Orange Pound Cake

Total Time: 2 hrs 10 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 1/2 cups butter, softened
• 3 cups sugar
• 5 eggs
• 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/2 cup orange juice, plus
• 5 tablespoons orange juice, divided
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• 4 tablespoons orange zest, divided
• 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar

Recipe

• 1 in a mixing bowl, cream the butter; gradually add sugar, mixing until light and fluffy.
• 2 add in eggs, one at a time, mixing after each addition.
• 3 in another bowl, combine the flour, cream of tartar, baking powder, and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with the milk and 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons orange juice, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
• 4 mix until just blended.
• 5 stir in extracts and 2 tablespoon orange zest.
• 6 pour batter into a greased and floured 10 inch bundt pan; bake in a 325° oven for 1 hour, 25 minutes or until tests done.
• 7 cool.
• 8 in a bowl, combine powdered sugar, remaining orange zest, and enough of the remaining orange juice to make a desired consistency to pour over cooled cake.