Blood orange cake

5 from 2 votes

Blood orange cake

Blood Orange Cake with a naturally-pink blood orange glaze (so pretty!). This recipe uses the entire orange, peel, pith and all. It makes a very moist cake with wonderful depth of flavour.

Prep Time20

Cook Time40

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: Canadian

Keyword: blood orange cake, blood orange dessert

Servings:

Author: Jennifer Pallian BSc, RD

Ingredients

For blood orange puree

3 medium blood oranges washed well and sliced into 1/4" rounds
2 cups water

For cake

2 cups blood orange puree
½ cup butter melted
1 egg lightly beaten
1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
1 cup granulated sugar
1 tbsp baking powder
½ tsp salt

For glaze

1 blood orange juiced
1 cup confectioners' sugar

Instructions

For Blood Orange Puree

Bring sliced blood oranges and water to a boil in a medium saucepan. Cover, turn heat to low, and simmer for 20 minutes.
Carefully transfer to blender and let cool 10 minutes. Blend on high power until completely smooth.
Measure out two cups, and discard (or repurpose - smoothie?) any leftover. There won't be much.

For Cake

Preheat oven to 350ºF. Grease and flour a 9x2" round baking pan and line the bottom with a circle of parchment paper.
In a large bowl, combine two cups of the blood orange puree with the melted butter and egg.
In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt.
Pour the orange mixture into the flour mixture and gently fold together with a rubber spatula until just combined.
Bake in centre of oven for about 40 minutes, or until centre feels a bit bouncy when lightly pressed.
Let cool a few minutes in pan, then invert onto a cooling rack to cool completely.

For Glaze

To make glaze, whisk together juice and confectioners' sugar. If you prefer a runnier glaze, add a bit of water about a half-teaspoon at a time.
Spread or pour over cake once it's completely cool. Garnish cake with more thinly-sliced oranges, if desired.

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