Citrus Golden Ring Cake

By lisapearce

Ingredients

• Cake:
• Cooking spray
• 1 3/4 cups granulated sugar, plus 1 tablespoon, divided
• 3 cups all-purpose flour, plus 1 tablespoon, divided
• 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, room temperature
• 3 eggs, room temperature
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup buttermilk
• 1/4 cup fresh orange juice
• 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon finely grated orange rind
• 2 tablespoons finely grated lemon rind
• Buttery Citrus Icing:
• 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter, room temperature
• 2 teaspoons finely grated orange rind
• 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon finely grated lemon rind
• 2 cups sifted powdered sugar
• 1 tablespoon fresh orange juice
• 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
• Orange zest (optiona
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Preparation

Step 1

Instructions
1.Preheat oven to 325F.
2.Coat a 10-inch tube pan or 12-cup Bundt pan with cooking spray. Combine 1 tablespoon granulated sugar and 1 tablespoon flour. Sprinkle over oiled pan, tapping out excess.
3.Beat butter with a mixer at high speed until light and fluffy. Gradually add 1 3/4 cups granulated sugar. Continue beating until well combined. Beat in eggs, one at a time.
4.Sift 3 cups flour, baking soda and salt into a medium bowl.
5.Combine buttermilk, orange juice and lemon juice. Add flour mixture and buttermilk mixture alternately to butter mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture; beat at low speed. Stir in the first amounts orange and lemon rinds. Pour batter into prepared pan.
6.Bake 60 to 70 minutes, until top is golden brown and a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean.
7.To prepare icing, combine butter and powdered sugar using a mixer at medium speed. Add second amounts of orange and lemon rinds, and juices, 1 tablespoon at a time. Beat well.
8.Cool cake in pan on a wire rack 10 minutes. Turn onto a serving plate. Pour one-third of icing over cake while still warm. Cool completely and spread with remaining icing. Garnish with orange zest, if desired.


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