Orange Quick Bread

My Mom cut this out of some publication - Author not listed.
Last time I visited my parents, my mom sent me home with a few slices of this bread/cake.
It really is like a cake - coffee cake. It's delish! I made this last night to mail to my son for his birthday on Tuesday. Hope he likes it as much as I did!

Glaze and Ganache Optional

Orange Quick Bread
2 c flour
3/4 tsp sea salt
1 T baking powder
1 1/2 c sugar
1/2 c milk
1/2 cup fresh orange juice
1/2 cup vegetable oil
3 extra large eggs
1 1/2 T grated orange zest

Ganache (optional)
1/3 c heavy cream
1/2 c bittersweet chocolate chips

Heat cream until small bubbles appear around edge. Remove from heat and add chocolate chips - shake pan to level chocolate. Set aside for 2 minutes. Stir until smooth and set aside.

Glaze (optional)
1 1/2 c powdered sugar
2 tsp orange zest - finely grated
2-3 T fresh orange juice, strained.

Mix ingredients in a small bowl. While bread is still warm poke several holes in it with a skewer and slowly pour on glaze.

Preheat oven to 350ºF and grease two 8-inch loaf pans.

Whisk together flour, salt baking powder and sugar in a large bowl.
In a small bowl, whisk together milk, juice, oil, eggs and zest.
Add to dry ingredients and mix until combined.
Divide batter equally into pans. Bake 35 min. until bread is shrinking away from pan.**
Cool bread completely before removing from pan.
Keeps wrapped in the refrigerator one week and freezes well for 2 months. (I kept mine on the counter).

**For ganache:
Bake 15 minutes, then open the oven, pull out rack without jogging too much, and quickly dribble about 1/4 cup ganache over batter in each pan. (If ganache has become too firm to dribble, set in a bowl of warm water for a few seconds to melt. Stir to smooth again.)
Gently slide rack back in and bake 20 minutes, until quickbread is shrinking away from pan.

Optional: serve with chocolate or vanilla ice cream.