- 12
- 15 mins
- 60 mins
Ingredients
- ORANGE GLAZE:
- 1-1/2 cup All-purpose Flour
- 1/2 teaspoon Salt
- 2 teaspoons Baking Powder
- 1 cup (heaping) Plain, Lowfat Yogurt
- 1 cup Sugar
- 3 whole Eggs
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla
- 1 whole Zest Of Lemon
- 1/2 cup Canola Oil
- _____
- 1/2 cup Prepared Orange Marmelade
- 1/4 cup Yogurt
Preparation
Step 1
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Slowly, over time, I created my own version, based on the magazine recipe but tweaked in several ways to most closely resemble my ballet friend’s famous marmalade muffins. In my opinion, the yogurt is what makes the cake wonderful: it’s moist, light, spongy and delicious. And the orange marmalade icing (which also contains yogurt) just takes it over the top. If you’ve been scared of orange marmalade your whole life, you don’t have to be afraid anymore.
First, preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Next, grab the most beat up, spotted loaf pan you have. (Just kidding; it doesn’t have to be beat up and spotted. But it would sure make me feel better.)
Now grab this. Oh sure—you can grease and flour the pan if it makes your skirt fly up. But in my experience, nothing works better than this. And that’s all I’m gonna say about THAT.
Now. Normally, I hate sifting flour mixtures. And a lot of the time, I rebel and act like I know better than anyone and just ignore any and all instructions that involve sifting. But with this pound cake, I sift. Forgive me, I SIFT!
Add 2 teaspoons baking powder…
Add 1 cup of sugar…
Now add 1 teaspoon vanilla.
Whisk the mixture until combined…
Then pour it into the flour mixture…
And as you’re mixing it together, pour in 1/2 cup Canola oil.
DON’T beat the heck out of it; just mix it gently ’til combined. There should be just a few lumps. Don’t let ‘em scare you.
Pour the mixture into the prepared loaf pan, and bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes.
While the cake is cooling, dump 1/2 cup orange marmalade into a pan over low heat.
Stir a couple of times until melted…
Then dump in a heaping 1/4 cup plain yogurt. Turn off the heat.
Now stir to thoroughly combine.
Remove the cake from the pan (it should fall out easily if you took my advice and used that stuff in the blue can) and place it on a plate or a platter that makes your heart go pitter pat.
While the cake is still slightly warm, give the icing one last stir and slowly pour it over the top of the cake.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Spray a loaf pan with non-stick baking spray (or grease and flour it if it makes your skirt fly up). Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
In a separate bowl, mix together 1 cup of yogurt, sugar, eggs, vanilla, lemon zest, and canola oil until just combined. Pour over dry ingredients and mix until just combined; do not over beat.
Pour into a loaf pan and bake for 45 minutes. Remove from oven and allow to cool slightly. Remove from pan. While cake is cooling, pour marmalade into a sauce pan. Heat it on low until melted, stirring occasionally. Add 1/4 cup of yogurt to the pan and turn off heat. Stir to combine, then pour slowly over the top of the cake, allowing icing to pool around the sides.
OOOOO! I can’t wait to make this!! YUM!
Pound cake is like one of my all time favorite cakes and now I have to make this. Off to the grocery again! I have been 3 times this week because of you. Good thing I don’t live on a ranch an hour from everything!
Sweet merciful crap. That look amazing. I will have to make it. Oh yes. Sorry… drooling. My girlfriend will love it too, she loves this kind of thing and has a soft spot for marmelade. Thanks PW, you just scored me huge points.
I might just have to make about 400 of these, with all the lemons my mom tossed at us.
I have all the ingredients and an itch to make a mess in the kitchen….thanks!!
I bought plain yogurt just for this…..BUT why didnt you tell us to buy orange marmalade back to the store I go…..I MUST MAKE THIS CAKE!!!!!
Ree, I guess I have been what’s called a lurker for the past couple of weeks. I found your blog from a link at another site. Now I hardly read any other blogs, because there is so much AWFULLY WONDERFUL stuff on yours! I am addicted!
This cake looks super easy….and super yummy. I’ve already added plain yogurt to my shopping list.
Your recipes ROCK!! Your recipes really make me want to make everything! Thank you so much.
That looks mighty tasty. We love yogurt here so much that we make it ourselves. I’ll have to add this one to our list.
I’ll have to wait to make this, though, because the only yogurt I have on hand is coconut cream flavored. Just too risky.
The new recipe index is WOW!! Thank you for adding it! Now, there are even more recipes I need to try. Thank you for all the time you put into this blog and entertaining me!
I have all the ingredients but the lemon—I will be going back to the store tomorrow. I love citrus in cakes and cookies so I know I will love this. Makes me want to throw a tea party. : )
1) i wish my boyfriend liked cakes more! i can’t make this or i will eat it all by myself… and then: lots of jiggle!
I can’t wait to make it. Your internet pics are brilliant!!!!
Then there just wasn’t enough marmalade, so I added some lemon zest to the glaze stuff, along with Vanana yogurt, and cream cheese just to be rebellious. It tastes good (we’ll soon find out how the cake is) but I’ll have to actually follow directions next time!
That looks heavenly. I’ve been looking high and low for a recipe that resembles Starbucks’ reduced fat blueberry coffee cake. I’m addicted. I wonder how this would be if I put blueberries in it and a crumble topping. And baked it in a tube pan. Hee Hee. Reminds me of the reviews on the
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I have never been a fan of orange marmalade, but this definitely makes me want to try it. Yum-mee!
I’ll have to give this recipe a try. I have a great banana bread recipe that calls for plain yogurt too that people always love. I think the yogurt really lends itself to making it so moist. We always have plain yogurt around here. My kids will eat it straight, but I like to mix fruit, granola or something in with it for them. Thanks for the great visuals!!
oh yum, I will make this Sunday. I must have that platter, please tell me the maker and pattern so that I can find one for me.
It looks lovely. I was going to make your chocolate cake this weekend but I might make this instead.
Sticky, sweet, and oh, so divine. Make 'em and experience it firsthand!
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