Orange Rum Cake
By: Anonymous
Published: Sunday, December 20, 2009 - 12:38am

Ingredients




1 cup butter or margarine
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1/4 cup grated orange rind
2 tablespoons grated lemon rind
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup buttermilk
1 cup chopped pecans
Juice of 2 large oranges
Juice of 1 lemon
1 cup sugar
2 tablespoons rum extract

Preparation

1 Cake: Combine butter and sugar, creaming until light and fluffy; add eggs and citrus rind, beating well. 2 Combine dry ingredients; add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with dry ingredients. Beat well after each addition. Stir in pecans. 3 Spoon batter into a well-greased 10-inch tube pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour or until cake tests done. Leave in pan and pour glaze over hot cake. 4 Orange Glaze: Combine all ingredients in a saucepan; bring to a boil, stirring to dissolve sugar. Pour over hot cake. ( 5 Makes about 3/4 cup) 6 This recipe yields one 10-inch cake. 7 Yield: 1 cake