orange almond pound cake

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 3 cups all-purpose flour, sifted
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 pound butter, softened
• 3 cups white sugar
• 3 ounces marzipan
• 6 eggs
• 1/3 cup half-and-half
• 1/3 cup milk
• 1/3 cup orange juice

Recipe

Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ready Time: 2 hrs 10 mins


• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c). grease a 10-inch tube pan.
• whisk flour, baking powder, and baking soda together in a bowl.
• beat butter and sugar together in a bowl until creamy. add marzipan. add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. beat half-and-half into butter mixture.
• stir 1 cup of flour mixture into the butter mixture. stir in milk. add another 1 cup flour mixture to the butter mixture and stir milk into mixture. add remaining flour mixture and stir in orange juice. scrape down the sides of the bowl with a spatula and give batter a final mix. pour batter into prepared tube pan.
• bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean, about 90 minutes.
• cool cake in the pan for 15 to 20 minutes before turning out a wire rack to cool completely.