Blood Orange Poppy Seed Cake

"The perfect bright, colorful layer cake to cheer you up on a gloomy winter's day. Three layers of blood orange poppy seed cake are frosted with a pink blood orange Swiss meringue buttercream and garnished with candied blood oranges. Both the frosting and the cake are flavored with juice and zest from a blood orange, and this wintry citrus is just the perfect match for the poppy seeds in the cake! Plus, the post includes some tips on troubleshooting some common problems with Swiss meringue buttercream."

Cooking Vessel Size3 six-inch round cake pans