Recipe: Ring Cake with Orange Glaze (microwave)

RING CAKE

2 cups flour
1 1/2 cups sugar
3/4 cup milk
3 eggs
1/4 cup shortening
1/4 cup butter or margarine, softened
3 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
FOR TOPPING:
1/2 cup orange marmalade
chopped nuts (optional)

Lightly grease a 12-cup microwave Bundt dish.

Combine all ingredients in large mixing bowl. Beat at low speed until ingredients are blended. Beat at high speed 3 minutes, scraping bowl frequently. Pour batter into prepared dish. Cut through batter with knife to eliminate air bubbles.

Microwave at 50 percent (Medium) for 12 minutes, rotating after half the cooking time.

Increase power to High. Microwave 3 1/2 to 6 1/2 minutes, or until to springs back when lightly touched, rotating after half the last cooking time.

Let stand 10 to 15 minutes upright in dish directly on counter top before removing.

Glaze cake with 1/2 cup orange marmalade that has been microwaved at High 20 to 24 seconds until melted.

Chopped nuts may be sprinkled in bottom of the dish to provide a topping.

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