Orange Pound Cake


The Orange Pound Cake is a nice orange dessert with coffee or tea.

Remember that butter is one of the most important ingredients in a pound cake.

Do not substitute with margarine, it will not work.

What you need:

1 lb butter

1 lb powdered sugar

2 tbsp grated orange rind

6 large eggs

3 1/2 cups sifted all purpose flour

1/2 tsp mace

1/4 tsp salt

1/4 cup orange juice

1 cup apricot jam, strained

2 tbsp shredded orange peel

What you do to make this:

orange pound cake

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Cream butter until light and fluffy.

Gradually add sifted sugar and rind.

Cream thoroughly.

Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition.

Sift the flour before measuring, then combine the dry ingredients. Sift.

Gradually add sifted dry ingredients to butter mixture.

Add orange juice and combine thoroughly.

Turn into buttered and floured 10 inch tube pan.

Bake at 350 for 50 - 60 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean and cake is golden brown.

Cool for 5 minutes.

Turn into wire rack and cool thoroughly

Brush with jam and top with orange peel.




Orange Tart

A nice fruit tart recipe that makes use of navel oranges.

What you need:

1 9 inch pastry crust
6 large navel oranges
1/4 cup sugar
1 1/2 tbsp cornstarch

1/8 tsp salt

1/2 tsp vanilla extract

3 tbsp orange marmalade

What you do:

Prepare and bake the pastry crust in a 9 inch round removable bottom tart pan.

Cool completely on a wire rack.

Peel and section oranges over a bowl; squeeze membranes to extract juice.

one tart with oranges

Set 2 cups sections aside; reserve 1/2 cup juice.

Discard membranes.

Combine sugar, cornstarch, and salt in a small saucepan; gradually add reserved juice, stirring with a whisk until blended.

Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring constantly.

Reduce heat to low; cook 1 minute.

Remove from heat; stir in vanilla.

Cool, stirring occasionally.

Place marmalade in a small microwave-safe bowl, and microwave at HIGH 30 seconds or until marmalade melts.

Spread marmalade in bottom of prepared crust.

Arrange 1 cup orange sections on top of marmalade; spoon 1/3 cup orange filling over sections.

Top with remaining orange sections and orange filling.

Cover and chill at least 4 hours before devouring!








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