How to Make an Orange Crush Pound Cake from Scratch

Traditional pound cake is vanilla in nature, but any pound cake can be shaken up with a little soda. The Orange Crush cake is fueled by actual Orange Crush soda. It gets a double dose of orange when it is topped with an orange cream cheese frosting.

Things You'll Need

• 1 cup vegetable shortening
• 1/2 stick butter
• 2 3/4 cups sugar
• 3 cups flour
• 1 tsp. orange flavoring
• 5 eggs
• 1 cup Orange Crush
• 1 tsp.vanilla
• Tube pan
• Large mixing bowl
• Orange Cream Cheese Frosting:
• 3 oz. cream cheese
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 1/2 tsp. vanilla

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit. Grease and flour a 9-inch tube pan.

2. Cream the vegetable shortening, butter and sugar together in a large mixing bowl.

3. Add the eggs, one at a time, and beat the mix well after each egg.

4. Add the soda alternately with the flour.

5. Add the vanilla extract, orange flavoring, and mix well. The cake batter should be lump free. Pour the batter into the tube pan.

6. Bake the cake for 1 hour or until a toothpick comes out of the center clean.

7. Cool the cake for about 10 minutes. Remove it from the pan so it will finish cooling.

8. Cream the butter and cream cheese together, then add the powdered sugar, vanilla extract and orange flavoring. Beat the frosting until it is blended well and smooth. Spread this icing on the cake and serve it immediately.

References

• Cooks: Orange Crush Pound Cake