Apricot Orange Bundt Cake Recipes

WALNUT APRICOT BUNDT CAKE

Steps:

• Place apricots in a bowl and pour on boiling water to cover. Let steep 10 to 15 minutes. Place a strainer over a bowl and drain apricots. Measure out 1/2 cup of the soaking water and set aside (discard the rest). Cut apricots into 1/4-inch pieces.
• Heat oven to 350 degrees. Butter a Bundt pan and lightly dust with flour. Sift together flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda into a large bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer. In another large bowl beat together eggs, buttermilk, soaking water from the apricots, melted butter, honey, vanilla and optional orange flower water.
• If using a stand mixer, fit with the paddle and beat at low speed for about 30 seconds, then add liquids and beat for about 1 minute, or until thoroughly combined. Stop machine, scrape bottom of bowl with a spatula to bring up any unmixed flour, and beat for another minute on low speed. If using a bowl and whisk, whisk together dry ingredients, then whisk in wet ingredients until smooth. The mixture should be thick and, in the perfect words of Peter Reinhart, "soupy." Stir in apricots and walnuts.
• Scrape batter into prepared Bundt pan and place in oven. Set timer for 45 minutes. Rotate pan 180 degrees and bake for another 25 to 35 minutes, until cake is nicely browned and a toothpick comes out clean when inserted. Remove from oven and allow to rest in pan for 10 to 15 minutes, then invert onto a rack and allow to cool completely.

GLAZED APRICOT,ORANGE,LEMON BUNDT CAKE

Steps:

• Grease and flour a 10" Tube Pan.
• Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• Combine cake mix, lemon flavoring, orange concentrate, sugar, nectar, oil in a large bowl. Use a beater, mix at medium speed for about 2 minutes.
• 4. Add 4 eggs one at a time and beating after each.
• 5. Pour carfully into the greased,floured tubed pan.
• 6. Bake for one hour or until cake springs back when lightly touched.
• 7. Remove cake from oven; let cool. Then flip over from tube pan, invert and place on dish. Store in cake pan.
• Glaze: Blend about 2 cups powdered sugar, 1/2 tsp lemon juice, and 1 tablespoon frozen orange concentrate. Mix well and drizzle over cake and sides. Cake freezes well and remains moist.

APRICOT ORANGE BUNDT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F, then grease & flour a 6-cup Bundt pan.
• In a large mixing bowl, on high speed, beat the sugar & butter 5 minutes or until light & fluffy.
• Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each, & scraping down the sides of the bowl.
• On low speed, add vanilla, dates, apricots, nuts & zest, mixing well.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, soda & salt.
• Into the original large mixing bowl, with the mixer on low speed, alternate beating, the flour in fourths & the buttermilk in thirds, into the batter, beginning & ending with flour, & mixing well.
• Pour the batter into the Bundt pan & bake 45-55 minutes or until a toothpick in the center comes out clean.
• Cool in the pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes before inverting cake onto a wire rack over a sheet of foil & remove the pan.
• Meantime, for the glaze, in a small saucepan, stir together all the glaze ingredients.
• Bring to a boil & cook for 3 minutes, stirring constantly, until the mixture thickens slightly.
• Poke holes in the top of the cake with a long, thick skewer at about 1" intervals.
• Brush the HOT glaze over the top & sides of the cake, then cool completely.
• Store at room temperature, tightly covered, for up to 3 days. The cake, tightly wrapped, can also be frozen.

APRICOT BRANDY POUND CAKE II

Steps:

• Preheat oven 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and lightly flour a 12-cup bundt pan.
• In a mixing bowl, combine sugar, flour, baking soda, salt, brandy, butter or margarine, sour cream, eggs, and extracts. Mix all ingredients with electric mixer, scraping sides of bowl occasionally. Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake for 80 minutes. Cool for 20 minutes, and remove cake from pan. Cool completely.

LEMON APRICOT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease one 10 inch tube or bundt pan.
• Combine the cake mix, white sugar, 3/4 cup vegetable oil, and apricot nectar together. Beat in the eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Pour the batter into the prepared pan.
• Bake at 325 degrees F (165 degrees C) for 1 hour. Let cake cool in pan for 10 minute then invert onto a serving dish and pour glaze over cake while it is still warm.
• To Make Glaze: Combine the confectioners' sugar, lemon juice and the 3 drops of oil, mixing until smooth. Use immediately to pour over still warm cake.