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    Orange-Lemon Pound Cake


    Source of Recipe


    Corner Sweet Shoppe

    List of Ingredients




    POUND CAKE:

    1 c. butter, softened
    1/4 c. vegetable shortening
    2 c. sugar
    5 eggs, room temperature
    3 c. all-purpose flour
    1/2 tsp. salt
    1/2 tsp. baking soda
    1/2 tsp. baking powder
    1 c. buttermilk, room temperature
    1 tsp. vanilla extract
    1 tsp. lemon extract

    Recipe



    Cream together butter, shortening, and sugar until light and fluffy.
    Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Combine
    flour, salt, soda, and baking powder to creamed mixture alternately
    with buttermilk, ending with dry ingredients. Beat well after each
    addition.
    Add extracts. Spoon batter into well-greased and floured 10-inch tube
    or Bundt pan. Bake at 325 degrees for 45-60 minutes or until cake
    tests done when a wooden pick inserted in center comes out dry and
    clean. Meanwhile, make glaze.


    GLAZE:

    2 tsp. grated orange rind
    2 tsp. grated lemon rind
    2 tbsp. orange juice, fresh preferred
    2 tbsp. lemon juice, fresh preferred
    1 c. confectioners sugar

    Combine all ingredients, blending well; set aside. Cool cake in pan
    on wire rack for 15 minutes; remove from pan. Place cake on wire rack
    over plate that is slightly larger. Punch holes in still-warm cake
    with wooden pick and drizzle glaze over cake repeatedly until
    absorbed. Yield: 12-16 servings.


 

 

 


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