Grapefruit tart – the recipe for a soft and fragrant dessert
ingredients
Baking powder for cakes
The grapefruit cake it’s a cupboard dessert soft, fragrant and light, perfect for breakfast, to accompany a tea or a good espresso, as a snack or at any time of the day when you want a delicious treat without too many feelings of guilt.
Pink grapefruit juice gives the cake a citrus scent very delicate, less intense than orange; the recipe too no butter and milk, making it also suitable for those who are lactose intolerant.
Making grapefruit cake is very easy and quick: just beat the eggs with the sugar, add the sunflower seed oil and grapefruit juice, then add the flour and biscuit yeast. Pour the mixture obtained into a mold about 20 cm in diameter and proceed to cook in the oven at 180 °C for about 40 minutes (we recommend doing the toothpick test anyway).
A generous pinch of powdered sugar, as soon as the cake is cool and you are ready to enjoy it in all its goodness. If you want, you can add the spices of your choice, such as vanilla, cinnamon, cardamom or ginger, for a fresh and spicy touch.
Find out how to prepare it by following the step-by-step procedure and tips. Also try the lemon moelleux.
How to prepare grapefruit cake
Step 1
Step 1
Squeeze the grapefruits and reserve the juice. 1.
Squeeze the grapefruits and reserve the juice. 1.
Step 2
Step 2
Break the eggs into a bowl 2.
Break the eggs into a bowl 2.
Step 3
Step 3
add sugar 3.
add sugar 3.
Stage 4
Stage 4
Beat with electric beaters until the compound becomes clear and bubbly. 4.
Beat with electric beaters until the compound becomes clear and bubbly. 4.
step 5
step 5
Pour sunflower oil 5.
Pour sunflower oil 5.
step 6
step 6
Mix with grapefruit juice 6.
Mix with grapefruit juice 6.
step 7
step 7
add the flour 7.
add the flour 7.
step 8
step 8
Combine the baking powder for desserts 8.
Combine the baking powder for desserts 8.
step 9
step 9
Incorporate the powders with electric mixers to obtain a mass without lumps 9.
Incorporate the powders with electric mixers to obtain a mass without lumps 9.
step 10
step 10
Pour the dough into the mold, buttered and floured. 10.
Pour the dough into the mold, buttered and floured. 10.
step 11
step 11
Bake the grapefruit tart at 180°C for about 40 minutes eleven. Check the cooking with a wooden toothpick that should come out dry and without any remains of dough.
Bake the grapefruit tart at 180°C for about 40 minutes eleven. Check the cooking with a wooden toothpick that should come out dry and without any remains of dough.
step 12
step 12
Remove the cake and allow it to cool. Once cool, dust the grapefruit cake with icing sugar 12.
Remove the cake and allow it to cool. Once cool, dust the grapefruit cake with icing sugar 12.
step 13
step 13
Serve the grapefruit tart 13.
Serve the grapefruit tart 13.
Advice
To make the grapefruit tart even tastier, you can enrich the dough with drops of dark chocolatesliced ​​almonds or pine nuts.
for a variant without glutenreplace 00 flour with brown rice flour.
Once very cold, you can cut the cake in half and fill it with a delicate pastry cream or you can decorate it with strands of chocolate ganache.
storage
The grapefruit cake is kept under a glass bell jar or in a special container for 3-4 days.
