Blood Orange Pound Cake

  Want to know a dirty secret (not so secret, if you follow me on Instagram), see the last picture of all the blood oranges? I knocked over the board after shooting it. And with the shortage of blood oranges this season, I picked them off the floor, rinsed them off and used them for the rest of the shots and for serving

Ingredients:

• 1 ¼ cups butter


• 3 eggs


• 2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour


• ¾ teaspoon baking powder


• ½ teaspoon baking soda


• ½ teaspoon salt


• 1/3 cup milk


• 5 teaspoons finely shredded blood orange peel


• 2 tablespoons blood orange juice


• 1 ½ cups granulated sugar


• 2 teaspoons vanilla


• ½ cup powdered sugar


• ½ cup blood orange juice


• 2 tablespoons butter, melted


• 2 tablespoons dark rum


• 1 teaspoon cornstarch


• 1 cup whipping cream


• 3 blood oranges, thinly sliced

Directions:

Preparation: Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Meanwhile, grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan; set aside.