Blood Orange Coffee Cake

I know I know I know. Blood orange coffee cake!
Not only do I have a severe blood orange problem, I also have a coffee cake problem. A BIG ONE. It’s been only two months since I made another coffee cake and I was craving one again. Enter blood orange coffee cake.
If only!
Because. I wanted to cover it in a pink glaze. That’s the REAL reason that I can’t get over blood orange.
It should come as no surprise because I often mention how I don’t really care about orange flavored things. It’s not that I dislike them, it’s just never the first flavor I would choose. I feel slightly different about blood oranges as a whole because they are a bit sweeter and less orange-like than navel oranges, but when zested? It’s all the same thing.
But the pink reigns me in.
Ingredients:
Streusel
- 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon instant espresso powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup cold unsalted butter cut into pieces
Cake
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup unsalted butter softened to room temperature
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 2 tablespoons freshly grated orange zest
- 3 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 cups plain greek yogurt full-fat or 2%
Blood orange glaze
- ¼ cup freshly squeezed blood orange juice
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3/4 cup powdered sugar
Total Time:
120 minutes
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