Orange Snack Cake with Orange Glaze

Orange Snack Cake with Orange Glaze

1 1/2 cups flour

1 1/2 cups sugar

1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup butter, softened
4 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
1 1/2 tablespoons orange zest
Orange Glaze (recipe follows)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease a 9x13" baking pan.
In a large bowl, stir together the flour, sugar, salt, and baking powder; add butter, eggs, extracts, and zest. Beat until well blended using a hand held mixer. (Batter will be thick.) Spread batter into prepared pan, and bake 25 to 30 minutes or until ligth golden brown. Remove from oven, and pierce entire cake with a wooden pick. Pour Orange Glaze over warm cake. Cool and cut into squares.

Orange Glaze:
1 cup confectioner's sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons orange zest
3 tablespoons orange juice
pinch of salt

In a small bowl, stir together confectioner's sugar, zest, orange juice and salt until smooth.

(This recipe was adapted from a recipe from Paula Deen's Best Dishes Magazine)