Orange Crush Pound Cake

[firedome]

My mom made a cake like this...

it was yummy! She always used orange zest - grated orange peel - in the butter based icing. I used to ask for it every birthday.

 

[whirlcool]

For our UK members,

Orange Crush is a orange flavored soft drink here in America. It is a simple drink, tastes just like orange. It can be hard to find at times. Not all stores carry it.

Orange Crush was also a defensive 3-4 play used by the Denver Broncos football team in the late 70's early 80s. The team sold a lot of orange jersey's and t-shirts that had the word Orange Crush on them.

Orange Crush, the drink has been around for over a century. The company that makes it also has a few other flavors such as Strawberry Crush, Pineapple Crush, Cherry Crush, Chocolate Crush (but never have seen it) Grapefruit, Lime, Ginger and Pear Crush.

 

[roto204]

Sweet success

Hans, this recipe is absolutely spectacular!

We found that the key--as Ralph pointed out--was to whip it properly. You definitely want to be sure to cream the bejesus out of the sugar, shortening, and butter prior to adding the eggs and other ingredients. Also, measure carefully--too much sugar flour can cause trouble for you. Too much sugar, in particular, can cause the cake to fall.

Oh yes, and ingredients should be at room temperature.

As in Ralph's pictures, the batter rose to fill the bowl by the time we were finished. That seems to be a good gauge of where to stop. Like his Mixmaster, we used our little rotary Kenmore to do the job.

 

[tolivac]

Aren't the "Crush" series of drinks nothing more than carbonated fruit juices?

 

[whirlcool]

If even that. They just may be fruit juice extract and carbonated water. They also have quite a bit of sugar in them. I bought a bottle of Orange Crush a few weeks ago. It was the first time I had any OC in at least 20 years.

 

[joe_in_philly]

Thanks for the recipe! I made this cake and will be taking it to a volunteer training I am giving tomorrow. I wasn't sure if the cream cheese frosting would need to be refrigerated, so I made a simple glaze with crush and a bit of orange extract. [this post was last edited: 10/9/2015-14:33]

 

[chachp]

I've made it about four times.

<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">It's a keeper in my opinion.  And I had the same concerns about the frosting so I have always refrigerated mine.  Yours looks really good by the way!!</span>