Best Orange Sour Cream Pound Cake Recipes

ORANGE-CHOCOLATE CHIP POUND CAKE WITH SOUR CREAM GLAZE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°; grease the inside of a 9 x5 inch loaf pan and dust with flour.
• Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a bowl.
• In a large bowl, combine the butter and brown sugar; cream with an electric mixer on med-high speed until fluffy, about 3 minutes, scraping down the sides of the bowl once or twice as necessary.
• Beat in the eggs, one at a time, scraping down the sides of the bowl after each addition.
• Beat in the sour cream; stir in the orange zest and vanilla.
• With the mixer on low, add flour mixture 1/2 cup at a time, scraping down the sides of the bowl a few times as necessary.
• After the last addition, mix for 30 seconds on medium speed; stir in the chocolate chips.
• Scrape the batter into the prepared pan and smooth the top with a rubber spatula.
• Bake until the cake is golden brown and a pick comes out clean, 50-55 minutes.
• Let the cake cool in the pan for about 10 minutes, invert it onto a wire rack, and then turn it right side up on a rack to cool completely.
• Make the glaze: whisk together the sour cream, powdered sugar, and vanilla; spread the glaze over the top of the cake with an offset spatula, letting it drip down the sides.
• Let stand until the glaze is set, about 1 hour; slice and serve.
• Store uneaten cake in a cake keeper or loosely wrap in plastic and store at room temperature for up to 3 days.

CHOCOLATE ORANGE SOUR CREAM POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F
• Generously grease a 9 inch tube pan or bundt cake pan or two 8 by 4 inch, or two 9 by 5 inch loaf pans with non stick cooking spray.
• Melt the chocolate and set aside.
• Cream the butter and the sugar until fluffy.
• Beat in the eggs, sour cream, orange zest and extracts , blending well.
• Fold in the dry ingredients, scraping the bottom of the bowl to make sure it is all blended.
• Stir in the milk, and then fold in the chocolate.
• Remove 1/2 up of the batter and mix with the melted chocolate.
• Spoon white batter into pan and then drop spoonfuls of the chocolate batter on top of that. Swirl briefly with a knife to marbleize.
• Bake until cake springs back when lightly touched with fingertips, about 45-65 minutes (depending on pans used).
• Dust with confectioners' sugar or drizzle on melted white and dark chocolate or melted milk chocolate.
• Alternatively, you can glaze with an orange juice and confectioner's sugar glaze.

ORANGE SOUR CREAM POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Bring butter, eggs & sour cream to room temperature. Grease and lightly flour a loaf pan or bundt pan.
• In a bowl stir together flour, baking powder and soda; set aside.
• In a large bowl beat butter with an electric mixer on medium to high speed about 30 seconds or till softened. Gradually add sugar, 2 tablespoons at a time, beating on medium to high speed about 6 minutes total or till very light and fluffy.
• Add vanilla and almond extract. Add eggs, one at a time, beating on low to medium speed for 1 minute after each; scrape bowl often. Alternately add flour mixture and sour cream, beating on low speed just till combined. Gently fold in orange zest into the batter.
• Spread batter in the prepared pan. Bake in a 325F oven for 60-70 minutes or till cake tests done with a knife or toothpick. Cool cake in pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Remove cake from pan and cool completely.

ORANGE SWIRL-SOUR CREAM POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325ºF.
• Grate zest from orange; mix with flour and baking soda until blended. Set aside. Remove white membrane from orange over small bowl to catch juices. Separate orange into sections; cut in half. Place oranges in bowl. Refrigerate until ready to use.
• Beat butter and granulated sugar in large bowl with mixer until light and fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing well after each addition. Beat in flour mixture alternately with sour cream.
• Pour 2 cups batter into medium bowl. Add dry gelatin mix; stir until blended. Pour half the remaining (plain) batter into greased and floured 10-inch tube pan or 12-cup fluted tube pan. Top alternately with spoonfuls of orange batter and remaining (plain) batter; swirl gently with knife.
• Bake 1 hour 15 min. or until toothpick inserted near center of cake comes out clean. Cool 10 min. Loosen cake from sides of pan with knife. Invert onto wire rack; gently remove pan. Cool cake completely.
• Drain oranges, reserving juice from bowl. Mix powdered sugar and 1 Tbsp. of the reserved juice. (If needed, add remaining juice, 1/4 tsp. at a time, until glaze is of desired drizzling consistency.) Drizzle glaze over cake. Let stand until firm. Garnish plate with orange pieces just before serving.

ORANGE SOUR CREAM POUND CAKE W/ ORANGE GLAZE

Steps:

• 1. Using an electric mixer, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, approximately 10 minutes. Add eggs one at a time, beating just until yolk is incorporated after each addition.
• 2. Stir in orange juice and zest. Sift flour, whipped topping mix, baking powder, and baking soda together. Add alternately with sour cream, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
• 3. Pour into a greased tube (tube pan works best) or bundt pan. Bake at 325 1 hour or until tests done. Cool in pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Remove from pan and cool on wire rack.
• 4. Glaze-Blend all ingredients together thoroughly in a measuring cup to pour. Place cake on a plate and pour glaze slowly all over cake.