Barefoot Contessa's Orange Pound Cake

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This is just busting with great orange flavor. i have always been fond of citrus cakes.

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Steps

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Preheat oven to 350.

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Butter and flour 2 loaf pans.

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Cream butter and 2 cups of sugar in a bowl.

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Mix in eggs , one at a time.

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Add zest.

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Sift flour , baking powder , baking soda and salt together.

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In another bowl mix 1 / 4 cup orange juice , buttermilk and vanilla.

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Add flour and buttermilk mixture aternately to the batter , beginning and ending with flour.

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Divide between 2 pans and smooth the tops.

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Bake for 45 minutes or until tester comes out clean.

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Cool for 10 minutes.

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Make syrup while cake is baking.

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Syrup consists of remaining 1 / 2 cup sugar and 1 / 2 cup orange juice.

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Cooks these two together over low heat till the sugar is desolved.

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Spoon over cakes and then allow them to cool completely', you may glaze these cakes with a simple glaze but i don't usually"]".

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Ingredients

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unsalted butter, granulated sugar, extra-large eggs, orange zest, all-purpose flour, baking powder, baking soda, kosher salt, orange juice, buttermilk, pure vanilla extract