butter and sugar until light and fluffy, about 4 minutes.
Add vanilla extract and beat to combine.
Beat in eggs, one at a time.
In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, ginger, baking powder, and salt.
Add 1/3 of flour mixture to wet ingredients. Beat to combine.
Add 1/2 of milk and beat to combine.
Add remaining flour in two additions, alternating with last of milk. Beat in orange zest.
Pour batter into prepared cake pan.
Bake until golden and a cake tester comes out clean, about 90 minutes.
While cake is cooling, make glaze: In a small bowl, whisk together orange juice and confectioners' sugar until smooth.
When cake is cool, pour 1/2 of glaze over top of cake. When first layer of glaze has begun to dry, top with remaining glaze.