Orange Pound Cake With Orange Caramel Sauce Recipes

ORANGE CHEESECAKE WITH CARAMEL-ORANGE SAUCE

Steps:

• Position rack in center of oven; preheat to 450°F. Grind crackers and sugar in processor until fine crumbs form. Add butter; process until crumbs are slightly moist. Press onto bottom (not sides) of 9-inch-diameter springform pan with 2 1/2-inch-high sides. Bake until set, about 12 minutes. Transfer to rack; cool completely. Maintain oven temperature.
• For filling:
• Using electric mixer, beat cream cheese and sugar in large bowl until smooth. Add eggs, liqueur, orange peel and vanilla. Beat just until blended. Pour filling into crust-lined pan.
• Bake cake 15 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 300°F. Bake until cake is puffed, outer 2-inch edge is set and center moves just slightly when shaken, about 55 minutes longer. Transfer cake to rack. Run knife around pan sides to loosen; cool. Chill cheesecake overnight. (Can be made 2 days ahead. Cover; keep chilled.)
• Serve with Caramel-Orange Sauce.

ORANGE POUND CAKE WITH ORANGE CARAMEL SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350*F degrees.
• Lightly coat a 9x5-inch loaf pan with vegetable cooking spray.
• Sift together flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda in medium bowl; set aside.
• With vegetable peeler remove peel from orange; coarsely chop.
• Cut orange in half and squeeze 1/2 cup juice.
• Process sugar and peel in food processor, pulsing until peel is finely chopped.
• Combine buttermilk, 1/4 cup orange juice and vanilla in a small glass measuring cup (Reserve remaining juice for caramel sauce).
• Beat butter and orange-sugar mixture in large mixer bowl on medium-high speed until combined.
• Beat in egg and egg whites, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• At low speed, add flour mixture alternately with buttermilk mixture, beginning and ending with dry ingredients.
• Spoon batter into prepared pan.
• Bake 35 to 40 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool on wire rack 15 minutes; invert and remove pan.
• Make Orange-Caramel Sauce: Meanwhile, combine water and sugar in small saucepan; stir with wooden spoon until sugar is moistened.
• Bring to simmer over medium-low heat; cover and simmer 2 to 3 minutes until sugar dissolves.
• Uncover and cook until sugar turns amber, 5 to 6 minutes.
• Remove from heat and slowly stir in reserved orange juice (mixture will bubble vigorously).
• Return to heat and cook, stirring, until sugar dissolves.
• Cool sauce and serve with cake.

ORANGE POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10-inch fluted tube pan (such as Bundt®).
• Sift flour, baking powder, salt, and baking soda together in a bowl; set aside.
• Beat white sugar and butter together in a large bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Beat in eggs one at a time, then beat in vanilla extract and orange zest. Add flour alternately with sour cream in 3 additions, beginning and ending with flour. Beat until smooth. Scrape the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula. Spread evenly in the prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 1 hour and 15 minutes. Cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes, then unmold the cake onto the wire rack to cool completely.
• While the cake is cooling, bring orange juice, sugar, and orange zest to a boil in a small saucepan over medium-high heat. Reduce heat and cook until syrupy, about 15 minutes. Remove from heat and whisk in butter, 1 tablespoon at a time. Drizzle warm syrup over cake slices.

ORANGES WITH CARAMEL SAUCE

Steps:

• Combine the sugar and 1/4 cup water in a small high-sided saucepan. Using your finger, stir to create a sandy mixture, being careful not to get sugar on the side of the pan. Set pan over medium heat. Without stirring, cook mixture until dark amber in color, swirling pan carefully while cooking to keep the color uniform, about 10 minutes.
• Reduce heat to low. Slowly add the cream, and stir with a wooden spoon to combine. Remove pan from heat, add the lemon juice and butter, and stir until well blended, about 2 minutes. Set aside.
• Using a very sharp knife, cut top and bottom from oranges. Carefully slice away peel and white pith. Place oranges in serving bowls, and pour at least 3 tablespoons reserved caramel sauce over each. The unused caramel can be stored in an airtight container and refrigerated for up to 1 week.

ORANGE POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F. Grease and flour a standard 10-15 cup bundt pan, or spray with baking spray. Set aside.
• In a medium size mixing bowl, use a whisk to sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
• Using an electric mixer, cream together butter, 2 1/2 cups sugar and vanilla for 2-3 minutes until fluffy.
• Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add zest, beating until combined.
• Mix together 1/2 cup orange juice with milk. Lower the speed of the mixer and add alternately with dry ingredients, beginning and ending with flour. Stop and scrape the sides of the bowl periodically.
• Spread batter evenly in pan. Place into oven and bake for 75-80 minutes or until a cake tester inserted into the center comes back clean. Check halfway through baking and lay foil on top to prevent over browning, if needed.
• To make orange syrup: Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, mix together remaining 1/2 cup sugar with 1/2 cup orange juice. Simmer over medium heat just until sugar is dissolved. Set aside.
• When cake is finished baking, use a long skewer to poke holes in the cake. Spoon glaze over cake allowing to sink into warm cake. Cool cake completely in pan.
• To make glaze: In a small bowl mix together powdered sugar, orange juice and zest until fully combined. Turn cake onto a platter or cake stand. Drizzle over cooled cake.
• Store cake in an airtight container chilled or at room temperature.

ORANGE-DATE NUT CAKE

Steps:

• Toss dates with 1/4 cup flour; set aside. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in orange zest. Combine the baking powder, baking soda, salt and remaining flour; add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk, beating well after each addition. Stir in dates and nuts. , Transfer to a greased and floured 10-in. fluted tube pan. Bake at 350° for 50-55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. , For glaze, combine orange juice and confectioners' sugar in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil. Remove from heat; stir in vanilla. Cool for 30 minutes. , Cool cake on a wire rack for 10 minutes before inverting onto a serving plate. Poke holes in cake top. Drizzle glaze over top and sides of cake; cool completely before serving.