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Orange Pound Cake
 
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Prep Time: 45 Minutes
Cook Time: 1 Minutes
Ready In: 46 Minutes
Servings: 12
From Gooseberry Patch Mom's Favorite Recipes.
Ingredients:
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
Directions:
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.
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