I’ve been totally obsessed with blood oranges this year. Yes the taste is great; generally less acidic and more perfumed with notes of berry but really it’s that gorgeous color. They’re a feast for the eyes! This orange pound cake is everything you’d want rich, moist and has the best aroma out of the oven. Its a fun twist on my easy pound cake recipe!
There’s just something so satisfying about a bundt cake. I think it’s the simplicity and the cake to frosting ratio is high enough to trick your mind into thinking, yes this is totally fine for breakfast and as accompaniment to my various beverages throughout the day
A Few Tips and Pointers
- You can use this recipe to make mini bundts or muffins/cupcakes if you’d like to decrease the bake time.
- Blood oranges can be hard to come by so use any orange and add some raspberry juice if you still want that pink glaze!
- The glaze is literally the perfect shade of millennial blush and really complements the cake well. If you wanted more icing, go ahead and cut the cake lengthwise and add some orange or lemon buttercream in the middle.
How to Make Orange Pound Cake
- Preheat to 350°F. Thoroughly butter and flour a bundt pan. Juice about ¾ cup blood orange juice.
- In a small bow, combine blood orange juice, sour cream and orange blossom water. Whisk together until combined
- Whisk together flour, baking powder and salt. Alternate adding the wet mixture and orange juice.
- In stand mixer fitted with a whisk attachment, combine sugar and butter. Beat until fluffy. Add in eggs. Alternate by adding in flour mixture and orange juice mixture to the stand mixer. Add orange zest in. Whisk batter until incorporated.
- Pour into a buttered and floured bundt pan. Bake for about 1 hour. Let the cake cool to room temperature before adding the glaze.
- In a bowl, combine confectioners sugar, blood orange juice. Stir together. Transfer to a piping bag and snip off the tip. Pipe the glaze over the pound cake.
If you’ve tried this cake then don’t forget to rate the recipe and let me know how you got on in the comments below, I love hearing from you!
Blood Orange Pound Cake
A moist and delicious pound cake filled with blood orange juice and zest.
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Servings 10
Calories 240kcal
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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:
- Preheat to 350°F. Thoroughly butter and flour a bundt pan.
- Juice about ¾ cup blood orange juice.
- In stand mixer fitted with a whisk attachment, combine sugar and butter. Beat until fluffy.
- Add in eggs.
- Whisk together flour, baking powder and salt. Alternate adding the wet mixture and orange juice.
- In a small bow, combine blood orange juice, sour cream and orange blossom water. Whisk together until combined
- Alternate by adding in flour mixture and orange juice mixture to the stand mixer.
- Add orange zest in.
- Whisk batter until incorporated
- Pour into a buttered and floured bundt pan.
- Bake for about 1 hour.
- Let the cake cool to room temperature before adding the glaze.
For the Glaze:
- In a bowl, combine confectioners sugar, blood orange juice. Stir together.
- Transfer to a piping bag and snip off the tip.
- Pipe the glaze over the pound cake.
Notes
- 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
Serving: 1piece | Calories: 240kcal | Carbohydrates: 28g | Protein: 3.5g | Fat: 10.4g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2.7g | Cholesterol: 64mg | Sodium: 150mg | Potassium: 22mg | Fiber: 0.5g | Sugar: 15g | Vitamin A: 400IU | Vitamin C: 2.5mg | Calcium: 40mg | Iron: 1.1mg
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All your recipes are amazing! This one turned out beautiful and delicious, thank you so much
I tryied it it was wonderfull thak you ??
If I substituted the oranges for lemons, would this make a good lemon bundt cake? Or would it just be better to find another recipe all together?
I have made this recipe with naval oranges and with lemons. Turns out great and very delicious either way! 🙂
Gorgeous cake.. Have made it twice now.. So moist and delicious. Not too sweet. Give it a try.. You won’t regret it
THANK YOU!!! ?
My glaze was extremely thin. I used my scale to measure the sugar and had one Car Car orange. I even added extra sugar but it was still to thin. How do you know what proportions sugar to liquid? Have not tasted cake taking to my granddaughter,s 16th party.
Always start with your sugar in your bowl and start adding a small amount of your liquid. Stir and gauge consistency. Keep adding more liquid in very SMALL increments, stirring in between, and stop when you get to what you consider the perfect consistency. I often need much less liquid than recipes call for to get the perfect thickness for my glazes.
Hi
This recipe is gourgeous. I’m gonna make it tomorrow but i don’t have a pound cake pan. Is a 9 inch round cake pan okay?
Samaneh,
I’m not sure how tall your pan is, but you may have some left over for cupcakes! Hope that helps!
John
Great natural color! I love blood oranges
Thank you very much
Maysa,
You’re welcome! Hope you enjoy!
John