Grapefruit and Lime Cake with a Citrus Glaze
If you want to add more lacto ovo vegetarian recipes to your recipe box, Grapefruit and Lime Cake with a Citrus Glaze might be a recipe you should try. This side dish has 328 calories, 5g of protein, and 11g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 9 and costs 43 cents per serving. This recipe from She Wears Many Hats has 2823 fans. A mixture of salt, flour, confectioners sugar, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so yummy. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes. Overall, this recipe earns a not so awesome spoonacular score of 29%. Similar recipes are Fresh Citrus Cupcakes With Ruby Red Grapefruit Glaze, Grapefruit Yogurt Cake with Grapefruit Glaze, and Lime and Cornmeal Cookies with Citrus Glaze.
Servings: 9
Ingredients:
1½ teaspoon baking powder
¾ cup brown sugar
1 cup confectioners sugar (powdered sugar)
2 eggs
1¾ cup all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons grapefruit juice, strained
1 tablespoon grapefruit zest (from about ½ grapefruit)
1 tablespoon lime juice, strained
2 teaspoons lime zest (from about 1 lime)
¼ teaspoon salt
8 tablespoons (4 0z.) unsalted butter
1 teaspoon vanilla
½ cup (4 oz.) vanilla yogurt
Equipment:
loaf pan
blender
whisk
bowl
oven
baking sheet
aluminum foil
toothpicks
skewers
frying pan
pastry brush
Cooking instruction summary:
For cake:Preheat oven to 350.°Coat a loaf pan with cooking spray. (I used an 8×4? pan, so if you use a different size, adjust cook time.)In a bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder and salt and set aside.In a separate bowl or bowl of a mixer, beat butter until fluffy.Add brown sugar and combine well.Beat in eggs one at a time; continue to beat for 2-3 minutes.Add yogurt, juices, zests and vanilla and mix well. Make sure to scrape down sides of mixer every so often.Starting and ending with flour, alternate adding flour and milk. Mix well but don’t overbeat – mix until just combined.Pour batter into prepared loaf pan, put loaf pan on baking sheet and place in oven.Bake at 350° for 25 minutes, turn pan 180° and continue to bake approximately 20 more minutes. Check for doneness with a cake tester, wooden skewer or toothpick. If needed, tent with aluminum foil to prevent over-browning.If adding glaze (see recipe below), poke holes with a skewer in top of cake while still in pan and warm. Pour glaze a little at a time over cake. Use a pastry brush to spread out evenly. Let glaze soak in before pouring more on cake.Remove cake carefully from pan. If you’d like, pour any remaining glaze over cake.For glaze:Combine all ingredients well. Adjust juice and/or powdered sugar for desired consistency.
Step by step:
1. For cake:Preheat oven to 350.°Coat a loaf pan with cooking spray. (I used an 8×4? pan, so if you use a different size, adjust cook time.)In a bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder and salt and set aside.In a separate bowl or bowl of a mixer, beat butter until fluffy.
2. Add brown sugar and combine well.Beat in eggs one at a time; continue to beat for 2-3 minutes.
3. Add yogurt, juices, zests and vanilla and mix well. Make sure to scrape down sides of mixer every so often.Starting and ending with flour, alternate adding flour and milk.
4. Mix well but don’t overbeat – mix until just combined.
5. Pour batter into prepared loaf pan, put loaf pan on baking sheet and place in oven.
6. Bake at 350° for 25 minutes, turn pan 180° and continue to bake approximately 20 more minutes. Check for doneness with a cake tester, wooden skewer or toothpick. If needed, tent with aluminum foil to prevent over-browning.If adding glaze (see recipe below), poke holes with a skewer in top of cake while still in pan and warm.
7. Pour glaze a little at a time over cake. Use a pastry brush to spread out evenly.
8. Let glaze soak in before pouring more on cake.
Remove cake carefully from pan. If you’d like, pour any remaining glaze over cake.For glaze
1. Combine all ingredients well. Adjust juice and/or powdered sugar for desired consistency.
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