Blood Orange Loaf Cake

🧂 Ingredients

• 1½ cups All Purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 to 3 Tablespoons blood orange zest

  from 2 blood oranges
• 1/3 cup blood orange juice

  divided; see below
• 2 eggs

  room temperature
• 1/3 cup vegetable oil
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2/3 cup plain, unsweetened yogurt

  or sour cream
• 1/2 to 1 cup powdered sugar

  as needed for consistency

Instructions

• 1 Depending on size and yield, you'll need 2 to 3 blood oranges for this recipe: 2
  to 3 Tablespoons of zest total and 1/3 cup juice total (1/4 cup juice into cake
  and remaining for the glaze).
• 2 Preheat oven to 350°F and grease or line an 8 or 9 inch loaf pan. Set aside.
• 3 In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
• 4 In a large bowl (or stand mixer bowl), combine the 1 cup sugar with the zest of
  2 blood oranges. Rub the zest into the sugar by hand until mixture is fragrant,
  about 1 minute.
• 5 Juice blood oranges into a measuring cup until you have 1/3 cup juice. Set
  aside.
• 6 To the large mixing bowl, beat in the eggs on medium-high speed, one at a time,
  until fully incorporated after each addition, about 2 minutes total.
• 7 Add in 1/4 cup of the orange juice, the 1/3 cup vegetable oil, and the vanilla.
  Beat on high speed for one minute then scrape down sides of bowl.
• 8 Turn mixer to low speed and add in half of the dry flour mixture. Mix until just
  incorporated.
• 9 Stir in all of the yogurt until combined, then add in remaining flour mixture
  and stir together until just combined. Scrape down sides of bowl and mix an
  additional 5 seconds if needed.
• 10 Pour batter into prepared loaf pan and bake for 50 minutes to 1 hour, or until a
  tester comes out clean and edges are golden brown.
• 11 Let cake cool in pan for 10 minutes then remove to a rack to cool completely
  before icing.
• 12 Whisk together the remaining 1 to 2 Tablespoons blood orange juice with 1/2 to 1
  cup powdered sugar (or desired amount) until completely smooth.
• 13 Poke a few small holes in the top of the cake and pour glaze gently over cake to
  cover. Let cake sit a few minutes for glaze to set before slicing.

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