Grapefruit Butter Cake
Ingredients
175g Butter
4 Eggs - separated
180g Sugar
165g Self raising flour
1/4 tsp Salt
30ml Grapefruit juice
1 tbsp Orange liqueur (contreau)
*zest from 1 one grapefruit
1 tbsp Grapefruit pulp
Preparation
1
Line and grease a 7" baking pan. Pre-heat the oven 180C.
2
Sieve flour together with salt and set aside.
3
Beat butter and half of the sugar until light and fluffy. Add in yolk one at a time. Beat well after adding each one. Then add in grapefruit juice and zest, mix well.
4
Lower speed, add in flour gradually. Mix well add in grapefruit pulp, fold with a spatula and set it aside.
5
In another clean bowl, whisk egg white with the balance of sugar on high speed until soft peaks.
6
Fold in the egg whites into the butter mixture until well blended. Do not over-do it or the egg whites will deflate.
7
Pour into the prepared cake pan and bake for 45 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean when tested. (note: covering loosely with aluminium foil after 30 minutes when the cake starts to turn brown)
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About
A simple, soft butter cake but the addition of grapefruit juice, zest, pulp and orange liqueur gives the cake a mild citrus flavour. You certainly will not stop at one.
Yield:
serves 10
Added:
Wednesday, October 26, 2011 - 6:22am
Comments
October 26, 2011
Looks really soft and tempting.