Ingredients:

All-purpose Flour: 1.5 cups
Salt: 1/8 tsp
Baking Powder: 1/4 tsp
Butter: 1/2 cup
Sugar: 1 cup*
Eggs: 3 (preferably room temperature)
Vanilla Extract: 1/2 tsp (or equivalently, 1/2 tsp vanilla powder)
Orange: zest of 1, grated
Orange Juice: 1/4 cup (preferably fresh)
Milk: 1/4 cup
Flaked Coconut: 1/2 cup


Directions:

1. Grease and flour one 8 or 9 inch tube pan (you may also use a 9x5 inch loaf pan).

2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

3. Sift the flour, salt, baking powder, and vanilla powder (if you are using powder instead of extract) together, set aside.

4. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy (for 5 to 10 minutes).

5. Mix in the eggs, one at time and beating well after each addition.

6. Stir in the vanilla extract (if you are using the extract). Add orange zest and juice and mix well.

7. Gently mix in flour mixture alternately with the milk, starting and ending with the flour mixture (either use whisk or set the beater on low).

8. Add flaked coconut and beat for about 1 minute.

9. Pour batter into the prepared pan. Bake in preheated oven for about 60 minutes or until the toothpick inserted comes out clean (do not open the oven door until after 45 minutes). Let cool in pan for 10 minutes. Turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely.



* Depending on your taste, you may want to increase the sugar to 1+1/2 cups. If you are using sweetened flaked coconut, do not use more than 1+1/4 cups of sugar.

 

enjoy willy

Sounds yummy - thanks for the recipe willy.

I am writing down this recipe. I make a lot of pound cakes but have not come across this one. I make a pumpkin and raisin one etc. Thanks for the post.

Thanks for the post Willy sounds really yummy will try this one out thanks again

I just made "War Loaf" for my husband so now have to wait for him to eat that before I make your orange cake. I have written it down

maybe can share your recipes fluffy when get time please.

yummy!!1

willy- I have posted a number of recipes many months back. I will post later.

ok fluffy

This sounds really YUMMY, thanks for the recipe.

Another great recipe, thanks for sharing. Are these are your family "secret" recipes?

I love all things coconut but somehow I don't really care for desserts with orange.

willy - the recipe is sitting on my island waiting to be made. My husband has something to finsih up and in about 2 days I will make it and tell you how it is.

sound yummy, took recipe to bake later

willy - I made it. It is very tasty. But it did not rise very much. Is that the way it is suppose to be? Or is the 1/4 tsp. baking powder not enough?

Sounds really good.