A sure-fire bake sale hit, this fine-crumbed buttermilk Bundt cake has a mellow sweet orange backnote and a crumbly, cinnamon-scented brown sugar streusel swirled throughout. Like many pound cakes, its appearance is unassuming, but its flavor and texture are unparalleled.
Yield : Makes one 10-inch bundt cake, serving 12
Ingredients
For the Cinnamon Streusel Swirl:
- ½ cup (2.1 oz/60 g) all purpose flour
- 1/3 cup (2.5 oz/72 g) firmly packed light brown sugar
- ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- Pinch of salt
- 3 tablespoons (1.5 oz/42 g) unsalted butter, melted
For the Buttermilk Pound Cake:
- 2 cups (8.5 oz/242 g) all purpose flour
For the Buttermilk Pound Cake:
- ½ cup (2 oz/57 g) cake flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon ground cardamom
- 1 cup (2 sticks/8 oz/227 g) unsalted butter, softened
- 2 cups (14 oz/400 g) granulated sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon finely grated orange zest
- 1 cup (240 ml) buttermilk
- Confectioners sugar for dusting
Directions
1. Position a rack in the center of the oven and preheat the oven to 325°F. Grease the inside of a 10-inch Bundt pan. Dust the pan with flour.
To Make the Cinnamon Swirl:
2. In a small bowl, whisk together the flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, and salt, breaking up any large lumps of brown sugar. Add the melted butter and stir until blended and crumbly.
To Make the Pound Cake:
3. Sift together the flours, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cardamom into a medium bowl. Whisk to combine, and set aside.
4. In the bowl of an electric mixer, using the paddle attachment, beat the butter at medium speed until very creamy, about 2 minutes. Gradually add the sugar and beat at medium-high speed until well blended and light, about 4 minutes. At medium speed, add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition and scraping down the sides of the bowl as necessary. Beat in the vanilla extract and orange zest. At low speed, add the dry ingredients in three additions, alternating with the buttermilk in two additions and mixing just until combined.
5. Scrape half of the batter into the prepared pan and smooth it into an even layer. Sprinkle the streusel mixture evenly over the batter. Scrape the remaining batter on top and smooth it into an even layer.
6. Bake the cake for 65 to 75 minutes, until a cake tester inserted into the center comes out clean. Cool the cake in the pan on a wire rack for 15 minutes.
7. Invert the cake onto the rack and cool completely.
8. Dust the cake lightly with confectioners’ sugar right before sering.
Notes
Store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to a week, or refrigerate for up to 2 weeks.
© 2006 Tish Boyle
Note from Cookstr's Editors
Nutritional information does not include garnish.
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