Rich chocolate notes and citrus make a lovely pair in this super moist and fluffy blood orange glazed chocolate loaf.
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword Blood Orange, Chocolate, Loaf
Prep Time 10 minutesminutes
Cook Time 35 minutesminutes
Author Leona G.
Equipment
Loaf pan 10x5 or 9x5
Mixing Bowls
Parchment Paper
Spatulas
Whisk
Ingredients
Chocolate Loaf
1½cupsflourspooned and leveled
¼cupcocoa powder
1 cup + 2 tbssugar
1tspbaking powder
½tspbaking soda
½tspsalt
2eggs
2tspblood orange zest
⅓cupsour cream
½cupneutral oilgrape seed, vegetable, or sunflower
3tbsblood orange juicefreshly squeezed
1tspvanilla
½cupboiling water
Blood Orange Glaze
1cuppowdered sugar
¼tspvanilla
2-4tbsblood orange juicefreshly squeezed
1tspblood orange zest
Instructions
Chocolate Loaf
Preheat the oven to 350°
In a bowl, add the flour, cocoa powder, sugar, baking soda, baking powder & salt. Whisk to combine.
In another bowl, add your eggs, zest, sour cream, oil, blood orange juice and vanilla. Stir to incorporate everything.
Next, fold your wet mixture into your dry mixture until well combined, Don't over mix. lastly, slowly add in the boiling water. Stir until it's all absorbed into the batter. Pour into your loaf pan lined with parchment paper. Bake for 30-35 minutes, or until the center is set. Let the loaf cool before topping with your glaze. Slice and enjoy!
Glaze
Add your powdered sugar to a mixing bowl. Next, add in the zest, vanilla and blood orange juice 1 tbs at a time. The glaze should be pourable but thick.
Notes
The addition of sour cream makes this cake super most and fluffy.
I like to use neutral oil in this batter so the flavor does not overwhelm. Grape seed, vegetable, or sunflower oil works best.
Adding the boiling water at the end is a great way to enhance the cocoa powder in the batter and also yield a better texture.
I added a drizzle of chocolate ganache to mine. Totally optional, but SO GOOD!