Almond Orange Pound Cake 杏仁香橙磅蛋糕
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Ingredients
  • ¾cup (90g) Cake flour/plain flour, sifted
  • ½ tsp Baking powder
  • pinch of salt
  • 5 Eggs (I measured the eggs - 270g)
  • 1 tsp Vanilla extract
  • ¾ cup (220g) Almond paste at room temperature
  • 1 cup (250g) Sugar (I used 200g)
  • 2 sticks (250g) Unsalted butter, at room temperature, cut into small chunks
  • 2 tsp, finely grated Orange zest
  • For glaze
  • ¼ cup (60ml) Fresh lemon juice
  • 3 tbsps Fresh orange juice
  • ¾ cup (185g) Sugar (I used 100g sugar)
Instructions
  1. Position a rack in the lower third of an oven and preheat to 350F (180C). Butter and flour two 9-by-5 inch (23-by-13cm) loaf pans. (I used one 13 inch loaf pan and greased with cooking spray)
  2. Sift the flour, baking powder and salt into a bowl. In another bowl, whisk together the eggs and vanilla just until combined.
  3. With an electric mixer, beat the almond paste on low speed until softt, about 1 minute. Slowly add the sugar in a a steady steam, beating until incorporated. Add butter, a chunk at a time, beating just until combined. Increase the speed to medium and beat until the mixture is light in colour and fluffy, 3 to 4 minutes. Continuing to beat on medium speed, drizzle in the egg mixture. Mix in the orange zest. Add the flour mixture in 2 additions, stirring after each until incorporated. Scrape the batter into the prepared pan.
  4. Bake until the tops of the cakes spring back when lightly touched and a toothpick inserted into the centers comes out clean, about 45 minutes (I baked for almost 55 minutes). Transfer the pan to a wire rack and let the cakes cool about 10 minutes while you make the glaze.
  5. To make the glaze, in a small bowl, stir together the lemon juice, orange juice and sugar. (Warm up the juice at low heat and off heat once the sugar dissolved).
  6. Remove cake from pan and brush the warm cake with the glaze. Let the cakes cool completely on the rack, then cut into slices and serve.
Recipe by Anncoo Journal at https://www.anncoojournal.com/almond-orange-pound-cake/