Name: Grapefruit Pound Cake
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 cups all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1 2/3 cups granulated sugar; 6 tablespoons butter, softened; 6 ounces cream cheese, softened; 2 large eggs; 1/4 cup canola oil; 2 tablespoons grapefruit zest; 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1/2 cup milk; 1/2 cup fresh grapefruit juice; 1 1/4 cups powdered sugar

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Grapefruit Pound Cake is the most delicious way to use grapefruit! Moist grapefruit cake topped with a sweet and tart glaze.

Grapefruit Pound Cake - the perfect spring dessert! Bright and delicious and really easy! Perfect with fresh fruit and whipped cream!

I feel like now that the holidays are behind us, I’m in full on spring mode. Which is ridiculous because I’m sure we still have several months of cold ahead of us here in central Texas.

I put up all my winter candles and brought out my hoard of watermelon lemonade candles – they just smell like summer! I am buying watery strawberries at the grocery store and pretending they don’t taste awful. I’m even getting aggravated when I have to go back into the house for a hoodie.

For whatever reason, citrus-y baked goods just feel like spring to me so, of course, I’ve got a mile long list of cakes, bars, and cookies that I want to make RIGHT NOW.

I’m obsessed with all things grapefruit, all the time. Sometimes I buy those ginormous tubs of precut grapefruit and I kill it within 24 hours. It’s a problem.

I got the idea of grapefruit pound cake stuck in my head weeks ago and finally had to go for it. Paired with some freshly whipped cream… perfection. It’d be great for potlucks or parties because who doesn’t love pound cake?

Ingredients

All-purpose flour
Baking powder
Granulated sugar
Butter – make sure to bring the butter to room temperature before beginning.
Cream cheese – this ensures that your pound cake stays very moist and doesn’t dry out. Make sure you bring the cream cheese to room temperature before beginning.
Eggs
Canola oil – you can use vegetable or coconut oil if you prefer.
Grapefruit – you are going to use the zest and the juice from the grapefruit.
Vanilla
Milk
Powdered sugar – this is for the glaze. It dissolves better than granulated sugar, giving you a really smooth glaze.

How To Make Grapefruit Pound Cake

Dry ingredients. Whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt.
Wet ingredients. Beat granulated sugar, butter, and cream cheese together until light and fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time. Beat in oil, zest, and vanilla.
Combine. Add flour mixture and milk alternately to the butter mixture.
Transfer. Spoon batter into pan and smooth out the top with a rubber spatula.
Bake. Bake at 325F for about 1 hour.
Cool. Cool in pan on a wire rack 10 minutes. Invert cake. Cool completely before glazing.
Make glaze. Place juice in a saucepan over medium-high heat; bring to a boil. Cook until reduced to 3 tablespoons (about 4 minutes). Cool slightly. Whisk in powdered sugar until the mixture is smooth.
Glaze. Drizzle over cake.

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Yield: about 12 servings