Blood orange season is sadly winding down. Who else loves these beautiful fruits?! The juice makes the prettiest pink glaze and its sweet tangy flavor is perfect in this super moist yogurt cake. Um, this cake is the closest thing to pound cake I’ve had yet. It’s dense and moist with a tight crumb. (Why are cake descriptors so weird, btw?) The crust turns this beautiful golden color with a slight crunch. Hopefully, you can still find blood oranges where you are but if not, don’t fret. You can swap them with any other citrus fruit, lemons, limes, oranges, tangerines, or grapefruit, all of them would be lovely with this cake. And you can always add poppy seeds too. I can’t wait to make this cake during strawberry season for strawberry shortcakes.
I used my homemade soy yogurt. If using store-bought vegan yogurt, try to get one that does not have a lot of additives and thickeners. Coconut yogurt would be a good choice.
Thanks for waiting so long for this post. I wanted to put it on the blog back in February but we got sick with the flu literally right after I pulled the cake out of the oven.
Vegan Blood Orange Yogurt Cake
Ingredients
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 2 teaspoons kosher salt
- 1-1/2 cups plain unsweetened non-dairy yogurt
- 1/2 cup coconut milk
- 1 cup olive oil or canola oil
- 4 tablespoons blood orange zest
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1/4 cup blood orange juice
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350˚F. Grease and flour a standard bundt pan.
- Whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in a mixing bowl.
- In a separate bowl whisk together yogurt, coconut milk, oil, orange zest and vanilla extract.
- Add wet mixture to dry mixture and stir together until just combined.
- Fill bundt pan with the cake batter and smooth top with a rubber spatula.
- Bake at 350˚F for 1 hour until cake is golden brown and a toothpick skewer inserted into center of cake comes out clean.
- Cool cake in pan for 10 minutes then use a butter knife to help loosen the cake away from the sides and center if necessary. Invert cake onto a cooling rack and lift off the pan. Cool cake to room temperature before glazing.
- Sift powdered sugar into a bowl and whisk in blood orange juice to make the glaze.
- When cake is completely cool drizzle glaze over the cake. Top with blood orange zest curls. Serve at room temperature. Enjoy!
Darcy
Hi!
First of all, this looks amazing. I’m hoping to recreate it with some red grapefruits. I was wondering if you used coconut milk from a can (thick kind) or from a carton (beverage type, could be subbed for other plant milks?)
Thanks so much!
Kaity Farrell
Thank you Darcy! You can use either. The thicker coconut milk will create a richer cake. The carton variety would work fine though! Thanks for reading! xx Kaity
Catherine Kelly
Hi!
I was wondering if I could use Greek yougurt instead of soy?
Would that change anything else I might need to add ?
Thank you
Catherine
Kaity Farrell
Hi Catherine, Thanks for your question! Yes you can use Greek yogurt in place of the the non-dairy yogurt. Since Greek yogurt is very thick I would reduce it to 1 cup and whisk in 1/2 cup of milk to loosen it up. Or just use regular plain yogurt, not Greek, and keep the amount the at 1.5 cups. Hope that helps! xx Kaity
Sarah
Thank you for this recipe. It was a big hit with my daughter and family for her 3rd birthday. I used a bundt tin, which I oiled and floured but the cake stuck and broke into two pieces. Any ideas on what I could do differently next time. I used shop bought soya yog and soya milk instead of coconut. I’ve not had an issue baking with my bundt tin before.
Many thanks
Sarah
Kaity Farrell
Hi Sarah, So glad you liked the cake, but sorry to hear if broke apart when you turned it out! How long did it cool for? You can try using a butter or butter substitute instead of oil to grease the pan and make sure it is well floured. It may have needed a few more minutes in the oven as well? Did a toothpick come out clean when inserted into the center of the cake? I hope we can figure this out for you! xx Kaity
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