Blood orange pound cake

🍊Grease a rectangular loaf tin and dust it with flour;

🍊Preheat the oven to 356°F (180°C);

🍊Mix the flour with the baking powder, cardamom, and salt;

🍊 In a separate bowl, combine zest with sugar and grind with your hands until the sugar is moistened and gets the orange flavor;

🍊Add the eggs and sour cream to the sugar and stir;

🍊 Combine dry and wet ingredients, without too much stirring, just until all ingredients are mixed;

🍊Pour the dough into the prepared loaf tin and bake for about 40 - 60 minutes, until a wooden stick inserted in the center comes out completely dry;

🍊Slightly cool the pound cake and remove it from the dish.

🍊Bring all the ingredients in a saucepan to a boil;

🍊Poke small holes through the cake and apply the warm syrup with a pastry brush.

🍊Make the glaze by adding the juice to sugar, a drop at a time, until you get the desired consistency;

🍊Pour the glaze over the cake.