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GRAPEFRUIT CAKE WITH GRAPEFRUIT CREAM CHEESE FROSTING |
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| Grapefruit Cake Recipe From the Hollywood Brown Derby |
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| Ingredients: |
Cake:
1 1/2 cups sifted cake flour
3/4 cup sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup water
1/4 cup vegetable oil
3 eggs (separated)
3 tablespoons grapefruit juice
1/2 teaspoon grated lemon rind
1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
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Frosting:
2 six-ounce packages cream cheese
2 teaspoons lemon juice
1 teaspoon grated lemon rind
3/4 cup powdered sugar (sifted)
6 to 8 drops yellow food coloring
1 one-pound can grapefruit sections, well drained, reserving 2 tablespoons juice;
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| Procedures: |
Grapefruit Cake:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Sift together flour, sugar, baking powder, & salt into mixing bowl.
Make a well in the centre of the dry ingredients.
Add water, oil, egg yolks, grapefruit juice, & lemon rind.
Beat until smooth.
Beat egg whites & cream of tartar separately, until whites are stiff but not dry.
Gradually fold the whites into the cake batter, folding gently with a rubber spatula until just blended.
Do not stir the mixture.
Pour into an ungreased 10-inch cake pan.
Bake at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes, or until the cake springs back in the centre when lightly touched with a finger.
Place the pan on cake rack until cool. Run spatula around edge of cake. Carefully remove from pan. With a serrated
knife, gently cut into two layers.
After cutting the cake in two, slide a flat cookie sheet between the layers to lift the top one off; after frosting the bottom layer, simply slide the top back on.
Grapefruit Cream Cheese Frosting:
Let cream cheese soften at room temperature, then beat until fluffy.
Add lemon juice & rind.
Gradually blend in sugar & beat until well blended.
Add food coloring, if desired.
Add reserved 2 tablespoons of grapefruit juice & blend.
Divide the frosting evenly into two bowls.
Roughly chop 2/3 of the grapefruit sections & add them to half the frosting.
Spread this mixture on the bottom layer of the cake.
Top with the second layer of cake & frost the top & sides with the remaining frosting.
Garnish each portion with a grapefruit slice.
Refrigerate.
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| Notes: |
2016-07-30: 2 pans and a rather wet icing.
2012-12-22: We used one 9" pan. It overflowed the top of the pan, suggesting 2 pans may have been the right way to go.
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10/01/2016
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