Blood Orange Cake
Ok, I know I say all the time how easy something is BUT- this cake really is so easy to make! It’s packed with incredible citrus flavor and is light, decadent, beautiful, and impossible not to devour. Trust me, make this cake.
Ingredients
Cake:
1/2 cup butter, room temperature
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
Zest from one blood orange
1 tablespoons blood orange juice
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup sour cream
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
Blood Orange Glaze:
Juice from 1 blood orange
1 3/4 cups powdered sugar
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F
In a bowl with an electric mixer cream together the butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar
Add in the blood orange zest, blood orange juice, eggs, vanilla extract, and sour cream. Mix until smooth
To the wet ingredients add in the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Mix until just combined
Pour the mixture into a greased 8 inch cake pan and put into the preheated oven
Bake for 35-45 minutes, depending on your oven. Check it at 35 minutes by putting a toothpick into the center. If it comes out clean, it’s ready! Let it cool for at least 20 minutes
Trim the top of the cake slightly so that it lays flat when you turn it upside down on your cake plate
In a bowl add the powdered sugar, blood orange juice, and vanilla extract and mix together. If it appears too runny add a little more powdered sugar, or if it is too thick add more juice. You don’t want it running off the cake!
Pour over the top of the cake and spread around slowly
If you’d like, put thin slices of blood oranges on the top for decoration
That’s it! The most incredible and beautiful cake ever! Enjoy
