Recipes: Half Scratch Grapefruit Cake

• Prep Time:20 minutes
• Cook Time:30 minutes

 

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cake, dessert, food trend, grapefruit, grapefruit juice, grapefruit zest, icing, tangy,

Talk about adding zest and tang to your dessert! This grapefruit cake with icing will wake up your guests with an on-trend dessert worth talking about.

 

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Ingredients

For Cake:
1 box yellow cake mix
3 tablespoons grapefruit zest
For Grapefruit Icing:
4 cups powdered sugar
1/4 cup heavy whipping cream
1/2 cup butter
4 tablespoons grapefruit zest

Preparation

To prepare Cake:
Prepare cake batter according to package directions
Fold grapefruit zest into batter, mixing well.
Divide batter equally into 2 prepared 9-inch cake pans.
Bake according to directions.
Invert cake pans to gently remove. Transfer to baking rack.
To prepare Grapefruit Icing:
Combine 2 cups of the powdered sugar with butter and 1 tablespoon of the zest.
Mix well.
Add in 1/4 cup whipping cream and the remaining 2 cups of powdered sugar.
Mix on high for three minutes.
Add in remaining 3 tablespoons of grapefruit zest.
Mix on high for three minutes.
Apply generously to cake—for thicker frosting, decrease the amount of whipping cream, for thinner frosting, increase it.

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