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Spiced Orange Cake

This is such a delicious orange spiced cake. The flavors are perfect for autumn, for this time of yearThis also makes an excellent Thanksgiving dessert or Thanksgiving hostess gift.
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Servings 8 slices

Equipment

  • 1 9x5 loaf pan

Ingredients
  

Dry Ingredients

  • 1.5 (180g) cups all purpose flour
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/4 tsp nutmeg
  • zest of two oranges

Butter mix

  • 1/2 butter-softened to room temp
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 large eggs

Wet Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup buttermilk see notes
  • juice of one orange
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract

Glaze

  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 whole clove
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 6 tbsp choice of liquid see notes

Instructions
 

  • preheat oven to 350 degrees and butter a loaf pan
  • in a bowl, bring together all of the dry ingredients plus the orange zest. set aside.
  • add the lemon juice to half cup of milk to make your own buttermilk, (if you did not buy buttermilk), add vanilla extract- set that aside
  • in a stand mixer with a paddle attachment, or a hand mixer, cream the ingredients under "butter mix", the butter, sugar first for 5 minutes until butter is light and fluffy. add egg one at a time until incorporated
  • set your mixer to low and add 1/3 of the flour and 1/3 of the buttermilk and continue that process, in thirds, until you are done. Do not over mix the batter, once its all incorporated, turn off mixer
  • pour batter into your prepared loaf pan and bake for 40-45 minutes until a knife inserted comes out clean
  • let the cake cool for 10-15 minutes after it comes out of the oven. In the meantime, make the glaze by bringing together ingredients for your glaze and stirring until the sugar dissolves.
  • once cake cooled a bit, invert into a rack on top of a baking pan
  • pour the glaze on top of the warm cake and spread
  • let the cake cool completely
  • enjoy! cake stays at room temp in air tight container for up to 3 days

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Notes

Buttermilk- If you don't buy, add 1-2 tbsp of lemon juice to 1/2 cup of milk. Orange juice will not curdle milk
Glaze- I used two tbsp of Brandy and juice of two oranges to make glaze