Orange Cake

12 ingredients
11 steps

Ingredients

  • 8 tablespoons sweet butter, softened
  • 3/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 2 eggs, separated
  • 2 oranges, zest of
  • 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup fresh orange juice
  • Orange Glaze
  • 1/4 cup fresh orange juice
  • 1/4 cup granulated sugar

Directions

  1. 1
    Preheat oven to 350*.
  2. 2
    Grease a 10-inch bundt pan.
  3. 3
    Cream the butter and gradually add the sugar, beating until light.
  4. 4
    Beat in egg yolks, one at a time, and the orange zest.
  5. 5
    Add dry ingredients alternately with the orange juice to the batter.
  6. 6
    Beat the egg whites until stiff and fold them into the batter.
  7. 7
    Pour batter into the prepared bundt pan.
  8. 8
    Bake for 30 to 35 minutes, or until sides of cake shrink away from edges of pan and a cake tester inserted in the center comes out clean.
  9. 9
    Cool for 10 minutes in pan, unmold onto a rack, and drizzle with Orange Glaze while warm.
  10. 10
    Cool before serving.
  11. 11
    Orange Glaze: Combine orange juice and sugar in a small saucepan and simmer gently for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until a light syrup forms.

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