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Orange Pound Cake

Source of Recipe


Ladies' Home Journal






List of Ingredients



• Vegetable cooking spray
  
• 1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  
• 1/2 tsp salt
  
• 1/4 tsp baking powder
  
• 1/4 tsp baking soda
  
• 1 large orange
  
• 1 cup sugar
  
• 1/2 cup buttermilk, at room temperature for 20 to 30 minutes
  
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  
• 1/4 cup butter (no substitutes)
  
• 1 large egg
  
• 2 large egg whites
  
• *
  
• Honey (optional)
  






Instructions



1. Heat oven to 350 degrees (F). Lightly coat a 9x5-inch loaf pan with vegetable cooking spray. Sift together flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda in medium bowl; set aside.
   
   
2. With a vegetable peeler or small sharp knife, remove peel from orange; coarsely chop the peel. Cut orange in half and squeeze 1/4 cup juice. Process sugar and peel in a food processor, pulsing until peel is finely chopped. Combine buttermilk, orange juice and vanilla in a glass measure.
   
   
3. Beat butter and orange-sugar mixture in large mixer bowl on medium-high speed until combined. Beat in egg and egg whites, one at a time, beating well after each addition. At low speed, add dry ingredients alternately with buttermilk mixture, beginning and ending with dry ingredients.
   
   
4. Spoon batter into the prepared pan. Bake 40 minutes, until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool cake in pan 15 minutes; invert and remove pan. Cool on a wire rack, right side up. Cut into 12 slices.
   
   Serve each slice with 1 teaspoon honey, if desired.
   
   Makes 12 servings.