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Birthday Grapefruit Cake
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Birthday Grapefruit Cake

This cake is a take off on the famous Brown Derby cake served at the once famous Brown Derby in Hollywood. Now, Disney is serving it at Walt Disney World. When I tried the original recipe, I did not like the frosting, nor the recommended decoration, so I made my own.

Cuisine: AmericanMain Ingredient: Grapefruit

(5, 1) 100% would make again (reviews)

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Ingredients

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Servings          
Original recipe makes 16 Servings
1 1/2 cupcake flour; sifted
3/4 cupSugar
1 1/2 teaspoonsBaking powder
1 teaspoonSalt
1/4 cupWater
1/4 cupOil
3 Egg; separated
3 tablespoonsGrapefruit sections
1/2 teaspoonLemon peel; grated
1/4 teaspoonCream of tarter
1 Grapefruit; , peeled and sectioned
-- Cream Cheese Frosting --
1/2 cupButter
2 3oz packages Cream cheese; softened
2 teaspoonsLemon juice
1 teaspoonLemon peel; grated
3/4 cupPowdered sugar; sifted
8 dash Pink food color; optional
Lilac; Sugar Crystals
Greeb; Sugar Crystals
Reserved; grapefruit sections

Birthday Grapefruit Cake Preparation

Sift together flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt into bowl. Make well in center and add water, oil, egg yolks, grapefruit juice and lemon peel. Beat until very smooth. Beat egg whites with cream of tartar until stiff but not dry. Gradually pour egg yolk mixture over egg whites and fold in gently until just blended. Do not stir.

Turn batter into ungreased 9 inch spring form pan and bake at 350 degrees 30 minutes, or until top springs back when touched lightly with finger.

Invert onto cake rack and cool thoroughly. Loosen edges of cake carefully and remove from pan. With serrated knife, cut cake crosswise to make two layers. Reserve a few fruit sections for frosting. Fill with part of the Cream Cheese Frosting and grapefruit sections. Spread top and sides of cake with frosting and decorate with additional fruit sections.

Cream Cheese Frosting: Cream butter, then add cream cheese. Beat softened cream cheese mixture until fluffy. Add lemon juice and peel. Gradually blend in sugar and beat until well blended. Stir in food color. Crush enough grapefruit sections to measure 2 teaspoons and blend into frosting.

After frosting the cake, sprinkle it with the sugars, then place grapefruit sections on the top of the cake.

Notes

This cake has very moist ingredients, so be careful. It''s very tasty.

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  • photo by arbpen arbpen

  • Cake with grapefruit topping photo by arbpen arbpen

Calories Per Serving: 379
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Birthday Grapefruit Cake Reviews

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This cake has very moist ingredients, so be careful. It''s very tasty. [I posted this recipe.]
2 years, 7 months, 2 weeks, 1 days, 3 hours, 48 minutes ago

Tags

  1. Kid Friendly
  2. Valentines Day
  3. Bake
  4. Desserts
  5. Grapefruit
  6. American

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