Blood Orange Loaf and Blood Orange Glaze

Steps to make

1. 1

   Preheat oven and prepare baking pan

   

   Preheat the oven to 350 °F and grease a 9x5-inch loaf pan with oil or butter.

2. 2

   Combine butter and sugar

   3 min
   

   In a large bowl using an electric beater on medium speed, beat ½ cup butter and 1 cup of sugar until combined, light and fluffy.

4. 3

   Add eggs

   2 min
   

   Add 2 large eggs, 1 egg at a time, and mix to combine.

5. 4

   Add milk

   1 min
   

   On low speed, gradually pour in ½ cup of milk and continue mixing until combined.

6. 5

   Combine dry ingredients

   2 min
   

   In a separate bowl, sift and combine 1½ cup of all-purpose flour, 1 teaspoon of baking powder, ½ teaspoon of salt and the zest from 1 blood orange.

7. 6

   Combine all ingredients

   2 min
   

   Gradually add the dry ingredients bowl to the bowl of wet ingredients and mix until just combined. Take care to not over mix.

8. 7

   Bake

   50 min
   

   Transfer the batter to a prepared loaf pan and bake in the preheated oven for 40-50 minutes until baked in the center and the loaf gently bounces when touched.

9. 8

   Cool

   5 min
   

   Remove from the heat and allow to cool in the pan for 5 minutes before removing to cool completely.

10. 9

    Prepare glaze

    2 min
    

    In a small bowl, whisk 3 tablespoons of orange juice, 2 tablespoons of butter and ½ cup of icing sugar until combined and a pourable glaze forms.

11. 10

    Serve

    

    Drizzle glaze over the cooled cake and garnish with some blood orange slices, if you wish.