Orange Scented Pound Cake And Frosting Fondue Recipes

ORANGE-SCENTED POUND CAKE AND FROSTING FONDUE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Generously grease 9x5-inch loaf pan with shortening; lightly flour.
• In medium bowl, beat cake mix, water, butter, eggs and orange peel on low speed 30 seconds, then on medium speed 3 minutes (or beat 4 minutes by hand). Pour into pan.
• Bake 22 to 25 minutes or until firm to the touch. Cool 10 minutes. Remove from pan; cool completely on cooling rack.
• Cut top of cake to even out, and divide cake horizontally into 3 long slices. Using a cookie cutter, cut shapes out of loaf cake. To make fondue, place frosting in a ramekin, and microwave uncovered 30 seconds to 1 minute or until melted.
• Place cake cutouts and remaining ingredients in small ramekins or containers on a platter around the fondue. Surround with napkins, wooden skewers for dipping and small plates.

ORANGE POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10-inch fluted tube pan (such as Bundt®).
• Sift flour, baking powder, salt, and baking soda together in a bowl; set aside.
• Beat white sugar and butter together in a large bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Beat in eggs one at a time, then beat in vanilla extract and orange zest. Add flour alternately with sour cream in 3 additions, beginning and ending with flour. Beat until smooth. Scrape the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula. Spread evenly in the prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 1 hour and 15 minutes. Cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes, then unmold the cake onto the wire rack to cool completely.
• While the cake is cooling, bring orange juice, sugar, and orange zest to a boil in a small saucepan over medium-high heat. Reduce heat and cook until syrupy, about 15 minutes. Remove from heat and whisk in butter, 1 tablespoon at a time. Drizzle warm syrup over cake slices.

ORANGE-SCENTED CAKE WITH CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter the bottom and sides of two 8-inch round cake pans. Line the bottoms of the pans with parchment, butter again and dust the whole pan with flour, tapping out the excess.
• Put the flour, cornstarch, baking powder and salt into the bowl of a food processor. Add the granulated sugar and orange zest and pulse a few times to combine evenly. Add the butter and pulse until the mixture looks like coarse sand, with some pea-size bits of butter.
• Whisk the milk, vanilla and eggs together in a small bowl or measuring cup with a spout. With the processor running, pour in the milk mixture and process until smooth. Divide the batter between the prepared pans and bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 25 minutes.
• Cool the cakes in the pans on a wire rack for 15 minutes. Run a knife around the edge of the pans and invert the cakes onto the rack. Peel off the parchment and cool completely.
• Beat the cream cheese and butter in a large bowl using an electric mixer on medium speed, until smooth, about 2 minutes. Add the confectioners? sugar, vanilla and salt and gradually increase the mixer speed to medium-high, and beat until the sugar is incorporated and the frosting is fluffy and smooth, about 3 minutes. With the mixer running on low beat in the cream and then continue beating until the frosting is creamy and thick, about 1 more minute.
• Place one of the cake layers on a serving plate, and spread 1 cup of the frosting over the top. Top with the other cake layer and frost the top and sides of the cake with the remaining frosting.

FRESH ORANGE POUND CAKES WITH AN ORANGE GLAZE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• Grease 24 (1/2 cup) mini bundt pans (2 pans of 12 mini bundt tins). In an electric mixer, fitted with a paddle attachment, combine the butter and sugar. Beat until smooth.
• Add the eggs and yolks, 1 at a time, and continue to beat until incorporated. Add the orange zest and vanilla. Add the flour and salt, 1/2 cup at a time until the batter is smooth. Spoon 1/3 cup of the batter into the prepared pans.
• Bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until the top of the cake domes and are slightly golden. Remove from the oven and cool slightly. Unmold the cakes onto wire racks.
• In a small mixing bowl, combine the confectioners' sugar and orange juice together. Whisk until smooth. Place the wire racks over a baking sheet, lined with parchment paper. Drizzle the glaze over each cake. Sprinkle the top of each cake with the almonds. Cool the cakes to room temperature. Place the cakes on a serving platter and serve.

ROSEMARY ORANGE POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Allow butter and eggs to stand at room temperature for 30 minutes.
• Grease and lightly flour two 8x4x2-inch loaf pans.
• Combine flour and baking powder.
• Set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl beat butter with an electric mixer on medium to high speed for 30 seconds or until softened.
• Gradually add sugar, 2 tablespoons at a time, beating on medium speed about 6 minutes or until very light and fluffy.
• Beat in honey.
• Add eggs, one at a time, beating on low to medium speed for 1 minute after each addition and scraping bowl frequently.
• (Batter may look slightly curdled.) Gradually add flour mixture, beating on low speed just until combined.
• Gently stir in snipped or crushed rosemary, orange flower water or extract, orange peel, and orange juice.
• Pour batter into prepared pans.
• Bake in a 325 degree F oven about 45 minutes or until wooden toothpick inserted in centers comes out clean.
• Cool in pans for 10 minutes.
• Remove from pans, and cool on wire racks.
• For glaze, stir together powdered sugar and 2 teaspoons orange juice.
• Drizzle over cakes.
• If desired, top with rosemary sprigs.
• Make-ahead tip: Prepare cakes as directed, except do not glaze.
• Place in a freezer container, and freeze for up to 3 months.
• To serve, thaw at room temperature.
• Glaze as directed above.

ORANGE JUICE POUND CAKE WITH ORANGE JUICE ICING

Steps:

• Beat sugar and crisco until creamy.
• Add eggs, one at a time until well incorporated.
• Add vanilla and orange juice and mix well.
• Add flour and mix well.
• Bake in a lightly greased tube pan at 350 degrees for 1 hour.
• ICING: Bring the 1 1/2 cups of sugar & 1 cup of orange juice to a boil and boil for 3-4 minutes. Pour over cake immediately after it's removed from the oven. Leave in pan until mixture soaks into the cake.

ORANGE POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter and flour two 8 1/2-by-4 1/2-by-2 1/2-inch loaf pans. Line bottoms with parchment or waxed paper. Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a bowl; set aside. In another bowl, combine 1/4 cup orange juice, buttermilk, and vanilla; set aside.
• Cream butter and 2 cups sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Reduce mixer speed; add eggs, one at a time, combining well between each addition. Add orange zest; combine well. Add flour and buttermilk mixtures alternately to batter, beginning and ending with flour. Divide batter evenly between pans, smooth tops, and bake until golden brown and a cake tester comes out clean, 50 minutes to 1 hour.
• Meanwhile, combine remaining 1/4 cup orange juice and 1/4 cup sugar in a small saucepan. Cook over low heat until sugar dissolves. Cool cakes 10 minutes; transfer to a cooling rack over a baking tray. Spoon glaze over cakes; cool completely.
• Whisk together confectioners sugar and remaining 2 tablespoons orange juice in a small bowl until smooth. Drizzle over the top of one cake, and serve. Wrap other cake in plastic, and store in the refrigerator until needed.