Hi I am looking for a scratch Orange / vanilla cake recipe that is moist , and will keep for a few days.I am about to experiment with pound cake , can someone please explain what the perfect pound cake re texture, moistness, etc, should be .
Thanks
This recipe would work, just use orange zest and replace the almond extract with 1 tsp orange extract and 1 tsp vanilla. You also don't have to use sour cream, you can use 1 3/4 milk instead. I love pairing it with vanilla buttercream, it tastes like a creamsicle!
Great video - can I ask a couple of questions? What is shortening - is it a vegetable fat? Also, I'm UK based and wondered if you knew what the actual measurements are for the liquids you used? I'd love to try this out - the mixture looked so white! Thanks, Helen
Shortening is vegetable fat, I've tried to use butter in place of the the shortening but it doesn't work with this particular recipe. Both the almond sour cream cake and the orange cake are variations of my yellow cake recipe, here's the full recipe:
1 c.(192g) shortening
2 c. (400g) granulated sugar
4 large eggs
3 tsp. vanilla (or for the orange cake, 1 tsp vanilla and 1 tsp orange extract) 1 tsp=5mL
2 3/4 c. (338g) all purpose flour
3 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
1 3/4 c. (414mL) milk
Preheat oven to 350 degrees (325 if using dark pans).
Prepare pans by using baking spray or grease and flour. Cream together sugar and shortening until fluffy and lighter, about 4 minutes. While that is creaming mix together flour, baking powder and salt in a small bowl. Add the vanilla, then the eggs one at a time to the sugar and cream mixture, allowing each egg to completely incorporate before adding the next. Now alternate adding the flour and milk in 3 parts, beginning with the flour. Pour into pans and bake 40-50 minutes, I say that but I like to start checking at 30 minutes just in case my oven goes berserk again and starts OVER baking my cakes. I try to get them out when a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out with a few crumbs sticking to it.
Allow to cool 10 minutes in the pans, then turn onto a cooling rack.
I don't know if I've ever measured it lol, maybe I'd just say the zest of one orange.
Yep! Sorry about that :) If you try it, please let me know what you think!
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