Blood Orange and Cardamom Bundt Cake

5 from 5 votes

Blood Orange and Cardamom Bundt Cake

This stunning Blood Orange and Cardamom Bundt Cake with a delicious Blood Orange Glaze will be a favorite this Spring. You’ll love this moist cake with its orange flavor, lightly spiced with cardamom and the vibrant pink glaze.

Prep Time25

Cook Time45

Total Time1 10

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: blood orange, blood orange bundt cake, bundt cake, cardamom

Servings: - 12 slices

Calories: 614kcal

Equipment

10 cup bundt pan
stand mixer or electric hand mixer
measuring cups and spoons
large mixing bowl
medium mixing bowl
citrus juicer and zester

Ingredients

For the cake

3 cups flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
¾ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon cardamom
¼ teaspoon Cinnasational spice blend
½ teaspoon salt
1 cup unsalted butter, softened
1 cup granulated white sugar
½ cup light brown sugar, packed
3 tablespoons blood orange zest (from two oranges)
¼ cup blood orange juice (little les than 1 orange, juiced)
3 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste
1 cup sour cream

For the glaze

⅓ cup blood orange juice (1 orange, juiced)
½ teaspoon vanilla bean paste
⅛ teaspoon cardamom
2½ cups powdered sugar

Instructions

For the cake

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 10-cup bundt cake pan with butter and then flour the pan. I don’t recommend using nonstick spray for this recipe. Set aside.
In a medium size bowl whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cardamom, cinnasational spice, and salt. Set aside.
Using a stand mixer and a large mixing bowl, cream the butter and both sugars until light and fluffy about 2-3 minutes. Add in the eggs, one at a time. Beating well after each addition.
Mix in the orange zest, vanilla, and orange juice until thoroughly combined
Alternating between the dry ingredients and sour cream, add them to the butter and sugar mixture. Mixing until just combined.
Pour the batter into the prepared bundt pan. Bake for 45-50 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the cake comes out with just a bit of crumbs on it.
Remove from oven and cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes in the bundt pan before turning out from the pan and cooling completely. Glaze with the blood orange glaze.

For the glaze

In a medium bowl, whisk all of the ingredients for the glaze together until smooth. The consistency should be easy to pour but thick. Add more powdered sugar, or more blood orange juice to make it the right consistency.

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