Orange Almond Pound Cake

Ingredients

• 3 cups all-purpose flour, sifted
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 pound butter, softened
• 3 cups white sugar
• 3 ounces marzipan
• 6 eggs
• 1/3 cup half-and-half
• 1/3 cup milk
• 1/3 cup orange juice

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 10-inch tube pan.

Whisk flour, baking powder, and baking soda together in a bowl.

Beat butter and sugar together in a bowl until creamy. Add marzipan. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat half-and-half into butter mixture.

Stir 1 cup of flour mixture into the butter mixture. Stir in milk. Add another 1 cup flour mixture to the butter mixture and stir milk into mixture. Add remaining flour mixture and stir in orange juice. Scrape down the sides of the bowl with a spatula and give batter a final mix. Pour batter into prepared tube pan.

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean, about 90 minutes.

Cool cake in the pan for 15 to 20 minutes before turning out onto a wire rack to cool completely.