This is a super easy pink grapefruit loaf recipe that goes great with a cup of tea and a few good friends. It’s like a traditional lemon loaf, but replace the lemons with a pink grapefruit and you’ll find the aroma is so amazing!
Ingredients:
1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 cup sour cream
½ cup brown sugar
3 eggs
zest of 1 pink grapefruit
½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
½ cup olive oil
Glaze:
1/3 cup confectioners sugar
Juice of one pink grapefruit
Directions:
Preheat the oven to 350°F
Grease an 8 ½ x 4 ¼ x 2 ½-inch loaf pan. Line the bottom with parchment paper.
Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt into one bowl.
In another bowl, whisk together sour cream, 1/2 cup sugar, eggs, grapefruit zest, and vanilla.
Slowly whisk the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients.
With a spatula, fold the olive oil into the batter, making sure it’s all incorporated.
Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake for about 45 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.
Simmer 1/3 cup grapefruit juice and 1/3 cup confectioners sugar in a sauce pan until the sugar dissolves.
When the cake is done, cool for 10 minutes. Poke holes in the cake with a skewer, then while the cake is still warm, pour the grapefruit-sugar mixture over the cake and allow it to soak in.
