Vegan blood orange pound cake sounds like a complicated desert, but it is incredibly simple. This recipe uses blood oranges because they are one of the most photogenic fruits I have come across and a hint of lavender just to elevate the citrus notes and produce a taste you won't soon forget!
Prep Time10 minutesmins
Cook Time1 hourhr
Total Time1 hourhr10 minutesmins
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American, European, Global
Servings: 8slices
Calories: 376.5kcal
Ingredients
2 ½cupsall purpose flour
1 cupsugar
2tspsbaking powder
½tspbaking soda
1cupalmond milk
½cupcoconut oil
½cupapple sauce
2tbspblood orange juice
1tspvanilla extract
2tspapple cider vinegar(you can substitute with any other type pf vinegar)
1 tspculinary grade lavender
Zest from 1 orange
¼tsp salt
Cake Glaze
4tbsppowdered sugar
1tspblood orange juice
Instructions
Preheat your oven to 350°F or 180°C.
Grease and flour a 9x5 loaf pan and set it aside.
In a small pot, warm the almond milk with 1 tsp lavender for 5 minutes on low heat. Allow the milk and lavender mixture to cool, then drain of the lavender. Discard the used lavender, and reserve the almond milk aside.
In a bowl, combine all the dry ingredients with a whisk; the flour, orange zest, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
In a separate bowl, combine the sugar, almond milk, coconut oil, apple sauce, 2 tbsp blood orange juice, apple cider vinegar, and vanilla.
Create a well in the bowl with the flour mixture, pour in the liquid mixture and mix until it is just combined. Do not over mix!
Pour the cake batter into the prepped loaf pan, and bake in the preheated oven for 50- 55 mins or until a skewer inserted in the middle of the cake come out clean.
Allow the cake to cool for 5 minutes then remove from the pan.
While the cake is cooking in the pan, pour 1 tsp blood orange juice into the 4 tbsp of powdered sugar. This will be the glaze for the loaf cake.
While the cake is still warm but out of the pan, glaze with the blood orange juice and icing sugar glaze.
Allow the cake to cool completely for 20 minutes then serve.
Notes
When possible try use freshly squeezed blood orange juice.
Vegan Blood Orange Pound Cake Calories and Nutrition
Please note below the calorie and nutrition information per slice of cake