Glazed Bourbon-Orange Pound Cake With Apricot-Orange Sauce
- 1 12 cups sugar
- 1 14 cups unsalted butter, room temperature
- 2 tablespoons grated orange zest
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 5 large eggs
- 13 cup Bourbon
- 2 14 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 12 cups apricot jam
- 12 vanilla bean, halved lengthwise
- 5 tablespoons orange juice
- 3 tablespoons Bourbon
- FOR CAKE: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Butter 9-inch-diameter cake pan with 2-inch high sides.
- Line bottom of cake pan with parchment paper; butter paper.
- Using electric stand mixer and paddle attachment, beat sugar, butter, orange zest and salt in large bowl on medium speed until light and fluffy.
- Beat in eggs one at a time.
- Gradually beat in bourbon.
- Add flour and beat just until blended.
- Transfer batter to prepared pan.
- Bake until tester inserted into center of cake comes out clean, about 50 minutes.
- Transfer pan to cooling rack.
- Meanwhile, combine jam and vanilla bean in heavy small saucepan.
- Melt jam.
- Strain.
- Cool completely.
- Stir in orange juice and bourbon.
- Pour 1/2 cup glaze over cake, let stand 5 minutes.
- Pour another 1/2 cup glaze over cake.
- Cool 10 minutes.
- Turn cake out onto rack.
- Place cake right side up on rack and cool cake completely.
- Cut cake into wedges.
- Transfer cake wedges to plates.
- Drizzle remaining sauce over and around cake and serve.
sugar, unsalted butter, orange zest, salt, eggs, bourbon, flour, apricot, vanilla bean, orange juice, bourbon
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/glazed-bourbon-orange-pound-cake-with-apricot-orange-sauce-468170 (may not work)