Orange Sauced Butter Cake

Submitted by Iron Bloomers

"An orange syrup soaked pound cake. Really great as is."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 25mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Yields: 1 ten inch tube cake
• Serves: 12

ingredients

• 3 cups flour
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1 cup butter
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 4 eggs

• Orange Sauce

• 3⁄4 cup sugar
• 1⁄3 cup butter
• 3 tablespoons orange juice

directions

1. Preheat oven 325°.
2. Grease and flour a 12-cup bundt pan or 10-inch tube pan.
3. Stir together dry ingredients; set aside.
4. Cream butter and sugar till light and fluffy. Beat in eggs one at a time, till well combined; add vanilla.
5. Alternately work in dry ingredients and buttermilk until well mixed.
6. Pour into prepared pan.
7. Bake at 325° for 55-70 minutes.
8. Check for doneness with toothpick.
9. • While cake bakes, make sauce: Combine all ingredients in small sauce pan; bring to simmer over medium heat for 2 minutes, till sugar is dissolved. Keep warm.
10. When cake comes from oven, immediately poke all over with a fork, fairly deeply.
11. Spoon sauce slowly over cake till pan is empty.
12. Let cake cool 30 minutes, then remove from pan.
13. Finish cooling.