Friday, May 4, 2012

Orange Pour Cake

Orange Pour Cake...from the kitchen of One Perfect Bite courtesy of Gael Greene

 Ingredients:
Cake
2 cups + 2 tablespoons flour, divided use
1⁄2 cup butter, softened
2 eggs
2⁄3 cup sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 tablespoons grated orange zest
1⁄2 cup chopped nuts (walnuts or pecans)
3⁄4 cup sour cream
Topping
1⁄2 cup sugar
1⁄4 cup orange juice
1 tablespoon grated orange rind

Directions:
1) Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
2) Cream 2 tablespoons of flour into softened butter in a large bowl. Beat eggs in small bowl. Add sugar and combine with flour and butter mixture.
3) Sift remaining flour with baking soda and add slowly into the egg-butter-sugar mix until combined. Add grated orange rind, nuts, and sour cream. Pour or spoon into greased metal loaf pan.
4) Bake 30 minutes.
5) Meanwhile, combine sugar, orange juice, and 1 tablespoon grated orange rind.
6) Remove cake from oven when done. Pour topping on cake while it is still hot. Yield: 1 loaf.

The following bloggers are also featuring the recipes of Gael Greene today. I hope you'll pay them all a visit. They are great cooks who have wonderful blogs.