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Blood Orange Pound Cake

A moist and delicious pound cake filled with blood orange juice and zest.

Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
1 hr
Total Time
1 hr 20 mins
Servings: 10
Calories: 240 kcal
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American

Ingredients

INGREDIENTS:
For the Pound Cake:
  • 1 cup unsalted butter softened
  • ¾ cup blood orange juice
  • 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
  • 5 large eggs
  • 3 cups flour
  • 1 tablespoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 3/4 cup orange juice
  • Zest of 1 blood orange
  • ½ cup sour cream
  • 1 tsp orange blossom water optional
For the Glaze:
  • 287 grams confectioners' sugar
  • Juice from 1 blood orange.

Instructions

INSTRUCTIONS
For the Pound Cake:
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  1. Preheat to 350°F. Thoroughly butter and flour a bundt pan.
  2. Juice about ¾ cup blood orange juice.
  3. In stand mixer fitted with a whisk attachment, combine sugar and butter. Beat until fluffy.
  4. Add in eggs.
  5. Whisk together flour, baking powder and salt. Alternate adding the wet mixture and orange juice.
  6. In a small bow, combine blood orange juice, sour cream and orange blossom water. Whisk together until combined
  7. Alternate by adding in flour mixture and orange juice mixture to the stand mixer.
  8. Add orange zest in.
  9. Whisk batter until incorporated
  10. Pour into a buttered and floured bundt pan.
  11. Bake for about 1 hour.
  12. Let the cake cool to room temperature before adding the glaze.
For the Glaze:
  1. In a bowl, combine confectioners sugar, blood orange juice. Stir together.
  2. Transfer to a piping bag and snip off the tip.
  3. Pipe the glaze over the pound cake.

Notes

  • You can substitute whole milk yogurt for the sour cream if desired, I do it all the time and can’t really tell the difference.
  • You can use any type of orange to make this cake and the taste will be very similar. I just LOVE the soft pink glaze you can make with blood orange juice.
  • You can substitute whole milk yogurt for the sour cream if desired, I do it all the time and can’t really tell the difference.

Nutrition Information

Serving 1piece Calories 240kcal (12%) Carbohydrates 28g (9%) Protein 3.5g (7%) Fat 10.4g (16%) Saturated Fat 5g (25%) Polyunsaturated Fat 0.4g Monounsaturated Fat 2.7g Cholesterol 64mg (21%) Sodium 150mg (6%) Potassium 22mg (1%) Fiber 0.5g (2%) Sugar 15g (30%) Vitamin A 400IU (8%) Vitamin C 2.5mg (3%) Calcium 40mg (4%) Iron 1.1mg (6%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 10Serving

Amount Per Serving

Calories 240

% Daily Value*

Serving 1piece
Calories 240kcal 12%
Carbohydrates 28g 9%
Protein 3.5g 7%
Fat 10.4g 16%
Saturated Fat 5g 25%
Polyunsaturated Fat 0.4g 2%
Monounsaturated Fat 2.7g 14%
Cholesterol 64mg 21%
Sodium 150mg 6%
Potassium 22mg 0%
Fiber 0.5g 2%
Sugar 15g 30%
Vitamin A 400IU 8%
Vitamin C 2.5mg 3%
Calcium 40mg 4%
Iron 1.1mg 6%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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