Blood Orange Spiced Cake
Blood Orange Spiced Cake is an easy, flavorful cake topped with a blood orange glaze.
Prep Time15 minutes mins
Cook Time35 minutes mins
Total Time50 minutes mins
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
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
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
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