Orange pound cake

Ingredients (makes one loaf)

butter - 1/2 cup (1 cup size = 235 ml)

granulated sugar - 1 cup

eggs - 2

orange zest - 40 ml (taken out of 6 clementines, zest is the outer peel of the fruit, no white pith attached. You can remove the zest from the fruit using shredder)

flour - 1 1/2 cup

baking powder - 1/4 tsp

baking soda - 1/4 tsp

vanilla extract - 1 tsp

orange juice - 40 ml

buttermilk - 90 ml

salt - 1/2 tsp

For the syrup:

orange juice - 1/4 cup

sugar - 1/4 cup

Method:

• Grease the surface of the baking loaf pan with butter and line the bottom with parchment paper
• cream the butter and 1 cup of granulated sugar in a bowl by using whisk or with an electric mixer for about 4 - 5 mins until it becomes light and fluffy
  
• beat 2 eggs and add it to the butter mixture. 
• add orange zest and mix everything together
  
• in another bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt
• add orange juice, butter milk and vanilla extract to the flour and mix well
• pour this mixture to the bowl having butter and eggs
• mix well for few mins
  
• pour the batter in the baking pan and smooth the tops
  
• preheat the oven to 350 degrees for 5 mins and then place the baking pan inside.
• Bake it for 45 minutes to 1 hour until tooth pick comes out clean when you insert it in the cake
• while baking the cake, we can prepare the syrup. Mix 1/4 cup of orange juice and 1/4 cup of sugar in a vessel and heat it in low flame until sugar dissolves. Keep it aside
  
• once the cake is ready, take it out of the oven and let it rest in the baking pan for 10 mins
  
• take it out of the pan and cool it in a wire rack for few more mins
  
• Finally, spoon the orange syrup over the cake and let it cool completely
   
• make slices and enjoy eating the delicious orange cake.
  

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