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Candied Citrus Peel Pound Cake Recipe

July 5, 2016 By Aarthi 5 Comments

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Few days back when i was cleaning my fridge, i found few bits and pieces. I found a jar of the homemade candied citrus peels.. I decided to use it in a cake and hence i made this one.

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This cake is a rich and buttery cake. It will be a little dense because all pound cake will be a little dense. A slice of this is great for breakfast along with a cup of coffee or tea.

Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you..

Preparation Time : 10 minutes
Baking Time : 1 hours
Serves : 5 to 6
Recipe Source: Technicolour Kitchen



Ingredients:

All Purpose Flour / Maida – 2 cups / 240 grams
Baking Powder – 3/4 tsp
Salt – 1/4 tsp
Unsalted Butter – 3/4 cup / 170 grams
Sugar – 1 1/4 cup / 250 grams
Orange Zest – 1 tsp
Vanilla Essence – 1 tblspn
Eggs – 3
Plain Yogurt or Sour Cream – 1/3 cup / 90 ml
Milk – 1/2 cup / 120 ml
Candied Citrus Peel – 1/2 cup chopped

For Glaze:
Confectioner Sugar / Icing Sugar – 1 cup
Orange Juice – 2 to 3 tblspn

(My 1 cup measures 240 ml)

Method:

Preheat oven to 180 degree C. Grease a 21x11cm (8½ x 4½ in) loaf pan well and sprinkle flour over it. You can line it with baking paper and grease the paper as well.

Now in a bowl, take flour, baking powder and salt. mix well and set aside.

Now in a larger bowl, take butter, sugar, vanilla, orange zest and whip till creamy.

Add in egg one at a time and whip well. Now add in the flour mix, yogurt and milk and fold gently.

Now add in chopped candied orange peel and fold gently.

Spoon this into baking pan and bake for 1 hour.

Remove and let it cool down for 10 mins in pan. Remove to a cooling rack and cool it for 15 mins.

Now pour the glaze over and let it set for 15 mins.

Slice and serve.

For Glaze, mix icing sugar with orange juice till it is thick and smooth.

Check out this quick video:

 



Pictorial:

Grease a loaf pan with oil and dust with flour
take all your ingredients
take flour in a bowl
add baking powder and salt
whisk well
take butter in a bowl
add sugar
add vanilla
add orange zest
whisk well
add one egg at a time
whip till creamy
add eggs again
whip till creamy
add half of the flour mix
fold gently
add yogurt
add remaining flour
add candied peels
fold gently
add milk
fold gently
spoon this into baking pan
bake till done
remove to a cooling rack
for making glaze, take icing sugar in a bowl
add orange juice
mix well
spoon this over the cake
slice and serve

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Filed Under: baked, candied fruit peels, Christmas Cakes, Christmas Special Recipes, Recent Recipes, Tea Cakes

About Aarthi

Over the past few years I’ve been on a mission to find and create recipes that I can make from scratch. I hope you enjoy the recipes on this blog as they are tried and true from my kitchen to yours!

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  1. Preethi Mp

    July 5, 2016 at 3:07 pm

    Wow, nice thought.. good job aarthi. Have an urge to taste it… I'm not good at baking tough..

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  2. Preethi Mp

    July 5, 2016 at 3:13 pm

    I can't take my eyes off this receipe. I wonder if I can get these kinds of innovative stuffs from bakery. It's good for people who are bad in baking like me, lol..

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  3. Priya Santhamohan

    July 5, 2016 at 5:16 pm

    Priya @ asmallbite
    Hi aarthi,any alternative to eggs? Love the citrus peels in the cake.

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    • Aarthi

      July 6, 2016 at 5:57 pm

      not sure about the alternative

      Reply
  4. Catherine

    July 5, 2016 at 5:46 pm

    This is a wonderful looking pound cake perfect for breakfast with tea. xo

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