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    Citrus Pound Cake | Citrus Cake Recipe

    Last Updated On: Apr 6, 2025 by Aarthi

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    Citrus Pound Cake | Citrus Cake Recipe with step by step pictures. The citrus cake is packed with candied citrus peels. Perfect cake to serve with tea or coffee.

    Citrus Pound Cake

    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.

    Table of Contents

    • Ingredients for making citrus pound cake
    • How to Make Citrus Pound Cake
    • 📖 Recipe Card
    • Citrus Pound Cake | Citrus Cake Recipe | Candied Peel Cake
    • Citrus Pound Cake with Step by Step Pictures

    Ingredients for making citrus pound cake

    Flour - you can use half regular flour and wheat flour.

    Butter - for making pound cake you need a good amount of butter. use unsalted butter in this cake. 

    Orange Zest - 1 tsp

    Eggs - eggs are important in this recipe for texture. You can make pound cake eggless. Here is the recipe.

    Yogurt or Sour Cream- yogurt or sour cream is added in cake to make the cake soft and tender.

    Candied Citrus Peel - I used my homemade citrus peels. 

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

    How to Make Citrus Pound Cake

    • 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.

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

    If you have any questions not covered in this post and if you need help, leave me a comment or mail me @[email protected] and I’ll help as soon as I can.

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    Citrus Pound Cake | Citrus Cake Recipe | Candied Peel Cake

    Citrus Pound Cake | Citrus Cake Recipe with step by step pictures. The citrus cake is packed with candied citrus peels. Perfect cake to serve with tea or coffee.
    4.19 from 11 votes
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    Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes
    Cook Time: 1 hour hour
    Total Time: 1 hour hour 10 minutes minutes
    Servings: 8 servings

    Ingredients

    • All Purpose Flour / Maida - 2 cups / 240 grams
    • Baking Powder - ¾ tsp
    • Salt - ¼ tsp
    • Unsalted Butter - ¾ cup / 170 grams
    • Sugar - 1 ¼ cup / 250 grams
    • Orange Zest - 1 tsp
    • Vanilla Essence - 1 tblspn
    • Eggs - 3
    • Plain Yogurt or Sour Cream - ⅓ cup / 90 ml
    • Milk - ½ cup / 120 ml
    • Candied Citrus Peel - ½ cup chopped
    • For Glaze:
    • Confectioner Sugar / Icing Sugar - 1 cup
    • Orange Juice - 2 to 3 tblspn

    Instructions

    • 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.

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    Citrus Pound Cake with Step by Step Pictures

    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
    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
    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
     
     
    the glaze has to be thick
     
     
     
    spoon this over the cake
    slice and serve
     
     

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    1. Preethi Mp

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      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

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      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

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

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      • Aarthi

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        not sure about the alternative

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        • Clare

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          5 stars
          Thanks. This is absolutely delicious! Great clear instructions, easy to bake, with simple ingredients. A new favourite- will definitely make again!

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    4. Catherine

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

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    5. Marie-Christine Wilks

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      5 stars
      Very nice cake. Made it with fresh and italian orange peel I had in my cupboard. Everyone loved it! Thank you for the recipe!

      Reply
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