grand marnier pound cake
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Ingredients For grand marnier pound cake
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1 cup unsalted butter,2 sticks, softened
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1 2/3 cups sugar
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2 cups flour
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1 tsp. baking powder
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1/4 ts. salt
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1/4 cup grand marnier
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1 tbsp. grated orange zest
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5 eggs
- GLAZE:
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1/4 cup freshly squeezed orange juice
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1/4 cups grand marnier
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1/4 cup sugar
How To Make grand marnier pound cake
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1For the cake, preheat oven to 350. Generously grease a 10 inch fluted tube pan. Set aside.
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2In a large bowl with mixer on high speed, beat butter til creamy. Gradually beat in the sugar and continue beating til mixture is light and fluffy. Turn mixer speed to low.l
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3Sift in flour, baking powder and salt. Beat just til flour is absorbed. Beat in Grand Marnier and orange zest. Beat in eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.
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4Spread batter into prepared pan. Smooth the top evenly. Bake til cake shrinks from side of pan and skewer inserted in middle comes out clean, about 1 hour and 5 minutes. Let stand in pan on wire rack for 10 minutes, then carefully unmold cake onto a second rack. placed over a piece of wax paper or foil
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5For gflaze: mix the orange juice, Grand Marnier and sugar in a small pan. Bring to a boil over medium heat, lower heat and simmer til mixture forms a light syrup, about 5 minutes. Brush the syrup all over the warm cake. When the cake is cool, transfer it to a serving plate.
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