Best Orange Butter Pound Cake Recipes

Cranberry Orange Pound Cake With Butter Rum Sauce image

Provided by Nova Scotia Cook

Categories Breakfast

Time 1h45m

Yield 16 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 15

2 3/4 cups sugar
1 1/2 cups butter or 1 1/2 cups margarine, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon orange zest
6 eggs
3 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 (8 ounce) carton sour cream
1 1/2 cups chopped fresh cranberries or 1 1/2 cups frozen cranberries (do not thaw)
1 cup sugar
1 tablespoon flour
1/2 cup half-and-half
1/2 cup butter
4 teaspoons light rum or 1/4 teaspoon rum extract

Steps:

Heat oven to 350 degrees.
Generously grease and lightly flour 12 cup fluted tube pan.
In large bowl, beat 2 3/4 cups sugar and 1 1/2 cups butter until light and fluffy.
Add vanilla and orange peel.
Add eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.
In medium bowl, combine 3 cups flour, baking powder and salt.
Add alternately with sour cream, beating well after each addition.
Gently stir in cranberries.
Pour batter into greased and floured pan.
Bake at 350 degree for 65 to 75 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
Cool 15 minutes.
Remove from pan.
Meanwhile, in small saucepan combine 1 cup sugar and 1 Tbsp flour.
Stir in half-and-half and 1/2 cup butter.
Cook over medium heat until thickened and bubbly, stirring constantly.
Remove from heat; stir in rum.
Serve warm sauce over cake.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 545.4, Fat 28.9, SaturatedFat 17.5, Cholesterol 141.3, Sodium 340.8, Carbohydrate 67.3, Fiber 1.1, Sugar 47.9, Protein 5.6

Orange-Butter Pound Cake image

Provided by Amy Auburn

Yield Serves 12

Number Of Ingredients 8

1 1/4 cups (2 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
1 3/4 cups sugar
6 large eggs
2 tablespoons orange juice
1 tablespoon grated orange peel
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
2 cups all purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt

Steps:

Preheat oven to 325°F. Butter and flour 12-cup Bundt pan. Using electric mixer, beat 1 1/4 cups butter in large bowl until smooth. Gradually add sugar, beating until fluffy. Beat in eggs 1 at a time, then orange juice, orange peel and vanilla. Add flour and salt and beat just until blended. Transfer batter to prepared pan.
Bake cake until golden and tester inserted near center comes out clean, about 1 hour 5 minutes. Cool cake in pan on rack 10 minutes. Invert cake onto rack; cool completely. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Wrap; store at room temperature.)

~ Orange Butter Pound Cake Bars & Orange Glaze ~ image

Provided by Cassie *

Time 45m

Number Of Ingredients 14

Steps:

1. Preheat oven to 375 degree F. Spray a 9 x 13 baking dish with non stick cooking spray that contains flour. ( Bakers joy ) Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt. Melt butter and place into a large mixing bowl, to this add sugar and stir well. Next beat in eggs one at a time and beat well after each addition. Add the flour mixture, beating until well combined. Stir in orange zest, juice and extract. Once well combined, spread into prepared pan and bake for 35 - 40 minutes or until pick inserted comes out clean.
2. Whisk glaze ingredients, until smooth. If needs more juice, add to desired consistency. Once cake is baked, remove from over to cooling rack. Poke tiny holes with fork all over cake. After about 5 minutes, drizzle cake with half of the glaze, so can soak into the cake. Then when cakes cooled another 10 minutes, drizzle with remaining glaze.
3. Yum!