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Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Linda Old Fashioned Grapefruit Cake



Blend together:

1/4 cup butter
1/2 cup sugar 
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 large eggs
1 cup sour cream. (1/2 cup s.c. and 1/2 cup coconut milk)
1/4 cup canola or vegetable oil 
3 Tbs grapefruit zest, 3 Tbs for garnish
2 TBS grapefruit juice. (hold)
1/4 cup water
1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
In small bowl mix:
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 TBS psyllium husk flour
Sugar/Cinnamon:
1/2 cup white sugar
1/4 cup cinnamon
1/2 cup chopped walnuts


Cream Cheese Icing:
4 ozs soften cream cheese
2 Tbs butter
1 tsp vanilla
1/4 cup powdered sugar



Directions:
1.  Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Grease and flour bundt pan.
2.  In large bowl, with electric mixer cream together butter and sugar.  Add eggs, sour cream, oil, grapefruit zest and juice, and vanilla.  Mix for 2 mins.
3.  In separate bowl mix dry ingredients.  Combine wet ingredients with dry ingredients, mix well.
4.  Mix ingredients for sugar/cinnamon in small bowl. 
5.  Pour 1/2 batter into bundt pan, sprinkle 1/2 sugar/cin mixure on top, pour remaining batter in bundt pan.  Sprinkle remaining sugar/cin mixure on top of cake.
6.  Bake approx. 60-65 mins, or until done.   Cool
7.  Drizzle cream cheese icing over top of cake.  Sprinkle reserved zest over cream cheese icing.

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