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Blood Orange Pound Cake
This Blood Orange Pound Cake has a moist and tender crumb and a gorgeous pink glaze thanks to some fresh squeezed blood orange juice!
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Total Time
1 hr 10 mins
Servings: 8 servings
Calories: 295 kcal
Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
dry ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups flour
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
wet ingredients
- 1/8 cup blood orange juice
- 3/8 cup buttermilk
- Zest of 3 oranges
- 1/2 tsp orange extract
- 1/2 tsp vanilla paste or extract
- 1 stick 1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 large eggs
glaze
- 1 1/2 cups confectioner's sugar
- blood orange juice to thin
- 1/4 tsp orange extract optional
Instructions
- Set oven to 350F
- Mix the dry ingredients together and set aside.
- Measure the orange juice in a glass measuring cup and then fill to the 1/2 cup mark with buttermilk. Add the zest, extract and vanilla paste. Set aside.
- Cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs.
- Alternately add the dry ingredients along with the wet, to the butter mixture, beginning and ending with the dry. Don't over mix.
- Turn batter into a buttered and floured loaf pan. I lined the pan with a piece of parchment paper to make it easier for me to lift it out.
- Bake for about 55 minutes to an hour, until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Cool for 10 minutes in the pan, then turn out to a rack.
- When the cake is mostly cooled, glaze with the Blood Orange Glaze.
- To make the glaze, mix the sugar with enough of the juice to create a nice glaze consistency. Add in the extract, if using. Spread or drizzle on the cooled cake. If your glaze is too thin, you will lose a lot of it to 'run off'. I like to make it on the thick side and spread it with a knife or spreader.
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Nutrition Information
Calories
295kcal
(15%)
Carbohydrates
67g
(22%)
Protein
4g
(8%)
Fat
2g
(3%)
Saturated Fat
1g
(5%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
0.3g
Monounsaturated Fat
1g
Trans Fat
0.004g
Cholesterol
42mg
(14%)
Sodium
208mg
(9%)
Potassium
77mg
(2%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
48g
(96%)
Vitamin A
86IU
(2%)
Vitamin C
2mg
(2%)
Calcium
29mg
(3%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 8servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 295
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 295kcal | 15% |
| Carbohydrates | 67g | 22% |
| Protein | 4g | 8% |
| Fat | 2g | 3% |
| Saturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 0.3g | 2% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Trans Fat | 0.004g | 0% |
| Cholesterol | 42mg | 14% |
| Sodium | 208mg | 9% |
| Potassium | 77mg | 2% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 48g | 96% |
| Vitamin A | 86IU | 2% |
| Vitamin C | 2mg | 2% |
| Calcium | 29mg | 3% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.