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Juicy Orange Pound Cake Recipe

Ingredients

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  • 3 sticks Butter, room temperature
  • 3 cups Sugar
  • 5 whole Eggs
  • 3 cups cake Flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon Salt
  • 1/2 cup Orange Crush–or orange soda of your choice
  • 1/2 cup Orange Juice
  • GLAZE:
  • 3 cups Powdered Sugar
  • Pinch Of Salt
  • 1/4 c Orange Juice

Instructions

Preheat oven to 325 degrees.

With your mixer, cream together butter and sugar.

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

Combine flour and salt, then add it 1 cup at a time, mixing after each addition.

With the mixer on low, slowly add 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons orange soda until combined.

Next add the orange food coloring and the orange zest.

Thoroughly spray a bundt pan with nonstick baking spray.

Add large spoonfuls of batter until the pan is filled, then even out the surface.

Bake for 1 hour to 1 hour 10 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.

Remove the pan from the oven and let it sit in the pan for 5 minutes.

Carefully turn it out onto a cooling rack and let it cool.

Combine all the glaze ingredients in a bowl and gently whisk until .

Use a spoon to drizzle it all over the cake. Sprinkle with a little extra orange zest.

Let the glaze set, then slice and serve!