pink grapefruit cake
Looking for something to do with your abundance of grapefruits...try this wonderful delicious cake!
prep time
15 Min
cook time
1 Hr
method
Bake
yield
8-10 serving(s)
Ingredients
- CAKE
- 2 cups flour
- 1 3/4 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 2/3 cups sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup milk
- 1/4 cup fresh pink grapefruit juice
- 3/4 cup canola oil
- 1 tablespoon grated pink grapefruit zest
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- GRAPEFRUIT SYRUP
- 1 cup strained fresh pink grapefruit juice
- 2/3 cup sugar
- GRAPEFRUIT GLAZE
- 3/4 cup powdered sugar
- 2 tablespoons strained fresh pink grapefruit juice
How To Make pink grapefruit cake
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Step 1Heat oven to 350 degrees (325 if using darker or nonstick coated pan). Spray bundt style pan with Baker's Joy.
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Step 2Sift and mix first 3 ingredients and set aside. Combine sugar and eggs in a bowl of stand mixer and beat at medium speed for about 3 minutes. Add remaining cake ingredients, scraping sides of bowl as needed. Pour into prepared pan and bake one hour, checking done when cake tester/skewer comes out with only few crumbs. Transfer pan to a cooling rack and let cool 10 minutes before turning out onto a cake plate.
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Step 3To make Grapefruit Syrup: combine ingredients in saucepan and simmer about 1 minute, stirring to dissolve sugar and set aside.
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Step 4After cake has cooled some, poke holes all over with wooden skewer and gently spoon syrup all over and let soak in, taking time to let it soak through if needed.
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Step 5Stir ingredients for glaze in a small bowl and spoon drizzle over the top of the cake. Can be served warm or chilled with a dollop of Cool Whip on top! Enjoy...
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