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Ingredients
- 2 1/4 cups sifted cake flour
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 3 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 5 egg yolks
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 3/4 cup water
- 1 lemon, zested
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 8 egg whites, whipped to stiff peaks
- Grapefruit Frosting, recipe follows
- 24 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 4 teaspoons lemon juice
- 2 pounds fresh grapefruit, sectioned
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 12 drops yellow food coloring
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest
- 1 teaspoon orange zest
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Sift together dry ingredients then add egg yolks, oil, water, zest, and vanilla and mix well. When incorporated, fold in egg whites. Bake for 1 hour. When cake is cooled, slice in half and frost in between layers, on top and around sides.
- Beat cream cheese with lemon juice until fluffy. Mash 6 grapefruit sections into small pieces. Add sugar to cheese mixture along with food coloring, fruit zest and blend will. Add remaining grapefruit.
