Blood Orange Pound Cake
A moist and delicious pound cake filled with blood orange juice and zest.

- Prep time
- 20 min
- Cook time
- 1 hr
- Yield
- 10 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 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)
- 287 grams confectioners' sugar
- Juice from 1 blood orange.
Instructions
- 1
For the Pound Cake:
- 2
Preheat to 350°F. Thoroughly butter and flour a bundt pan.
- 3
Juice about ¾ cup blood orange juice.
- 4
In stand mixer fitted with a whisk attachment, combine sugar and butter. Beat until fluffy.
- 5
Add in eggs.
- 6
Whisk together flour, baking powder and salt. Alternate adding the wet mixture and orange juice.
- 7
In a small bow, combine blood orange juice, sour cream and orange blossom water. Whisk together until combined
- 8
Alternate by adding in flour mixture and orange juice mixture to the stand mixer.
- 9
Add orange zest in.
- 10
Whisk batter until incorporated
- 11
Pour into a buttered and floured bundt pan.
- 12
Bake for about 1 hour.
- 13
Let the cake cool to room temperature before adding the glaze.
- 14
For the Glaze:
- 15
In a bowl, combine confectioners sugar, blood orange juice. Stir together.
- 16
Transfer to a piping bag and snip off the tip.
- 17
Pipe the glaze over the pound cake.