Description
A delicious and moist blood orange poppy seed cake topped with a sweet blood orange glaze.
Ingredients
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- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- 2 tablespoons poppy seeds
- 1 ½ cups granulated sugar
- 1 ½ tablespoons blood orange zest
- ¾ cup butter, softened
- 2 large eggs
- ⅓ cup blood orange juice
- ⅓ cup Greek yogurt, plain
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 2–3 tablespoons blood orange juice
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a loaf pan.
- Combine the dry ingredients including all-purpose flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda, and poppy seeds.
- Combine sugar with orange zest. Rub the sugar with the orange zest to release the oils from the zest.
- Beat together the infused sugar with softened butter until creamed, light, and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add the eggs one at a time, fully incorporating the egg before adding the next.
- Add the blood orange juice and yogurt and mix until well combined.
- Stir in the dry ingredients just until mixed. Pour the batter into the greased loaf pan.
- Bake the cake for 1 hour – 1 hour 15 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Remove from the oven and cool completely on a wire rack.
- Make the blood orange glaze. Whisk together powdered sugar with 2-3 tablespoons of blood orange juice, adding just enough juice to achieve the right consistency.
- Pour the glaze over the cake. Slice and serve.
Notes
- This cake is best served fresh but can be stored in an airtight container for a few days.
- Adjust the amount of blood orange juice in the glaze for desired sweetness.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 75 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 250
- Sugar: 20g
- Sodium: 150mg
- Fat: 10g
- Saturated Fat: 6g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 36g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 3g
- Cholesterol: 50mg