Blood Orange Breakfast Loaf
By Dzung @honeysuckle
Prep: 30 mins
Cook: 45 mins
Total: 75 mins
Serves: 4
Ingredients
Loaf
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1/2
cup butter, room temperature
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1
cup granulated sugar
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2
large eggs
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1 1/2
cups Sunkist® Blood orange juice (about 2 Blood oranges)
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1 1/2
cups all purpose flour
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2
teaspoons baking powder
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1/2
teaspoon salt
Glaze
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1 1/2
cup powdered sugar
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2
tablespoons Sunkist® Blood orange juice
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1
teaspoon Sunkist® Blood orange zest
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1
teaspoon melted butter
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Pinch of salt
Directions
Loaf
- In a bowl, combine all purpose flour, baking powder, and salt. Mix well and set aside.
- In another bowl, add the butter and sugar and mix until fluffy.
- Add one egg at a time and mix until combined.
- Scrape down the bowl. Add the orange juice and mix.
- In small increments, add the dry ingredients while gently mixing with a spatula.
- In a 9x5 loaf pan, line with parchment paper and pour in the batter.
- Smooth it out and bake at 350 degrees F for 40-45 minutes or until it’s golden brown and comes out clean with toothpick.
- Let the cake cool completely. While loaf is cooling make the glaze.
Glaze
- In a bowl, combine powdered sugar, Blood orange juice & zest, melted butter, pinch of salt and mix until smooth.
- After the cake is completely cooled, place the cake on an icing rack over a baking sheet and pour the glaze over the cake.
- Decorate with thinly Blood orange slices and let the glaze harden for about 10 minutes.
