Blood Orange Loaf

Looking to switch up all that banana bread you've been baking? This will be your new favourite recipe! This Blood Orange Loaf is moist and packed full of blood orange flavour. It'll keep you coming back, piece after piece.

I love a loaf, I think because they're smaller and almost like bread, I feel less guilty eating them. Is that just me? I also find they're easy to bake and a good size to eat. No leftovers to throw away!

Blood Orange Loaf

Moist, citrusy loaf with blood orange glaze

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Prep Time 15 mins

Cook Time 55 mins

Cuisine American

Servings 1 loaf

Ingredients

  

Loaf:

• ½ cup butter room temperature
• 1 cup white sugar
• 3 large eggs room temperature
• 2 Tbsp blood orange zest
• 1 Tbsp blood orange juice
• 2 tsp vanilla
• 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
• ¼ tsp table salt
• ¼ tsp baking soda
• ¼ tsp baking powder
• ⅓ cup sour cream room temperature or close to it

Glaze:

• ½ cup powdered sugar
• 1 Tbsp blood orange juice plus more, as needed

Instructions

 

Loaf:

• Preheat oven to 325 F. Grease an 8x4-inch loaf pan and line with a piece of parchment paper that covers the bottom and long sides, with an inch or so extending past the top of the pan.
• In a large bowl with an electric mixer or in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, cream the butter with the sugar at medium speed until light coloured and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time and beat in well after each addition, scraping down the sides of the bowl, as needed. Beat in the lemon zest, lemon juice and vanilla.
• In a separate bowl, whisk together well the flour, salt, baking soda and baking powder. With mixer on low, add the flour mixture to the butter mixture alternately with the sour cream, starting with ⅓ of the flour, ½ of the sour cream, ⅓ of the flour, last of the sour cream, then finally the last of the flour.
• Scrape into prepared 8x4-inch loaf pan and level batter. Bake in preheated oven for 55-60 minutes, or until a tester inserted in the centre comes out clean.
• Allow to cool in the pan for 15 minutes, then run a knife along the short ends and use the parchment paper edges to lift and remove from pan. Allow to cool on a cooling rack.

Glaze:

• While loaf is still a little warm, prepare the glaze, adding enough lemon juice to make a pourable glaze. Place a baking tray under the cooling rack to catch any drips and spoon glaze slowly over top of loaf, allowing it to drip down the sides a bit. Cool completely, then slice and enjoy.

Keyword Blood Orange, Bread, Loaf