Yet Another Pound Cake ... Orange!

I was told by my daughter that her teacher's birthday bash is now postponed to next week. Since my orange extract is now ready plus I have all the ingredients, decided that the family deserved to have yet another pound cake ... this time round Orange Pound Cake!

The recipe is almost similar to the one previous posted in this link. With some changes such as replacing the Kahlua and instant coffee with 2 Tablespoons of home made Orange Extract for the cake recipe, and only a single layer this time around.

In addition, the icing recipe looks like this:

Ingredients for cake icing

• 2 egg yolks
• 2/3 cups shifted icing sugar
• 2 tablespoon home made orange extract
• 1 teaspoon Cointreau
• 120grams unsalted butter

Directions for making the icing is similar to the previous posting.


After the cake cooled fully, I sliced off the top of the cake followed by slicing the cake into 2 halves. Proceeding to ice one of the sliced half and then stack the other half before icing the whole cake.



The cake has a slight hint of orange but not too overwhelming and the icing complements it well, though I might reduce the butter and increase the icing sugar next time for a firmer texture.

Nice cake for the odd occasions or just tea and breakfast for the family.