POM-Spiced Tea Cake

Cake:

• ½ cup POM Wonderful 100% Pomegranate Juice
• ½ cup POM Wonderful Pomegranate Arils
• 1½ cups granulated sugar
• ⅔ cup shortening
• 3 large eggs
• ½ cup whole milk
• 2¼ cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon nutmeg
• ½ teaspoon cloves
• ½ teaspoon salt

Lemon frosting:

• 4 tablespoons lemon juice
• 4 tablespoons butter
• 2½ cups powdered sugar
  

Cake:

Preheat oven to 350ºF. In a mixer, cream together sugar, shortening, and eggs (batter should be slightly lumpy). Add POM Wonderful 100% Pomegranate Juice and milk; beat for 2 minutes. Sift together flour, cinnamon, baking powder, nutmeg, cloves, and salt. Add flour mixture to the creamed sugar and shortening mixture. Mix to combine. Pour into greased Bundt pan. Bake 50–60 minutes or until cake tester inserted into cake comes out clean and free of crumbs. Let cool. Frost with lemon frosting and decorate with POM Wonderful Pomegranate Arils.

Lemon frosting:

Cream lemon juice and butter together. Add powdered sugar and beat to a spreading consistency. Thin with water if necessary.