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    Published: Jan 18, 2020 · Modified: Sep 15, 2020 by Paula Montenegro · Income from ads and affiliate links 14 Comments

    Blood Orange Sour Cream Cakes

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    Glazed mini bundt cakes on wire rack, pin with text
    Blood orange cakes on wire rack, pink glaze dripping, white bowl, orange wedge
    Glazed mini bundt cakes on wire rack, pin with text

    Wonderfully moist sour cream orange cakes, made in mini bundts and finished with a gorgeous pink glaze from blood oranges. This is a stunning and easy recipe! 

    Pink Glazed mini bundt cakes on wire rack, grey surface, bowl and orange wedges on the side

    The sweet pink color in the frosting comes from blood oranges. They are just so gorgeous when you cut them in two, fiery shades of orange and yellow, no two alike.

    It makes for a whimsical glaze, don't you think? I always like using natural foods to create colors in my baking. It just makes sense. Like this almond cake with a raspberry glaze, simply stunning.

    Close-up of mini cake with pink glaze on a round grey wire rack
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    Blood oranges vs regular ones
    Sour cream in cakes
    Top tips
    Related recipes you might like:
    Blood Orange Sour Cream Cakes

    Blood oranges vs regular ones

    It's subtle.

    Here the blood variety is pretty much the same in shape as the regular ones (image below) we use for juice, but the inside is bursting with dark oranges and yellows and maybe reds with an ochre base, very like a ball of burning flames.

    They are quite sweet, and though many say sweeter than regular ones, I find them to have a slight acid berry undertone. Really great oranges, I just love them. The color alone makes them taste better or what? haha.

    Anyway, they are wonderful and worth buying and trying.

    A wooden crate of blood oranges

    This particular cake is one of my favorites, a take on the lemon-lime pound cake, one of the best recipes in its kind, hands down.

    Moist, sweet, gorgeous tight crumb, easy to make and a good base to let your imagination fly, with citruses or spices or nuts...

    I just had to use these blood oranges in a simple sour cream cake to bring out their flavor and make use of that gorgeous red juice in the glaze. Who can blame me?

    Blood orange cake batter, juice and zest

    Sour cream in cakes

    Sour cream makes for a denser cake with a tighter, richer crumb.

    It cuts wonderfully and I personally like them for loaf cakes, since they remain moist for a few days and can be toasted easily (this is best done with a day old cake).

    It also gives it a golden crust and in some cases cuts through some of the sweetness, due to the acid in it. It really is cream with acidic content, a by-product from the days when fresh milk had its own layer of cream, and all of it was used for different purposes.

    Baked mini cakes on wire rack, black metal mini bundt cake pan, kitchen towel

    Top tips 

    • Oranges: the name implies using blood oranges of course, but this is a great orange cake recipe to make year-round. The color of the blood oranges gives the batter a funny hue (image above) but the result after baking is wonderful. 
    • Pans: I used a small mini bundt cakes pan (image below). You can make regular mini bundts (as in the Coffee Chocolate Bundts) and the recipe will yield about 12 cakes. Or make a good old large bundt like our vanilla poppy seed bundt. 
    • Storing: the unglazed cakes freeze wonderfully, well wrapped. 
    Mini cakes on wire rack with pink glaze, blood orange wedges beside

    Related recipes you might like:

    • Easy Ricotta Cheesecake
    • Orange blackberry (muffin) loaf
    • Orange cinnamon rolls
    • Lemon Sour Cream Pound Cake (with video!)

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    Glazed blood orange mini cakes on wire rack

    Blood Orange Sour Cream Cakes

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    Wonderfully moist Sour Cream orange Cakes, made in mini bundts and finished with a gorgeous pink glaze from blood oranges. This is a stunning and easy recipe!

    • Total Time: 35 minutes
    • Yield: 24 mini cakes

    Ingredients

    For the cake:

    • 3 ¼ cups cake flour
    • ¼ teaspoon baking soda
    • ¼ teaspoon salt
    • 9 oz (255g) unsalted butter, at room tº
    • 8 oz (225g) sour cream, at room tº
    • 3 cups sugar
    • 6 large eggs
    • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
    • Juice from half an orange
    • Zest from 2 oranges

    For the glaze:

    • ¾ cup powdered sugar
    • 1-2 tablespoons orange juice

    Instructions

    For the cake:

    1. Preheat oven 350ºC.
    2. Butter or spray 12 mini bundt cake pans, or two 9×4 loaf pans, or 1 large bundt cake pan.
    3. In a large bowl beat butter and sour cream until smooth, about 1 minute. Add orange zest and mix.
    4. Add sugar gradually and beat until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes more.
    5. Add eggs, one at a time, incorporating well each one before adding the next. Add vanilla and juice.
    6. Sift flour with baking soda and salt and add it to the butter mixture at low speed, in 2 additions, beating only until well mixed. Don’t overbeat.
    7. Pour into the pans and bake for 45 minutes, or until golden and cracked on top and a tester comes out clean.
    8. Let cool for 10 minutes, and then unmold. Let cool completely before glazing.

    For the glaze:

    1. Mix powdered sugar and juice until smooth. Pour slowly over the cakes letting it slide to the sides.
    • Author: Paula Montenegro
    • Prep Time: 15
    • Cook Time: 20
    • Category: Cakes
    • Method: Baking
    • Cuisine: International

    Nutrition

    • Serving Size: 24
    • Calories: 292
    • Sugar: 29 g
    • Sodium: 63.6 mg
    • Fat: 11.3 g
    • Carbohydrates: 44.4 g
    • Protein: 3.9 g
    • Cholesterol: 72.7 mg

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    About Paula Montenegro

    I'm Paula, a baker for more than 30 years and your designated recipe developer, sharing the best ones here with simple ingredients + easy-to-follow instructions.

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    1. Debbie says

      January 27, 2020 at 1:39 am

      These Mini bundt cakes are just adorable and sound delectable. The blood oranges make such a beautiful glaze , I can't wait to try these.

      ★★★★★

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    2. Jess says

      January 26, 2020 at 11:58 pm

      Good grief does this recipe look and sound so so good! I am loving the flavors and creaminess of this dish! I want way to many bites of this sweet treat! YUM!

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    3. Tara says

      January 26, 2020 at 2:29 pm

      I am loving the glaze color, it really makes the treat pop. Just in time for Valentine's Day too! I bet my mom will love these.

      ★★★★★

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