Grapefruit Greek Yogurt Cake Recipe

Grapefruit Greek Yogurt Cake Recipe

How To Make Grapefruit Greek Yogurt Cake

This soft and moist yogurt cake is baked with fresh grapefruit juice and zest, then topped with sugar glaze. Prep it in 20 minutes!

Preparation: 10 minutes
Cooking: 50 minutes
Total: 1 hour

Serves:

Ingredients

  • cupsall purpose flour,spoon & leveled
  • tspbaking powder
  • ½tspsalt
  • 3largeeggs
  • ¾cupgreek yogurt
  • 1cuplight brown sugar,packed
  • ½cupvegetable,or canola oil, or melted & slightly cooled coconut oil
  • ¼cupgrapefruit juice,freshly squeezed, strained
  • tbspgrapefruit zest
  • 1tsppure vanilla extract
  • ½vanilla bean,seeds scraped

For Grapefruit Glaze:

  • 1cupconfectioner’s sugar,sifted
  • 2tbspgrapefruit juice,freshly squeezed, strained
  • ¼tsppure vanilla extract

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and grease a 9×5-inch loaf pan.

  2. Whisk the flour, baking powder, and salt together in a large bowl. In a medium bowl, whisk the eggs. Once combined, whisk in the yogurt, brown sugar, oil, grapefruit juice, zest, vanilla extract, and seeds.

  3. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and mix with a large wooden spoon or rubber spatula until combined. Avoid overmixing.

  4. Spread batter into the prepared loaf pan. Bake for 45 to 50 minutes.

  5. The cake is done when a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. If the top of the cake is browning too quickly in the oven, loosely cover it with aluminum foil.

  6. Remove the cake from the oven and set it on a wire rack. Allow to cool before drizzling with glaze.

  7. For the glaze, simply whisk the ingredients together and drizzle over the cake. Slice and serve.

  8. Cover and store leftover cake at room temperature for up to 5 days. Or store it in the refrigerator.

Nutrition

  • Calories: 315.17kcal
  • Fat: 3.99g
  • Saturated Fat: 1.74g
  • Trans Fat: 0.01g
  • Monounsaturated Fat: 0.81g
  • Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.54g
  • Carbohydrates: 61.83g
  • Fiber: 1.13g
  • Sugar: 39.38g
  • Protein: 8.04g
  • Cholesterol: 83.82mg
  • Sodium: 298.74mg
  • Calcium: 131.65mg
  • Potassium: 125.79mg
  • Iron: 1.99mg
  • Vitamin A: 51.20µg
  • Vitamin C: 7.45mg
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