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Blood Orange Spiced Cake

Blood Orange Spiced Cake is an easy, flavorful cake topped with a blood orange glaze.
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time35 minutes
Total Time50 minutes
Course: Cake
Cuisine: American
Keyword: blood orange cake recipes, blood orange spiced cake, blood orange yogurt cake, cake with blood orange glaze
Servings: 8 slices of cake
Calories: 352kcal
Author: NicholeL

Ingredients

Blood Orange Spiced Cake

  • 1 ¼ cup all purpose flour
  • 1 ½ teaspoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon cardamom
  • ½ teaspoon ground ginger
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 6 tablespoon unsalted butter softened
  • ¾ cup sugar
  • 1 large egg
  • 6 oz vanilla Greek yogurt
  • 2 tablespoon blood orange juice about 1 blood orange
  • 2 tablespoon blood orange zest about 1 blood orange
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Blood Orange Glaze

  • ¼ cup blood orange juice about 2 oranges
  • 1.5 cups powdered sugar
  • 1 medium blood orange thinly sliced

Instructions

Blood Orange Spiced Cake

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 9 inch cake pan with non-stick spray and set aside.
  • In a medium bowl, whisk together the dry ingredients.
    1 ¼ cup all purpose flour, 1 ½ teaspoon baking powder, ½ teaspoon baking soda, ½ teaspoon cardamom, ½ teaspoon ground ginger, ½ teaspoon salt
  • In the bowl of a stand mixer, add butter and sugar and beat until smooth.
    6 tablespoon unsalted butter, ¾ cup sugar
  • Add in egg, followed by the vanilla extract, blood orange juice and zest.
    1 large egg, 2 tablespoon blood orange juice, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, 2 tablespoon blood orange zest
  • Alternate adding the flour mixture and the yogurt until combined.
    6 oz vanilla Greek yogurt
  • Pour into the prepared cake pan and bake for 35 minutes or until golden and set in the middle.
  • Remove from the oven and let cool completely on a wire rack.

Blood Orange Glaze

  • In a medium bowl whisk together blood orange juice and powdered sugar into a thick glaze. Spread over the cooled cake. Garnish with blood orange slices.
    ¼ cup blood orange juice, 1.5 cups powdered sugar, 1 medium blood orange

Nutrition

Serving: 1slice | Calories: 352kcal | Carbohydrates: 63g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 47mg | Sodium: 311mg | Potassium: 117mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 46g | Vitamin A: 373IU | Vitamin C: 20mg | Calcium: 68mg | Iron: 1mg