Ingredients

The following ingredients have 4 Servings
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup unsalted butter (2 sticks) - room temperature
  • 3 cups sugar
  • 6 large eggs - room temperature
  • 1/3 cup fresh-squeezed orange juice
  • 2 tablespoons orange zest
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • 1 cup confectioners sugar
  • 3 tablespoons fresh orange juice

Instruction

  • Heat oven to 325 degrees. Grease and flour a tube pan. Set aside.
  • Sift flour, baking soda and salt into a medium bowl.
  • Using a stand or hand mixer, beat butter at medium speed until fluffy. Gradually add sugar and beat 5 minutes. Add eggs 1 at a time, beating just until combined after each egg is added.
  • Beat in orange juice.
  • With the mixer on low, add in dry ingredients. Mix until blended. Add in sour cream, and orange zest mixing until just incorporated. Do not overmix.
  • Pour batter into the prepared cake pan and bake for approximately 1 hour and 20 minutes. Test cake with a wooden skewer - the cake is done when the skewer comes out clean. Let cake cool in pan on rack 15 minutes. Use a knife to run around the edge of the cake pan to loosen cake. Turn out cake onto a plate or stand.
  • When cake has cooled completely, mix together confectioners sugar and orange juice then drizzle over cake. Serve.