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Orange Bourbon Bundt Cake

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Ingredients
  

The Cake

  • 1` cup unsalted butter (227 grams)
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 5 large eggs, room temp
  • 3 cups sifted, all-purpose flour (360 grams)
  • 1 tbsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 3/4 cup orange juice (170 grams)
  • 1 orange zest

The Glaze

  • 4 tbsp unsalted butter, melted (1/4 cup, 1/8 lb)
  • 1 cup confectioner's sugar (1/4 lb)
  • 1 oz bourbon (2 tbsp, 28g) ( spiced rum also works )

Instructions
 

The Cake

  • Preheat oven to 350F
  • Grease 10-cup Bundt pan, or 10" tube pan (9"x4"loaf pan also works).
  • Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
  • Beat in the eggs one at a time, scraping the bowl occasionally.
  • In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt.
  • Alternate adding dry mix and orange juice to the butter mixture, 1/3 at a time.
  • Stir in the orange zest.
  • Pour the mix into the prepared pan.
  • Bake the cake for 50 to 60 minutes, or until a cake tester or toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
  • Remove the cake from the oven and let it sit in the pan on a rack for 10 minutes.

The Glaze

  • Whisk the glaze ingredients in a saucepan over medium-low heat. See below for microwave option.

Putting it all together

  • If you've baked the cake in a Bundt or tube pan, turn the cake out of the pan onto a serving plate and immediately brush glaze over the top. If you've baked the cake in a loaf pan, brush the glaze over the cake right in the pan.

Notes

I guess you can do this in a microwave-safe bowl, and microwave on high for 20-second intervals, stirring, until fully combined.