Dreamy Recipe of the Day-Sunkist Pound Cake

For some strange reason, I had a taste for an Orange Pound Cake. I kept dreaming about this pound cake so I decided to make it. I hope you enjoy it as much as I have.

Folks, always have your ingredients at room temperature. It makes mixing easier and make your cakes lighter. Please don't over mix this cake, unless you want a tough cake. Oh Yeah, and don't keep opening up the oven door, you're letting all the heat out!!!

Happy Baking!

Ingredients.
Cake

• 3 sticks butter, softened
• 3 cups sugar
• 5 eggs
• 2 tsp orange extract
• 3 cups All Purpose flour, sifted
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 3/4 cup Sunkist Or Orange Crush soda
• Zest of One medium Orange

Icing

• I cup Confectioner Sugar (Powdered Sugar)
• 2 TBSP Orange soda
• 1 TBSP Orange Zest

1. Preheat oven to 325F.
2. Spray a 10 cup Bundt pan with some Pam Cooking Spray. Set Aside.
3. Sift the flour and salt. This is done to remove any hard flour particles. Also, it add air to the flour, making the cake lighter. Set Aside.
4. Place the butter in Kitchen-Aid bowl and attach the paddle attachment.
5. Turn on to Speed 4.
6. Slowly add the sugar. Scrape bowl. Mix until the sugar and butter mixture is light and fluffy, about 3 minutes.
7. Add the eggs, one at a time, scraping the bowl after each addition.
8. Add the orange extract.
9. Turn the mixer on Stir Speed.
10. Alternate adding the flour and soda. (Always start with the flour and end with the flour. This makes the cake lighter because the liquid is absorbed better.)
11. Mix until the flour and soda are just blended.
12. Pour into Bundt pan and bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center, comes out clean.
13. Place on cooling rack for 20 minutes. Invert onto a serving platter and pour the icing on the cake.

While the cake is cooling, make the icing.

Place all the ingredients and mix with a fork, until the icing is smooth. If it is too thick, add a tiny bit more soda.