Aunt Netties Orange Nut Cake Food

AUNT NETTIE'S ORANGE NUT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F. Prepare a 12-cup Bundt pan with butter and flour (or spray that has both). If you only have a 10-cup Bundt pan, remove 2 cups and make cupcakes out of that batter!
• Place the raisins and the chopped orange in a food processor and pulse until the mixture is finely ground. Pour the 1/4 cup hot water into the mixture and set aside.
• Combine the flour, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl and set aside. Beat the sugar and butter in a large bowl until light and fluffy.
• Add the eggs in one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Alternately, add the flour ingredients and the buttermilk to the sugar-butter mixture until smooth. Stir in the orange-raisin mixture and the nuts.
• Pour the batter into the prepared Bundt Pan. Note - if your pan is less than 12 cups, like the Harvest Bundt Pan I used, remove 2 cups of batter and bake as cupcakes!
• Bake for 45-50 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Allow the cake to cool in the pan for 10 minutes before inverting it onto a wire rack to cool completely.
• Dust with confectioners' sugar prior to serving

AUNT NETTIE'S ORANGE -NUT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Combine the orange and raisins in a food processor; pulse until mixture is finely ground. Pour 1/4 cup hot water over mixture; set aside.
• Combine flour, baking soda and salt in a medium bowl; set aside. Combine the sugar and the butter in a large bowl and beat with an electric beater until light and fluffy.
• Add the eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Alternately add the four mixture and buttermilk to the sugar-butter mixture beating until smooth with each addition. Stir in the reserved orange-raisin mixture and the nuts.
• Pour batter into a 12 cup bundt pan. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 45-50 minutes. Let cake cool in pan 10 minutes. Invert into a wire rack; cool completely. Dust with confectioners' sugar to dress the cake up.