Citrus Pound Cake with Blood Orange Sauce

Name: Citrus Pound Cake with Blood Orange Sauce
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 16
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon baking powder; 473 milliliters fresh blood orange juice (about 12 oranges); 10 Tbsps butter, softened; 3 larges egg whites; 3 larges eggs; 1 Tbsp all-purpose flour; 283 grams 1/4 cups all-purpose flour (about; 2 Tbsps fresh lemon juice; 1 teaspoon grated lemon rind; 118 milliliters low-fat buttermilk; 113 grams 1/2 cup Neufchâtel cheese, softened; 59 milliliters fresh orange juice; 1 teaspoon grated orange rind; 0 teaspoons salt; 158 milliliters sugar; 414 milliliters sugar, divided

Citrus Pound Cake with Blood Orange Sauce requires about 45 minutes from start to finish. This recipe covers 6% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One serving contains 298 calories, 5g of protein, and 10g of fat. This recipe serves 16. If you have baking powder, eggs, butter, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. It is a good option if you're following a vegetarian diet.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 32

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To prepare cake, coat a 10-inch tube pan with cooking spray; dust with 1 tablespoon flour. Set aside. Lightly spoon 2 1/4 cups flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife.

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Cooking Spray

All Purpose Flour

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Measuring Cup

Knife

Frying Pan

Combine flour, baking powder, and salt; stir well with a whisk.

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Baking Powder

All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Whisk

Combine 1 1/2 cups sugar, butter, and cheese in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed until well blended (about 7 minutes).

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Butter

Cheese

Sugar

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Bowl

Add rinds; beat well.

Add 3 large eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.

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Egg

Combine buttermilk, 1/4 cup orange juice, and lemon juice.

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Orange Juice

Lemon Juice

Buttermilk

Add flour mixture and buttermilk mixture alternately to sugar mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture.

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Buttermilk

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Place egg whites in a medium bowl. Beat with a mixer at high speed until soft peaks form, using clean, dry beaters.

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Egg Whites

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Bowl

Add remaining 1/4 cup sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, beating until stiff peaks form. Gently fold one-third of egg white mixture into batter, and fold in remaining egg white mixture. Spoon batter into prepared pan.

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Egg Whites

Sugar

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Frying Pan

Bake at 325 for 1 hour and 10 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes.

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Wire Rack

Oven

Frying Pan

Remove cake from pan; cool completely on a wire rack.

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Wire Rack

Frying Pan

To prepare sauce, combine the blood orange juice and 2/3 cup sugar in a large, heavy saucepan; bring to a boil, stirring until sugar dissolves. Reduce heat, and simmer until reduced to 1 cup (about 30 minutes).

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Blood Orange Juice