Dessert: Grapefruit Cake with Grapefruit Cream Cheese Frosting

A citrusy dessert with cream cheese icing.

This recipe includes fertility superfoods such as:

Grapefruit

Health and fertility benefits of Grapefruit Cake with Grapefruit Cream Cheese Frosting

Grapefruits are rich in folic acid. One grapefruit will give you 8% of your daily needs of folic acid.

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups cake flour, sifted
3/4 cup sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup water
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1/2 teaspoon grapefruit zest, plus 1 teaspoon for frosting
3 tablespoons grapefruit juice, plus 2 teaspoons for frosting
3 egg yolks
3 egg whites
1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
2 6oz) packages cream cheese
3/4 cup powdered sugar, sifted
6 to 8 drops yellow food coloring
1 (16 oz) can grapefruit sections, well drained

Instructions

Preheat oven at 350 °. Line cake pan with waxed paper and spray with nonstick oil.
Sift together flour, sugar, baking powder and salt into a mixing bowl. Make a well in the center for wet ingredients. Add water, oil, 1/2 teaspoon zest, 3 tablespoons grapefruit juice and egg yolks. Beat until smooth. Beat egg whites and cream of tartar separately until whites are stiff but not dry. Gradually fold egg whites into flour mixture with a rubber spatula until just blended. Do not stir the mixture.
Pour batter into prepared 9" cake pan.
Bake for 25 minutes or until cake springs back when gently touched with a finger. Invert pan on cake rack to cool. Run spatula around edge of cake. Carefully remove from pan. With a serrated knife, gently cut layer in half.

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