Williamsburg Orange Cake

Grated orange peel, golden raisins, and chopped nuts are folded into this delicious buttermilk cake. It's frosted with an orange liqueur-flavored buttercream.

• Preparation Time: 30 mins
• Cooking Time: 60 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins
• Calories: 284 Calories

Ingredients

• ½ cup butter, softened
• 1 ½ cups white sugar
• ½ cup chopped walnuts
• 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
• ¾ teaspoon salt
• 3 eggs
• 1 tablespoon orange zest
• 1 ½ teaspoons baking soda
• ¼ cup shortening
• 2 ¾ cups cake flour
• 1 ½ cups buttermilk
• 1 recipe Williamsburg Butter Frosting
• 1 cup golden raisins, chopped

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13 inch pan, two 9-inch round cake pans, or three 8-inch round cake pans.

Step 2

In a large bowl, combine cake flour, sugar, baking soda and salt. Mix in butter, shortening, buttermilk, eggs, raisins, nuts, orange zest and vanilla. Beat with an electric mixer for 3 minutes on high speed. Pour batter into prepared pan.

Step 3

Bake in preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean. Bake 9x13 inch pan 45 to 50 minutes, or layers 30 to 35 minutes. Allow to cool, and frost with Williamsburg Butter Frosting.