2 c Sugar
1 c Margarine; softened
3 1/2 c Flour
3 ts Baking powder
1 c Orange juice
2 ts Vanilla extract
4 Eggs
1/4 c Cocoa
Recently someone asked for a pareve pound cake recipe that doesn’t taste
like cardboard (see how easy it is to respond without reposting the
original post?). This is another recipe from the Spice and Spirit Cookbook
(you can tell I use this book a lot!) that we really enjoy and it’s always
enthusiastically received at get-togethers with friends. It’s moist and
yummy!
Preheat oven to 350 F. Grease a 10-inch tube pan (I use a bundt pan) and
set aside. In a large mixer bowl, beat sugar and margarine at low speed
until blended. Increase speed to high and beat until light and fluffy. Add
remaining ingredients except cocoa and beat at low speed until well mixed,
constantly scraping bowl with rubber spatula. Increase speed to high and
beat 4 minutes longer, occasionally scraping bowl. Pour half of batter into
tube pan. Add cocoa to remaining batter and mix well. Pour over white
batter and swirl with large spoon to obtain marbled effect (I sometimes
just sandwich the chocolate batter between 2 layers of white batter so
there’s a tube of chocolate in the middle of the cake). Bake for one hour,
or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. I usually start
checking it after 45 minutes- you don’t want this cake to bake too long- it
won’t be as moist.
I usually mix some powdered sugar, vanilla extract, and a little water to
make a glaze that I pour over the cake (sometimes I add cocoa to make a
chocolate glaze).
Yields
1 Servings