This Orange Pound Cake, cooked in air fryer, is a fragrant cake with a distinctive citrus flavor, perfect for a snack or as a dessert after a meal. The cake is made even more delicious with the orange syrup glaze, consisting of juice, zest, water, and sugar, prepared easily in just a few minutes and added once cooled, creating a caramelized surface and a pleasantly moist and soft interior, releasing its aroma and bold taste.
This recipe is none other than that of the Lemon Pound Cake, except in this case, we will use the juice and zest of oranges, so buy medium-sized, edible-skinned, organic oranges. Other ingredients you’ll need to make this pound cake are: all-purpose flour or plain flour, eggs, vegetable oil, milk, sugar, and dark chocolate chips to make it even more delicious.
And if you don’t have an air fryer, you can bake the Orange Pound Cake in the oven. You’ll find the instructions at the end of the recipe in the tips and variations section.
Try it because it’s really amazing… it has become one of the favorite desserts for those who have tasted it! Let me know what you think😊 and let’s prepare it together.
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- Difficulty: Easy
- Cost: Very Cheap
- Preparation time: 20 Minutes
- Portions: for a loaf pan 10 x 4 inches
- Cooking methods: Air Frying, Oven, Stove
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: Fall, Winter
Ingredients
Ingredients for a loaf pan 10 x 4 inches
- 2 cups all-purpose flour (or plain flour)
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 eggs (medium)
- 1/3 cup sunflower oil (or corn oil or 1/2 cup melted butter)
- 2/3 cup milk
- 1 packet baking powder
- 1/2 cup dark chocolate chips
- 1 blonde orange (zest and juice)
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 1/2 tbsp water
- 1 blonde orange (juice and zest)
Tools
Suggested Tools
For the pound cake
- 1 Air fryer
- 1 Loaf pan 9 x 4 inches
- 1 Electric whisk
- 1 Citrus juicer
- 1 Lemon grater
- 1 Spatula
- 1 Sieve
- 1 Citrus juicer
- 1 Lemon grater
- 1 Small pan
- 1 Hand whisk
- 1 Sieve
Steps
Follow the steps for the Lemon Pound Cake by clicking here and return to this page after incorporating the flour, baking powder, and milk
Add the grated orange zest to the batter and mix gently
Also add the filtered orange juice and mix with a spatula
Pour the chocolate chips into the batter and mix again
Butter and flour the loaf pan and pour in the batter
Level it
Preheat the air fryer for 2/3 minutes, place the pan on the rack, and start the baking program at 320°F for 35 minutes. Always do the toothpick test in multiple spots, especially in the center; if it comes out dry, the pound cake is ready, otherwise, continue for 5 more minutes.
Once cooking is complete, leave the air fryer door or drawer slightly open for 10 minutes. This way, you avoid a sudden temperature drop and prevent the batter from collapsing, which would lose volume and texture
Now you can take it out of the air fryer and let it cool completely before removing it from the pan
Pour the filtered orange juice and grated zest into a small pan, mix with a hand whisk
Add water and sugar and mix again
Move to the stove and bring to a boil, stirring continuously with the whisk. Turn off the heat and let the syrup cool
Now that your pound cake has cooled, you can garnish it with the syrup. Place it inside a baking dish and make holes with the help of a skewer. The more holes you make, the more syrup it will absorb
Slowly pour in the syrup, trying to filter it into the holes as much as possible
With the help of a spoon, collect the syrup that has dripped into the dish and pour it over the pound cake
Let it rest for an hour before serving so that the cake can absorb the syrup
Your lemon pound cake is ready😍! Slice it and serve it😋
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Baking the Orange Pound Cake in the Oven
The orange pound cake can be baked in a preheated oven at 355°F for about 45 minutes. Always do the toothpick test and adjust to your oven. At the end of baking, leave the pound cake inside with the door slightly open for 10 minutes
Variations and Tips for Preparing the Orange Pound Cake
If you have a smaller loaf pan, leave about an inch from the edge and use the excess batter to make muffins. If you don’t have a loaf pan, you can just make muffins.
You can replace the vegetable oil with 1/2 cup melted butter after letting it cool
You can make the pound cake lactose-free by replacing the milk with lactose-free milk.
If you don’t want to prepare the orange syrup (although I recommend it, it takes just a few minutes and is very easy), you can simply dust the pound cake with powdered sugar.
The orange pound cake stays fresh for several days covered with a dome or food wrap
