Orange Glazed Pound Cake

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"Easy delicious orange pound cake recipe soaked with a citrusy sweet glaze and topped with a vanilla orange glazed icing. Super light, and so refreshing!" 🍊💛

This Orange Glazed Pound Cake is truly something special and on point! 🍰✨

Bursting with fresh orange zest and juice baked right into the cake, and then topped off with not one but two dreamy glazes (hello, orange juice, zest and vanilla!), every single bite is packed with creamy, citrusy goodness. It’s soft, tender, perfectly moist, super easy to make—and honestly? You’re going to want seconds (and thirds)!

The inspiration for this cake goes waaay back to the early 2000s during a sunny trip to California. I had the sweetest encounter with a lovely business owner who generously let me pick fresh oranges and lemons from the six citrus trees in her yard. These beauties were huge—like, literally the size of my head! I brought them home (not without an entertaining airport security story 🤭) and got right to baking.

First up was my beloved Lucious Lemon Bundt Cake but once I turned my attention to the oranges, I knew I wanted something rich, creamy, and full of sunshine. After a few tweaks to the lemon cake recipe and several rounds of testing (yes, I had to make sure it was just right!), this Orange Glazed Pound Cake was born.

I truly hope you give it a try—and fall in love with it just like I did. Happy baking! 🍊💛

Orange Glazed Pound Cake

Servings – 12 Prep Time – 10 Minutes Cook Time – 60 Minutes

Ingredients:

Cake

• 1 package instant vanilla pudding mix

• 1 boxed orange cake mix, yellow cake mix will also suffice - orange is not available in all areas.

• 4 eggs

• 1/2 cup butter, melted

• 1 cup orange juice

• 2 Tablespoons orange zest

Soaking Glaze

• 1/2 cup butter

• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

• 3/4 cup white sugar

• 3/4 cup orange juice

Top Glaze & Garnish

• 2 cups Powdered sugar

• 3 Tablespoons orange juice, milk can also be in place of juice

• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

• 1 Tablespoon orange zest

• sliced orange wedges, optional

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a large bundt pan.

Combine the cake mix, pudding mix, water, melted butter, and eggs together. Mix with an electric mixer on medium speed for 2 minutes. Add in zest, stir until combined.

Pour batter into bundt pan.

Bake for 45-50 minutes, or until knife inserted in cake comes out clean.

In a small sauce pan; combine the butter or margarine, sugar, vanilla and orange juice in a saucepan. Boil this mixture for about 2 minutes.

While cake is still warm, poke holes in the top of the cake with a fork. Pour orange juice mixture over cake; let soak in.

Combine powdered sugar, orange juice, 1 tablespoon orange zest and vanilla.

When the cake is saturated place it on a plate, and drizzle over icing in a back and forth swiping pattern.

Decorate with orange wedges is desired. 🍊💛

Notes:

🍰✨Dust top of cake with powdered sugar in place of top glaze a different lighter option.

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"This cake has such great flavor! There is a fantastic orange flavor is in every bite with orange zest and juice in the cake batter, and two orange glazes that ensure plenty of citrus flavor!"

"Super easy to make! It has an impressive appearance; this cake is easier to make than you think. With readily available ingredients and simple instructions, this cake will be ready in no time. A great addition to any table or office gathering for sure."