Grapefruit Loaf Cake
Equipment
- 1 9x5 Loaf pan
Ingredients
- 2 Cups Flour, spooned and leveled
- 1½ Teaspoon Baking Powder
- ½ Teaspoon Salt
- 3 Large Eggs
- ¾ Cup Buttermilk or Greek yogurt
- 1 Cup Brown sugar
- ½ Cup Vegetable oil
- ¼ Cup Grapefruit juice, freshly squeezed, strained
- 1½ Tablespoon Grapefruit zest
- 1 Teaspoon Vanilla extract
Grapefruit syrup
- ¼ Cup Confectioner sugar
- ¼ Cup Grapefruit juice, strained
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°. Prepare loaf pan, line with parchment paper or grease.
- Whisk the flour, baking powder, and salt together in large bowl.
- In medium bowl, whisk the eggs. Once beaten, whisk in the buttermilk, brown sugar, oil, grapefruit juice, zest, vanilla extract.
- Pour wet ingredients into dry ingredients and mix until combined. Do not overmix.
- Spread batter into loaf pan. Bake for 45-50 minutes. Cake is done when toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. If browning to quickly cover with foil.
- Mix syrup ingredients until sugar is dissolved. Add more juice if necessary.
- Remove cake and poke with holes. Pour syrup over cake and return to oven for 5 minutes.
- Allow to cool.
Notes
Freezes well for up to 3 months.
You can omit syrup and put a glaze on the cooled cake.
For glaze mix: 1 cup confectioners' sugar, 2 tablespoon's grapefruit juice and 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract. Mix well until sugar is dissolved.
Can make into cupcakes. Make 12 cupcakes. Bake for 20 minutes.