SIMPLE SPICE CAKE WITH A HINT OF GRAPEFRUIT

Simple Spice Cake With a Hint of Grapefruit image

This cake is good when you don't want to make something too sweet with cream and icing and stuff. The sweetness comes from just cinnamon, sugar, and a little grapefruit. Use grapefruit slices for garnish. You can use honey with grapefruit zest instead of the powdered sugar and water if you don't like sugary glazes.

Provided by Grapefruit Girl

Categories Desserts Cakes Spice Cake Recipes

Time 1h

Yield 12

Number Of Ingredients 14

Ingredients

½ cup white sugar
⅓ cup butter, room temperature
2 eggs, room temperature
1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 ¼ teaspoons baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt
½ cup milk
2 teaspoons grapefruit juice
⅔ cup confectioners' sugar
¼ cup water
1 tablespoon grapefruit juice
1 pinch salt

Steps:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
Cream together the butter and sugar in a large bowl until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition then stir in the milk and grapefruit juice. Mix in the flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking powder, and salt. Pour resulting batter into a 9x5 inch loaf pan.
Bake in preheated oven until a toothpick or small knife inserted in the crown comes out clean, about 45 minutes.
While the cake is baking, prepare the icing. Place the sugar in a bowl and gradually stir in the water. Add the grapefruit juice and salt; pour over warm cake. It should form a glaze as it cools.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 180.1 calories, Carbohydrate 28.2 g, Cholesterol 45.4 mg, Fat 6.3 g, Fiber 0.5 g, Protein 3.1 g, SaturatedFat 3.7 g, Sodium 164.9 mg, Sugar 15.8 g