Description
Fresh, summery, and delicious.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 Tbsp Butter
- 1/4 cup water
- 1/2 cup orange juice
- 1 Tbsp orange zest
- 1 egg
- 1 cup of sugar
- 2 cups SIFTED flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 cup blueberries (fresh or frozen)
- Glaze:
- 2 Tbsp honey
- 2 Tbsp orange juice
- 1 Tbsp orange zest
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F
- Grease and flour a standard loaf pan
- Melt the butter in the water
- Add the melted butter/water mixture and orange zest to the orange juice in a medium-sized bowl
- Beat the egg and sugar until fluffy
- Sift the dry ingredients together – sifting really helps the crumb or texture of this cake so do not omit
- Add the sugar/egg and dry ingredients alternately into the orange juice mixture, mixing gently. Do not over mix.
- Fold in the blueberries.
- Gently pour batter into greased and floured loaf pan.
- Bake for one hour, or until a toothpick comes out dry.
- Remove from oven and prick all over with a skewer or toothpick (abut 20 pricks)
- Slowly pour the honey/orange juice/zest glaze over the warm cake. It will soak in and really make the flavors pop.
- Cool to room temperature, remove from pan and slice into 10 slices.
- Prep Time: 25 minutes
- Cook Time: 1 hours
- Category: Bread
- Method: Bake
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Calories: 224.49 kcal
- Sugar: 26.27 g
- Sodium: 133.77 mg
- Fat: 3.04 g
- Saturated Fat: 1.64 g
- Trans Fat: 0.09 g
- Carbohydrates: 46.73 g
- Fiber: 1.2 g
- Protein: 3.4 g
- Cholesterol: 22.1 mg
Keywords: Blueberries, Orange, Quick Bread, Dessert bread