OTHER CAKES: This is another family favourite that has never failed to please at dessert parties.

ORANGE POUND CAKE:

 

 

 

1 cup butter, softened                                                 

¾ cup sugar

1 ½ cup flour                                                              

1 tsp. baking powder

1/8 tsp salt                                                                  

6 eggs, separated

½ tsp. vanilla essence                                                 

3 tbsp. milk

grated rind of 1 orange                                               

½ cup chopped walnuts

 

 

 

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease two 9x 5x3-inch loaf pans and line them with wax paper cut to fit. 

 

Use hand-held electric beater to cream butter until very creamy, gradually adding sugar and continue beating until very light-coloured.  Add egg yolks and beat in well.  Sift flour, baking powder and salt together; then add into butter mixture in 2 batches, alternately with milk, mixing well with a wooden spoon after each addition. Add orange rind and chopped walnuts. 

 

In a separate bowl, beat egg whites until stiff. Fold butter-flour mixture gently into egg whites. Pour batter into prepared pans, shaking pans slightly to distribute batter evenly. 

 

Bake 40 to 45 minutes, or until tooth-pick inserted into middle of cake comes out clean.  Remove from oven. Set pans on rack for 10 minutes. Invert pans to release cakes. Peel off wax paper and allow cakes to cool completely.