Pumpkin-Orange Pound Cake Recipe
Pumpkin-Orange Pound Cake...the Midwest meets the Tropics.
So now that I have my sample, what should I make with it?
I posed the question of what I should make with my coconut oil to my Facebook and Twitter friends and they came back with all sorts of good stuff. People use it in cooking and baking, of course, but they also use it to condition their hair and they put it into facial scrubs. Pretty versatile stuff. I am first a baker, however, so in the end I came up with a way to use some pumpkin and some coconut oil all in one recipe.
Pumpkin-Orange Pound Cake
- 2 ½ cups cake flour
- 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon cardamom
- ½ teaspoon ginger
- ½ cup unsalted butter, softened
- ½ cup coconut oil
- 1 ½ cups granulated sugar
- 4 eggs
- ¾ cup canned pumpkin
- 2 tablespoons orange juice
- 1 tablespoon grated orange peel
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/2 cup milk
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F; Grease two 8-inch loaf pans.
Sift or whisk together the cake flour, baking powder, salt, cardamom and ginger into a large bowl; set aside.
Cream the butter and the coconut oil in the large bowl of an electric mixer. Gradually add the sugar, beating at low speed, then increase the mixer speed to high and beat until pale and fluffy.
I opened the jar of coconut oil and got a wonderful coconut smell.
Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well and scraping down the bowl sides after each addition. After all the eggs are in, beat several minutes at high speed until the mixture is smooth and very pale. Beat in the pumpkin, orange juice, orange peel, and vanilla.
It didn't look much different than my best buttercream.
Beating at low speed, add the dry ingredients in thirds, alternating with the milk.
Check out the beautiful orange color.
Pour the batter into the two greased loaf pans. Bake in preheated oven for 60 to 65 minutes, or until the tops spring back when lightly touched. Let the cakes cool completely on a wire rack before removing from pans to slice.
I like to use the foil loaf pans so that I can easily give them away.
Take that Sara Lee...
In conclusion, I really liked working with the coconut oil. It gave the pound cake a subtle coconut taste that worked well with the other flavors. I can't wait to try it in another recipe!
Disclosure: I was given a sample of Kelapo Coconut Oil to review, however all opinions and the recipe are my own.