Makes one 6 inch x 3.5 inch bundt cake
Ingredients:
Glazed blood orange:
- 1 blood orange, thinly sliced
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup water
Cake:
- 1 stick (1/2 cup) unsalted butter, softened
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 1 tsp orange blossom water
- 2 tsp orange zest
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 1/2 cup almond flour
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
Blood orange glaze:
- 1/3 cup powdered sugar
- 1 tbsp blood orange juice
- 1/8 tsp orange blossom water
Directions:
- Add sugar, water and thinly sliced blood oranges into a skillet. Heat skillet on medium high. Once sugar melts and begins to simmer, lower heat to medium and gently soften sliced oranges until glaze thickens. This should take 8 to 10 minutes. Once done, allow to cool while preparing cake batter.
- Preheat oven to 350F. Lightly grease a 6 inch x 3.5 inch bundt pan. Once glazed orange slices are cool, arrange and layer it to cover the bottom of bundt pan. Set the pan aside.
- In a stand mixer fitter with a paddle, cream softened butter and sugar for 2 minutes on medium. Cream until butter is pale. Using a spatula, scrape the sides of stand mixer bowl whenever necessary.
- Add eggs one at the time to fully incorporate into the batter.
- Drizzle in buttermilk, orange blossom water and zest. Beat on medium-low speed until combined.
- In a separate bowl, sift all the dry ingredients (whole wheat flour, almond flour, baking powder & salt).
- With the mixer on low, add the sifted dry ingredients. DO NOT OVERMIX.
- Remove the stand mixer bowl and using a spatula, make a few folds to combine all the ingredients.
- Spread batter into prepared bundt pan that is lined with glazed orange slices. Bake for 40 to 50 minutes or until tooth pick inserted, comes out clean.
- Cool cake completely in the bundt pan before inverting the cake on a cake stand.
- To prepare the glaze: Add all ingredients into a bowl. Stir well to combine.
- Once cake is completely cooled and inverted, drizzle glaze and allow to set before slicing and serving with tea or coffee.
Lighting issues aside, I had a blast decorating this cake and eating it, obviously 😉 Hope your weekend is filled with sunshine. If not, bake with citrus!
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